9/4/16 - Just a little tease of Fall
Sept 4, 2016 20:32:16 GMT -5
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Post by mwardncsu on Sept 4, 2016 20:32:16 GMT -5
Weather: Wonderful - 59 to start rising into low 70's, light to no wind, mostly sunny once the sun got up into the sky
Water: 67-69; visibility of a couple of feet
Techniques: freelined gizzards (8-10") on planer boards (4); float with light weight and a silver dollar gizzard.
The last few days of cool temps got things stirring inside with that tingle of Fall, so yesterday while out for a boat-ride I did a little scouting on a spot or two that will sometimes have cooler water and I was not disappointed so I filled up the tank and then dropped the family off at one of the local marinas so they could get a drink & a snack and hang-out and I proceeded to toss the net for a little while to catch some gizzards - plenty of silver-dollars to be had but the larger ones were very hit and miss - but I scraped up 10 or so in the 8"-10" range and tossed in a 1/2 dozen silver dollars for good measure and picked the family back up and headed to the house knowing what I was going to be doing at sun-up today....
Even with a light load of "smallish" gizzards they made their share of a mess - a couple of filter cleanings after returning to the house and then later in the evening took care of the worse of it....
Out the door about 6am and had lines in at 6:30 as it was light enough to see the boards good....
Honestly was expecting a big ol' skunk but that was OK as I was pulling boards, there was a enough of a crisp chill to the air that I had to put on a jacket and I had not seen a boat all morning.... all was right with the world....
Pulled for about an hour with not much more than a nervous (or bored) bait when around 7:30 I saw the bank-side inside board with a money-maker come up and then a fish swirled and smacked it a couple of times and then it was FISH ON! I was expecting this to be a small fish the way it was smacking at the bait but then it started pulling some drag and heading to the bank so I had to get serious about it.... Was afraid I was going to lose the fish when it wrapped in a float line and headed towards the prop - but fortunately I got it back around the side of the boat and landed it - that dink turned out to be a 16 lb / 34.5" fish
Snapped a couple of quick pics and then revived it in the cool water and sent it back on its way..... almost packed things in for the day right then and there but decided to pull on a while - didn't have another sniff the rest of the morning and I packed it in around 9:30 or so with my "fix" satisfied and headed back to the house and family and a plate of pancakes and bacon!
Fall will be here soon........... until then I've got an appointment to chase bull reds next Saturday down on the NC coast......
Water: 67-69; visibility of a couple of feet
Techniques: freelined gizzards (8-10") on planer boards (4); float with light weight and a silver dollar gizzard.
The last few days of cool temps got things stirring inside with that tingle of Fall, so yesterday while out for a boat-ride I did a little scouting on a spot or two that will sometimes have cooler water and I was not disappointed so I filled up the tank and then dropped the family off at one of the local marinas so they could get a drink & a snack and hang-out and I proceeded to toss the net for a little while to catch some gizzards - plenty of silver-dollars to be had but the larger ones were very hit and miss - but I scraped up 10 or so in the 8"-10" range and tossed in a 1/2 dozen silver dollars for good measure and picked the family back up and headed to the house knowing what I was going to be doing at sun-up today....
Even with a light load of "smallish" gizzards they made their share of a mess - a couple of filter cleanings after returning to the house and then later in the evening took care of the worse of it....
Out the door about 6am and had lines in at 6:30 as it was light enough to see the boards good....
Honestly was expecting a big ol' skunk but that was OK as I was pulling boards, there was a enough of a crisp chill to the air that I had to put on a jacket and I had not seen a boat all morning.... all was right with the world....
Pulled for about an hour with not much more than a nervous (or bored) bait when around 7:30 I saw the bank-side inside board with a money-maker come up and then a fish swirled and smacked it a couple of times and then it was FISH ON! I was expecting this to be a small fish the way it was smacking at the bait but then it started pulling some drag and heading to the bank so I had to get serious about it.... Was afraid I was going to lose the fish when it wrapped in a float line and headed towards the prop - but fortunately I got it back around the side of the boat and landed it - that dink turned out to be a 16 lb / 34.5" fish
Snapped a couple of quick pics and then revived it in the cool water and sent it back on its way..... almost packed things in for the day right then and there but decided to pull on a while - didn't have another sniff the rest of the morning and I packed it in around 9:30 or so with my "fix" satisfied and headed back to the house and family and a plate of pancakes and bacon!
Fall will be here soon........... until then I've got an appointment to chase bull reds next Saturday down on the NC coast......
