11-15-2015...

[Midasboards]

weather: AM-chill with frost on docks-PM sunny And way to warm for November.
water: clear visibility around 5 feet around hardy- water temp...unknown..
wind: early morning steady gusts, around 9:30 seemed to slow to less that noticeable.
bait/presentation: dollar bill size gizzards ran on planerboards and one downline. - 2 Mongos ran on floats
boat: KB's nightkrawler rig
company: KB, Scooter, and myself

headed out around 7:30am catching bait, caught about a dozen dollar bill size shad and two Mongos. After that time it had gotten to about 10:00am, ran 4 boards, one down line, and two floats. We ran in some shallows and after every bait was in the water I was resetting a float that had came under attack by a nation of leaves, with the reel on free spool and my fingers on the line. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz there she went, the float was under less than 15 minutes of starting to troll. Got her in and turned out to be a 31 1/2" 11lb 12oz healthy striper, So got some pictures, smiled and sent her on back down to her friends. Turned out to be our only one for the day, but no skunk. Had a great day on the water, can't wait until next time.

[mwardncsu]

Don't be afraid to toss that net shallow. There seemed to be a lot of bait deeper on Saturday, I guess due to the front - but the ones we got were up shallow in 3-5' of water.

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Nov 15, 2015 22:54:45 GMT -5 mwardncsu said:

Don't be afraid to toss that net shallow. There seemed to be a lot of bait deeper on Saturday, I guess due to the front - but the ones we got were up shallow in 3-5' of water.

And make sure you get your boat real clean before tossing in shallow water. A real clean boat really let's you see all the things you bring into your boat from 50 years ago. Old Pabst Blue Ribbon cans, RC cola bottles, human skeletal remains... You name it. When not catching bait, you can study history.

[mwardncsu]

Nov 16, 2015 6:57:53 GMT -5 Yam said:

real clean boat really let's you see all the things you bring into your boat from 50 years ago. Old Pabst Blue Ribbon cans, RC cola bottles, human skeletal remains...

Heck - most of what you just named probably were tossed in the lake the previous weekend

[striperjohn]

Nov 16, 2015 7:20:43 GMT -5 mwardncsu said:

Nov 16, 2015 6:57:53 GMT -5 Yam said:

real clean boat really let's you see all the things you bring into your boat from 50 years ago. Old Pabst Blue Ribbon cans, RC cola bottles, human skeletal remains...

Heck - most of what yo just named probably were tossed in the lake the previous weekend

Sad but true Mike. The younger generation talks a big "green" story but on our lakes their actions speak much louder.

[Midasboards]

Yeah I was reading a post from awhile back on fishing line recycling tubes, did any get put around the lake. I be willing to make one or two to put around hardy area. I've got a old cooler in the back Of my truck with about 20 bait caster reels worth in it at the moment.

And also I'm about to go all swamp logger with my sthil on that tree at mormans, the dang thing just keeps switchin sides between those docks.

[johnr]

Funny you all should mention the trash. I stopped along a section of undeveloped shoreline yesterday to let my dog swim and in the 20' on either side of the boat I gathered a couple dozen items of trash that had washed up.

They do have (or had) the line recycling stations at all the public ramps recently. I wouldn't be surprised if they were gone now.