11/22/17 - Pre-Thanksgiving Fasting....
Nov 23, 2017 14:03:18 GMT -5
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Post by mwardncsu on Nov 23, 2017 14:03:18 GMT -5
Weather: low 40's rising to low 50's - still to start with winds 15-25 from the NW starting a little before 9am
Water: 57-59, visibility of a few feet
Techniques: Freeline planers with gizzards from 8-12"
Time Fished: 6:30 - 11:30
Tyler and I slid out for one last trip before his little one arrives in hopes of some good catching action to tide him over till he could get back out. I went out mid-afternoon and then again before dark to catch some bait the day before - mostly in the 8-10" range though had a few decent ones in the mix - including a nice flathead
This Thanksgiving, of the things I'm thankful for is the radar on my boat.... as I was coming back into my creek I noticed something ahead of me on radar - no lights - but a sizable enough mark that I did not think it was geese.... steered wide then circled back to find a rouge paddle boat floating in the middle of the creek right where I would have run over it....
Got back and cleaned the filters, and tucked the bait away for the evening....
We headed out about daylight and headed up lake to hit a spot that usually produces. We had some signs of life - a few boils, etc but nothing wanting to eat except a lowly largemouth that ate a dollar-bill sized bait and could not even pull the planer board under.....
We worked out way back down the lake over the next few hours - hitting a number of strategic spots along the channel - Tyler got hooked up for a few seconds when a fish blew up on a bait tight to the bank in a blow-down - and within 2 seconds the fish was in the tree and broke him off. We say a fair number of fish along these spots but all tight to the bottom.
The gale force winds were upon us before 9am - went from 0 to gale in about 30 seconds. We ran to the back of a creek to try and hide from the wind - again saw some signs of life but nothing eating.
Moved on down to another creek to hide from the wind - as we made a turn fast past a point we had a huge roll and blow-up - the only one of the day that came on our big bait - but it did not get hooked up, and on a second pass it didn't want tp play again.
We wrapped up in my creek - again seeing some signs of life with a few chases but I guess they were all saving their appetite for Thanksgiving as nothing was eating for us.
Called it a wraps around mid-day with only the large-mouth to speak of..... next time....
Water: 57-59, visibility of a few feet
Techniques: Freeline planers with gizzards from 8-12"
Time Fished: 6:30 - 11:30
Tyler and I slid out for one last trip before his little one arrives in hopes of some good catching action to tide him over till he could get back out. I went out mid-afternoon and then again before dark to catch some bait the day before - mostly in the 8-10" range though had a few decent ones in the mix - including a nice flathead
This Thanksgiving, of the things I'm thankful for is the radar on my boat.... as I was coming back into my creek I noticed something ahead of me on radar - no lights - but a sizable enough mark that I did not think it was geese.... steered wide then circled back to find a rouge paddle boat floating in the middle of the creek right where I would have run over it....
Got back and cleaned the filters, and tucked the bait away for the evening....
We headed out about daylight and headed up lake to hit a spot that usually produces. We had some signs of life - a few boils, etc but nothing wanting to eat except a lowly largemouth that ate a dollar-bill sized bait and could not even pull the planer board under.....
We worked out way back down the lake over the next few hours - hitting a number of strategic spots along the channel - Tyler got hooked up for a few seconds when a fish blew up on a bait tight to the bank in a blow-down - and within 2 seconds the fish was in the tree and broke him off. We say a fair number of fish along these spots but all tight to the bottom.The gale force winds were upon us before 9am - went from 0 to gale in about 30 seconds. We ran to the back of a creek to try and hide from the wind - again saw some signs of life but nothing eating.
Moved on down to another creek to hide from the wind - as we made a turn fast past a point we had a huge roll and blow-up - the only one of the day that came on our big bait - but it did not get hooked up, and on a second pass it didn't want tp play again.
We wrapped up in my creek - again seeing some signs of life with a few chases but I guess they were all saving their appetite for Thanksgiving as nothing was eating for us.
Called it a wraps around mid-day with only the large-mouth to speak of..... next time....