Post by mwardncsu on Oct 23, 2017 8:32:08 GMT -5
Weather: 40's & foggy to start, clearing of to mostly sunny with temps in the upper 60's
Water temps: 68 in one spot - 59-61 where we spent most of our time, visibility of a few feet
Techniques: Pulling dollar-bill sized gizzards on free-line planers
Time Fished: 7:30a - Noon
Slid out on Friday evening about 5pm and threw the net in the creek to catch some bait for Saturday AM while waiting for the wife & kids to get up to the lake and head to dinner. 2nd throw yielded 24 or so dollar-bill sized baits, but I threw for another hour in the creek trying to see if I could find some larger gizzards - but nothing doing.... Left about 3 doz shad to marinate in ShadCrack for the evening....
I did manage a bonus - can I interest anyone in a slghtly water-logged spinning outffit? :lol:
Tyler joined me on Saturday AM and we hit the water about 7am as the sun was coming up good. Some light fog as we made our way to our destination fishing grounds. We made one stop along a stretch which typically holds fish for us and pulled some baits but either the fish were not home or they wanted a bigger snack than we had.... Plenty of bait near-by for them to snack on anyway.... :?
We moved on in search of some cooler water - found it and put out the boards..... Wasn't too long and we had a few nervous baits - then one of the boards pulling across a shallow flat got slammed - Tyler grabbed the rod as the fish peeled drag, then turned to run at the boat... Was a decent fish - probably in the mid/upper teens based on the way it fought but it threw the hook on him just as I took a picture......
That moment the fish throws the hook
A little while on down I had a board bury with no playing around..... smaller fish but at least this one came to the boat for a photo-op and to keep the skunk away.... a little 9 lber...
We pulled on for the better part of the morning with really no other action. We moved back to the area where we did have the earlier action and had a few more chases and swirls but could not get the fish to eat - some of the chases/blow-ups acted like small fish - but then again it may have been a pig playing with our small baits and wanting a big ol' gizzard
We headed to the house around noon - passed a bunch of other boats on our way back - not sure if they were in fish or not - but was nice to fish were we only saw one other striper boat all morning. Things are not quite "right" yet, but getting there very quickly - this week of cooler temps and some rain is going to get the Fall pattern going I think....
Water temps: 68 in one spot - 59-61 where we spent most of our time, visibility of a few feet
Techniques: Pulling dollar-bill sized gizzards on free-line planers
Time Fished: 7:30a - Noon
Slid out on Friday evening about 5pm and threw the net in the creek to catch some bait for Saturday AM while waiting for the wife & kids to get up to the lake and head to dinner. 2nd throw yielded 24 or so dollar-bill sized baits, but I threw for another hour in the creek trying to see if I could find some larger gizzards - but nothing doing.... Left about 3 doz shad to marinate in ShadCrack for the evening....
I did manage a bonus - can I interest anyone in a slghtly water-logged spinning outffit? :lol:
Tyler joined me on Saturday AM and we hit the water about 7am as the sun was coming up good. Some light fog as we made our way to our destination fishing grounds. We made one stop along a stretch which typically holds fish for us and pulled some baits but either the fish were not home or they wanted a bigger snack than we had.... Plenty of bait near-by for them to snack on anyway.... :?
We moved on in search of some cooler water - found it and put out the boards..... Wasn't too long and we had a few nervous baits - then one of the boards pulling across a shallow flat got slammed - Tyler grabbed the rod as the fish peeled drag, then turned to run at the boat... Was a decent fish - probably in the mid/upper teens based on the way it fought but it threw the hook on him just as I took a picture......
That moment the fish throws the hook
A little while on down I had a board bury with no playing around..... smaller fish but at least this one came to the boat for a photo-op and to keep the skunk away.... a little 9 lber...
We pulled on for the better part of the morning with really no other action. We moved back to the area where we did have the earlier action and had a few more chases and swirls but could not get the fish to eat - some of the chases/blow-ups acted like small fish - but then again it may have been a pig playing with our small baits and wanting a big ol' gizzard
We headed to the house around noon - passed a bunch of other boats on our way back - not sure if they were in fish or not - but was nice to fish were we only saw one other striper boat all morning. Things are not quite "right" yet, but getting there very quickly - this week of cooler temps and some rain is going to get the Fall pattern going I think....
