Post by mwardncsu on Jan 18, 2015 21:46:02 GMT -5
Weather: Upper 30's and quickly into the 40's and moving towards 50; Calm until 2pm when the wind turned on big-time from the NW; partly cloudy skies most of the day
Water: 42, visibility of 5'
Techniques: money-maker to big gizzards on free-line planers (3) and money-maker gizzards on downlines (2)
Nathan and I were trying to decide if we were going to fish on Sunday - but neither could convince the other that we should - between the poor bite on Saturday and the weatherman calling for a lot of wind on Sunday we both bailed - I slept in till around 9, and woke to cloudy skies and totally still winds.... I had to hit the water anyway to drop off some stuff with a couple of guys on the lake, so since I was out...... and there was bait in the tank......
I hung out near some birds talking to one of our buddies for a little while and jigged a few minutes - then moved back down the lake a tad and put out bait and pulled a bank, several points, a big flat and the mouth of a creek. Had one board get slammed as I was letting out line on another rod after checking the bait and by the time I could get the one rod out of my hand to pick up the other the fish had stolen his meal and avoided the big hook and the stinker
Only had the bait get nervous a few times in 2 or almost 3 hours of pulling - and was marking very few fish - a couple of scattered fish here and there.
Finally decided it was time to move and try another creek - it was dead other than hanging up and popping my board loose, that was the only action I got. So, I moved to another spot in the creek and sure enough found a few fish Missed the 1st one, but on a 2nd pass I had a money-maker gizzard on a downline get eaten
I had stopped the boat as I was fighting & netting that fish, and as I was getting that fish into the boat one of the planers got buried - I reached over and reeled it a few times but had to let it sit while I got the fish in the boat - and then I brought that 2nd fish to the boat. As that one came into the boat, a 2nd planer disappeared - almost had that fish to the boat when he spit the hook within 5' of the boat... just as well - I got the fun from it and had 2 fish to get back into the water...
These went 9-10 lbs and were 29" & 29.5" - the one that got away was right in that same size class.....
On a third pass I got another on a board - this one smaller - probably 26-27" but didn't measure it as the hook must have knicked a gill and I wanted to get it back into the water asap since it was bleeding some.
Called it a day after that - 4 to the boat in a fun, short flurry of action.... the winds picked up just after that - the pressure had been high the day before, falling throughout the day and it had bottomed out just about the time the action picked up fast & furious - and just before the wind.... coincidence?
Water: 42, visibility of 5'
Techniques: money-maker to big gizzards on free-line planers (3) and money-maker gizzards on downlines (2)
Nathan and I were trying to decide if we were going to fish on Sunday - but neither could convince the other that we should - between the poor bite on Saturday and the weatherman calling for a lot of wind on Sunday we both bailed - I slept in till around 9, and woke to cloudy skies and totally still winds.... I had to hit the water anyway to drop off some stuff with a couple of guys on the lake, so since I was out...... and there was bait in the tank......
I hung out near some birds talking to one of our buddies for a little while and jigged a few minutes - then moved back down the lake a tad and put out bait and pulled a bank, several points, a big flat and the mouth of a creek. Had one board get slammed as I was letting out line on another rod after checking the bait and by the time I could get the one rod out of my hand to pick up the other the fish had stolen his meal and avoided the big hook and the stinker
Only had the bait get nervous a few times in 2 or almost 3 hours of pulling - and was marking very few fish - a couple of scattered fish here and there.
Finally decided it was time to move and try another creek - it was dead other than hanging up and popping my board loose, that was the only action I got. So, I moved to another spot in the creek and sure enough found a few fish Missed the 1st one, but on a 2nd pass I had a money-maker gizzard on a downline get eaten
I had stopped the boat as I was fighting & netting that fish, and as I was getting that fish into the boat one of the planers got buried - I reached over and reeled it a few times but had to let it sit while I got the fish in the boat - and then I brought that 2nd fish to the boat. As that one came into the boat, a 2nd planer disappeared - almost had that fish to the boat when he spit the hook within 5' of the boat... just as well - I got the fun from it and had 2 fish to get back into the water...
These went 9-10 lbs and were 29" & 29.5" - the one that got away was right in that same size class.....
On a third pass I got another on a board - this one smaller - probably 26-27" but didn't measure it as the hook must have knicked a gill and I wanted to get it back into the water asap since it was bleeding some.
Called it a day after that - 4 to the boat in a fun, short flurry of action.... the winds picked up just after that - the pressure had been high the day before, falling throughout the day and it had bottomed out just about the time the action picked up fast & furious - and just before the wind.... coincidence?
