BW 9/22.

[Gotcha]

I'll be glad when time changes so I can make it to the lake in time to get bait from under the light! Left home at about 5:10 am and made it to the ramp at 6:30! Sun done popped up and only managed about 10 peanuts! Went in search of some decent bait and only found two smaller jumbos 10" or so! 2 8" ales and two dozen large peanuts and went in search of fish! I got my set-up out on the opposite side of the lake, 2 free lines 2 3/4oz light lines 2 down lines and 6 planers(4 1/2oz,2free)! 12 rods! Trolled cross lake to the bank I figured they would be, and right on the point of the bank I was expecting, "bam" screaming reel on one of my spinning jigging rods, 14lb line, one of the ales! Landed my biggest to date at 1/2" short of citation! While fighting this fish I think all 11 of the other rods got a hit as well! Set the hooks on about three of them but only managed 1 dink out of that round! Reset with only one board on each side because bait goes quick like that! Trolled that bank and not even a sniff! Turned around and went in that creek and had another double! For about the next two hours I was hand feeding fish with two rods! Managed about 15 by 1:30-2pm! Had to re-up on bait and they was gone! 4:30 rolls around and they back at it again! Landed 5 in the evening!


Hand feeding? I was in this pocket/creek and I was trying to stay on the edge of the schools of peanuts that was breaking! They peanuts was packed to the back of this pocket! So the fish was just coming to the edge of them picking them off! It wasn't 5 minutes and I would have another fish on!


Awesome day to be on the water!


My lil fellow! Returned to where he belongs!

[BentRod]

Sweet! Nice report. What's the picture of? I can't tell what I'm looking at.

[striperjohn]

Hey Gotcha, the game warden will push the two extensions of the tail together when they measure the fish. Just so you know. Sometimes that makes it longer, sometimes shorter.

[Gator]

Sept 23, 2013 5:28:56 GMT -5 BentRod said:

Sweet! Nice report. What's the picture of? I can't tell what I'm looking at.

It appears to be the tip of the fishes tail. Or maybe, Gotcha is trying to tell us which channel marker he was closest to.

[Gotcha]

That is the tip of the tail! And if I was to pinch his tail together I don't think it would make much difference!

[marksimmers]

Nice report, and congratulations on your biggest fish to date!!

[mwardncsu]

Awesome day! Great fish (well, the tail of it anyway )

[Gotcha]

I have a 2x4 stretched from one side of my little John boat to the other for support! On top of it I have a few measurements marked off! Limit measurements! 12" 14"18" 20" 24" 26" 30" & 36". The 20" mark is the only one that's not for a limit! That is what you are looking at this fish laying on!

[Jason54]

Nice fish! Sounds like a great day on the water!!

[mytoyzfishing]

Nice report Gotcha. And congrats on your PB

[emmitt]

Great report, like to see some action from the BW side.

[BentRod]

Ahh I see it now! Nice fish and nice release. It's just the upper slot at 36" and citation at 37". I wish the slot would start Oct 1. We gotta protect these bigger fish now more than ever.

[Gotcha]

Sept 23, 2013 11:02:45 GMT -5 BentRod said:

I wish the slot would start Oct 1. We gotta protect these bigger fish now more than ever.

Protecting the bigger fish! Yes sir! Out of all I got yesterday only 7-8 was over 22" or so. Most of them was 15-20". Still fun though!

[Shadslinger]

Thats awesome man, glad you got into em good. Im charging up the batteries in the boat now, will be getting back into em good sometime this week and weekend. Been to long.

[Gotcha]

Sept 23, 2013 15:38:21 GMT -5 Shadslinger said:

Thats awesome man, glad you got into em good. Im charging up the batteries in the boat now, will be getting back into em good sometime this week and weekend. Been to long.

Better get out there! Hunting season is creeping up on us quick like!