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Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Friday, July 6, 2012
No Particular Theme Fishing Report 7/3/12
Returned for a second dose of my last trip. T-storms forcasted, so it was going to be cloudy again, right?
Wrong. I did do one thing right. Got there early. Had 3 18"'s and a 16" before 10am. Sun got bright. I got paranoid about doing a 7 mile wade and what the sun would do to the bite. Turned around maybe 2 miles in.
Don't know what this pose was.
Left to hit another flow, changed my mind. Hit a new section of the same one. Lost a 16-17" on a spinnerbait that was simply an amazing fight. Got off in the shallows and skimmed away. Some kids had been fishing ahead of me. Got out and hit a downstream stretch which was cooking. Warm water, sun baked and nothing going on. So I sat in the shade and watched the fish swim around. Tied a senko on and caught 4 or 5. Bite woke up a bit, got 14 back to the car, but lost a pig up top that would have been the 4th 18"+ of the day.
Threw a Supreme on today because it had Power Pro 15/4. The new Power Pro Slick 15# I've been using is just garbage. Wraps far more than normal and less cast distance by quite a bit.
Puttered around too much on a cooked river, but nothing else was near. Lots of walking between casts and fish out there.
Ended with 26 (3-18", 16")
Wrong. I did do one thing right. Got there early. Had 3 18"'s and a 16" before 10am. Sun got bright. I got paranoid about doing a 7 mile wade and what the sun would do to the bite. Turned around maybe 2 miles in.
Don't know what this pose was.
Left to hit another flow, changed my mind. Hit a new section of the same one. Lost a 16-17" on a spinnerbait that was simply an amazing fight. Got off in the shallows and skimmed away. Some kids had been fishing ahead of me. Got out and hit a downstream stretch which was cooking. Warm water, sun baked and nothing going on. So I sat in the shade and watched the fish swim around. Tied a senko on and caught 4 or 5. Bite woke up a bit, got 14 back to the car, but lost a pig up top that would have been the 4th 18"+ of the day.
Threw a Supreme on today because it had Power Pro 15/4. The new Power Pro Slick 15# I've been using is just garbage. Wraps far more than normal and less cast distance by quite a bit.
Puttered around too much on a cooked river, but nothing else was near. Lots of walking between casts and fish out there.
Ended with 26 (3-18", 16")
Saturday, June 30, 2012
Fuego 6/30/12
Just finished up a 6.74 mile wade Saturday. Epic. Starting to figure this one out. Of course, the low water helps. Caught fish on 10 different lures because the fishing died in the middle of the day. Then I'd catch a lone fish in no man's land on each.
Early I had a Sammy bite and a 18.25" within sight of the bridge, passed some bucket sitters and got a 19.25". Things warmed up and the bass stopped connecting on the Sammy (but still swiped/whiffing). I had 4 or 5 really big blow ups, that knocked the bait in the air. Changed to Sammy 65 and an 18"er nailed it. This was by noon and barely 2 miles in, so I thought it was going to be great. Things got really slow, couldn't get them in the woodpiles because tube wasn't getting bit. Storm came in that wasn't a storm and suddenly, there was a tube bite. After like 10 bass out of one riffle, including a couple 16"'s, I picked another 16" on Sammy. Three hours of slow fishing in the day followed by more mayhem as it got to the end of the wade. Pulled a 17.5", 16", 16", 15.75, 18" out of the last confluence. Could have been many more pigs with the wiffing. Couldn't figure it out
Now what to do tomorrow?
Sadly, my camera battery was kaputt from testing movies! BRAWR.
52 SMB (19.25", 3-18-18.25", 17.5", 5-16"-16.5", 3- 15-15.75")
Early I had a Sammy bite and a 18.25" within sight of the bridge, passed some bucket sitters and got a 19.25". Things warmed up and the bass stopped connecting on the Sammy (but still swiped/whiffing). I had 4 or 5 really big blow ups, that knocked the bait in the air. Changed to Sammy 65 and an 18"er nailed it. This was by noon and barely 2 miles in, so I thought it was going to be great. Things got really slow, couldn't get them in the woodpiles because tube wasn't getting bit. Storm came in that wasn't a storm and suddenly, there was a tube bite. After like 10 bass out of one riffle, including a couple 16"'s, I picked another 16" on Sammy. Three hours of slow fishing in the day followed by more mayhem as it got to the end of the wade. Pulled a 17.5", 16", 16", 15.75, 18" out of the last confluence. Could have been many more pigs with the wiffing. Couldn't figure it out
Now what to do tomorrow?
Sadly, my camera battery was kaputt from testing movies! BRAWR.
52 SMB (19.25", 3-18-18.25", 17.5", 5-16"-16.5", 3- 15-15.75")
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Fishing
Nothing new covered, pound it out. Good results.
Dog came along for Megawade just to remind myself why I don't always do this. Her fur picks up every bur in the woods, but ever so faithful to master's pocket of sausages. Usually after a mile of river rock she starts looking at me like we should turn back. I get a guilty feeling for a moment.
Water was ice cold Saturday, sun was really shy. Wendy probably had no idea the adventure she was in for. She likes to lead, while not helpful for catching the ever spooky smallmouth, early the scaled rascals were not interested. That's OK, we were just moving and trying to stay warm.
In anything but really deep water, you could make out quite a bit. At one such point, a wide bedrock plain with chipped out rock piled to one side and shallow ledge to the other, there was a large school of redhorse. The slightest footstep would send them scurrying. I reigned Wennister with bit off meat piece. A 'stay' and she held her ground well. Several periphery casts revealed a revulsion of all schooled fish. Slightly upstream a good size smallmouth sat waiting for food. It had spooked when Wendy and I first arrived. Test reactions. The bass moved away from any lure or noise and returned to the school several times. On the third or fourth repetition of this I spotted other black tail fringed fish. Larger still. They showed downstream spookabilty from my lures. Clear they probably saw me.
I gave up the experiment, the dumb bass had returned to the fore again. Hungry, also aware danger was near. Wendy grew impatient and headed upstream. A second large smallmouth began to retreat down to the suckers, but then turned back. We stood still in the shade as the fish took up feeding positions several times, repositioning several times. Maybe to get a better look at me, or perhaps keep sun out of its eyes. After about the 10 cross court topwater presentation the fish slowly advanced the 8' to my lure and took it, some 8-10' in front of me. Guess it didn't notice me so well after all. 18"
Thought about waiting on the hole and watching the other 4-5 really nice bass move up and repeat. Could be all day or never. We had a long journey. Fishing did pick up.
Wendy and I are fishing along when I hear noises in the woods. Surprised, a dude in fly gear decides he's going to come late and then cut in front. He went up one channel, never looking back. No way he didn't hear us. I didn't' travel all this way to have someone jump in front on spooky water halfway into a wade. He was power walking through water where I normally catch decent smallmouth. For a quarter mile we took the left channel as he took the right. Skipped back in front and slammed on the brakes. Unfortunately, a third of the fish on this wade are usually in that 1/4 mile. He followed behind eventually wading in water he should have been fishing and turning back. Could have saved himself the trouble when he saw us at the bridge to find another section.
Smallmouth weren't evenly spread out, when I got into some they were often in bunches. Finally at the large end pool, Wendy and I are in waist deep water, she swimming comically in circles. Had just landed a 12"er, next throw of some 30 yards lands with a nice hop and following explosion. One of the longest fights and most powerful smallmouth in a while. She was in charge. The fight may have lasted a minute or so. Directing the swimming dog away from hooked bass was hilarious. She would turn the wrong direction and I'd have to convince the bass she was not a tree. Finally reached shore and it was a nice one 19.5".
Not much further, 17.5"er and another swimming dog/fish fight.
We got off the water and biked back to the car. Worn. Out. Dog.
Sunday- debut of Platypus 3l water bladder. Doesn't quite fit in the pack. 85-90oz/101oz capacity will fit and stuff in the back pack. Improvement. I stayed pretty well hydrated in a 7 hour wade. Went for afternoon this time. River traffic was out. Bikini hatch canoe, 4 yakers/fishermen, then later 2 more fishermen, barking dog and waders. Nice fun
. Hope this doesn't get like Kentucky.
Fishing wasn't knock 'em out, but consistent. Nothing big, 5 smallmouth 16.5"-16.99", several feisty 15"'s, lots of black fry strewn all over starting to act like they have brains. Still easy to step on if you aren't looking. Easy, easy to see if you look.
51 SMB (19.5", 18", 17.5", 6- 16.5-16.99", 5-15") couple Googs, longear
Dog came along for Megawade just to remind myself why I don't always do this. Her fur picks up every bur in the woods, but ever so faithful to master's pocket of sausages. Usually after a mile of river rock she starts looking at me like we should turn back. I get a guilty feeling for a moment.
Water was ice cold Saturday, sun was really shy. Wendy probably had no idea the adventure she was in for. She likes to lead, while not helpful for catching the ever spooky smallmouth, early the scaled rascals were not interested. That's OK, we were just moving and trying to stay warm.
In anything but really deep water, you could make out quite a bit. At one such point, a wide bedrock plain with chipped out rock piled to one side and shallow ledge to the other, there was a large school of redhorse. The slightest footstep would send them scurrying. I reigned Wennister with bit off meat piece. A 'stay' and she held her ground well. Several periphery casts revealed a revulsion of all schooled fish. Slightly upstream a good size smallmouth sat waiting for food. It had spooked when Wendy and I first arrived. Test reactions. The bass moved away from any lure or noise and returned to the school several times. On the third or fourth repetition of this I spotted other black tail fringed fish. Larger still. They showed downstream spookabilty from my lures. Clear they probably saw me.
I gave up the experiment, the dumb bass had returned to the fore again. Hungry, also aware danger was near. Wendy grew impatient and headed upstream. A second large smallmouth began to retreat down to the suckers, but then turned back. We stood still in the shade as the fish took up feeding positions several times, repositioning several times. Maybe to get a better look at me, or perhaps keep sun out of its eyes. After about the 10 cross court topwater presentation the fish slowly advanced the 8' to my lure and took it, some 8-10' in front of me. Guess it didn't notice me so well after all. 18"
Thought about waiting on the hole and watching the other 4-5 really nice bass move up and repeat. Could be all day or never. We had a long journey. Fishing did pick up.
Wendy and I are fishing along when I hear noises in the woods. Surprised, a dude in fly gear decides he's going to come late and then cut in front. He went up one channel, never looking back. No way he didn't hear us. I didn't' travel all this way to have someone jump in front on spooky water halfway into a wade. He was power walking through water where I normally catch decent smallmouth. For a quarter mile we took the left channel as he took the right. Skipped back in front and slammed on the brakes. Unfortunately, a third of the fish on this wade are usually in that 1/4 mile. He followed behind eventually wading in water he should have been fishing and turning back. Could have saved himself the trouble when he saw us at the bridge to find another section.
Smallmouth weren't evenly spread out, when I got into some they were often in bunches. Finally at the large end pool, Wendy and I are in waist deep water, she swimming comically in circles. Had just landed a 12"er, next throw of some 30 yards lands with a nice hop and following explosion. One of the longest fights and most powerful smallmouth in a while. She was in charge. The fight may have lasted a minute or so. Directing the swimming dog away from hooked bass was hilarious. She would turn the wrong direction and I'd have to convince the bass she was not a tree. Finally reached shore and it was a nice one 19.5".
Not much further, 17.5"er and another swimming dog/fish fight.
We got off the water and biked back to the car. Worn. Out. Dog.
Sunday- debut of Platypus 3l water bladder. Doesn't quite fit in the pack. 85-90oz/101oz capacity will fit and stuff in the back pack. Improvement. I stayed pretty well hydrated in a 7 hour wade. Went for afternoon this time. River traffic was out. Bikini hatch canoe, 4 yakers/fishermen, then later 2 more fishermen, barking dog and waders. Nice fun
. Hope this doesn't get like Kentucky. Fishing wasn't knock 'em out, but consistent. Nothing big, 5 smallmouth 16.5"-16.99", several feisty 15"'s, lots of black fry strewn all over starting to act like they have brains. Still easy to step on if you aren't looking. Easy, easy to see if you look.
51 SMB (19.5", 18", 17.5", 6- 16.5-16.99", 5-15") couple Googs, longear
Sunday, May 13, 2012
5/13 Pig
Things started off slow @8am, but at least one big girl wasn't in a spawning position.
Lots of nests and smaller fish hanging near them. Counted 50-60. Can't tell whether they've done the deed or are waiting for a mate. Didn't see any black fry yet. Caught smallies on 9 lures, but I'm sure some were just dumb nest guarders. Wish they were done. After I got the first giant, I started thinking a long wade for multiple pigs. Canoers came into sight so I turned back, got in the car to go to another spot and was tired so went home by 1. Need to get some boots.
26 SMB 3 Googs 5 hours+
Lots of nests and smaller fish hanging near them. Counted 50-60. Can't tell whether they've done the deed or are waiting for a mate. Didn't see any black fry yet. Caught smallies on 9 lures, but I'm sure some were just dumb nest guarders. Wish they were done. After I got the first giant, I started thinking a long wade for multiple pigs. Canoers came into sight so I turned back, got in the car to go to another spot and was tired so went home by 1. Need to get some boots.
26 SMB 3 Googs 5 hours+
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Egging Smallmouth Bass 4/7/2012
Drove too far today. Stepped in a small creek for a potentially long wade that could be quick. Ended up quick. The thing is in ruin just a couple years ago teaming with fish. Problem isn't habitat, it is the dirt bikes and ATV's riding in and across the creek. Can't see another 60 fish day in there. Bottom stretch is almost completely silted in. Gin clear, cool water, cliffs boulders. There aren't any eroded banks. Literally, the motorbikes are bring it in and churning it up.
Anyways, was going to try and nab mushrooms in spots while I cut through the woods to fish better holes. Struck out on shrooms. Fish were under boulders. Got a 15.75" and a goog on tube and that's all they wanted while I was there. You really had to pick apart the cover to get bit. Later watched a 18"+ smallie chasing off a channel catfish and I knew what that was about. Nests. many of the bigger fish are pulling the trigger. I saw some other fish from 20' up, so I tried to senko them, instead hooked a rooster tail on a branch above me I hadn't noticed. The whole branch came down with the tangle yielding a 1/64th oz yellow rooster tail. Hit a couple more 14-15.5". Left with 5 and a couple Googs.
On the way out I stopped at another stream far upstream of where I had ever been. Lots of silt and wood, Produced a smb almost by accident and I got out of there.
tried a couple new feeders but water wasn't in them. One had dinks so score and score on a Woooly Bugger and Dave's fly rod. Good thing too because I dropped the flies somewhere and snapped off the last one soon after catching the dink.
Bigger stream after 5 and lots of driving. Things started to liven up when I hit the back of a wide shallow pool. Intentionally waking my WC produced an 18.25", 17", 16.25". The 18" came off the right side in shallow slower water. I began to suspect he might have been on a nest, but had no way of knowing from 25 yards away.
Here's what I found:
I had caught a nest guarder. No wonder there were so many misses.
Later pulling fish out of current I had a dink on, then a bigger fish as well. Drag was too loose and they both got off. Googs jumped on hooks too.
On an outside bend with depth I got an impact strike and a pig to hand at 19"
Finished by nabbing a dinko at a bridge for stream number 5.
29 SMB (19", 18.25", 17", 16.25", 3-15") 8 Googs
Anyways, was going to try and nab mushrooms in spots while I cut through the woods to fish better holes. Struck out on shrooms. Fish were under boulders. Got a 15.75" and a goog on tube and that's all they wanted while I was there. You really had to pick apart the cover to get bit. Later watched a 18"+ smallie chasing off a channel catfish and I knew what that was about. Nests. many of the bigger fish are pulling the trigger. I saw some other fish from 20' up, so I tried to senko them, instead hooked a rooster tail on a branch above me I hadn't noticed. The whole branch came down with the tangle yielding a 1/64th oz yellow rooster tail. Hit a couple more 14-15.5". Left with 5 and a couple Googs.
On the way out I stopped at another stream far upstream of where I had ever been. Lots of silt and wood, Produced a smb almost by accident and I got out of there.
tried a couple new feeders but water wasn't in them. One had dinks so score and score on a Woooly Bugger and Dave's fly rod. Good thing too because I dropped the flies somewhere and snapped off the last one soon after catching the dink.
Bigger stream after 5 and lots of driving. Things started to liven up when I hit the back of a wide shallow pool. Intentionally waking my WC produced an 18.25", 17", 16.25". The 18" came off the right side in shallow slower water. I began to suspect he might have been on a nest, but had no way of knowing from 25 yards away.
Here's what I found:
I had caught a nest guarder. No wonder there were so many misses.
Later pulling fish out of current I had a dink on, then a bigger fish as well. Drag was too loose and they both got off. Googs jumped on hooks too.
On an outside bend with depth I got an impact strike and a pig to hand at 19"
Finished by nabbing a dinko at a bridge for stream number 5.
29 SMB (19", 18.25", 17", 16.25", 3-15") 8 Googs
Sunday, April 1, 2012
103 Smallmouth Bass in One Day March! 3/31/2011
Just sick. Long wades from several bridges. Longest outing of the year and the most smallmouth I've ever caught in a day. Lots of dinks.
19" WC
17" R2C
16" wronghanded reel handle challenge. Man was that akward! Luckily hooked well. Had another fish swim in with him. R2C
17.5" R2C
16" Caught smallmouth on 7 different lures
17.25" Wake Crank
Release pic:
103 SMB in 9 hours New personal best by 30 fish: (19", 17.5", 17.25", 17", 16.5", 2-16, 5-15")
19" WC
17" R2C
16" wronghanded reel handle challenge. Man was that akward! Luckily hooked well. Had another fish swim in with him. R2C
17.5" R2C
16" Caught smallmouth on 7 different lures
17.25" Wake Crank
Release pic:
103 SMB in 9 hours New personal best by 30 fish: (19", 17.5", 17.25", 17", 16.5", 2-16, 5-15")
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Lots of Action! 3/7/2012
My stuff got rescheduled for today. Needed to get the cobwebs off the walking legs, so on a whim I planned to wade/march close to 5 miles and then bike back to the car. Got a late start, but I knew shortcuts through the woods to most of the best holes. Sunny, clear, warming, windy.
Both pairs of waders are leakers. Yesterday I repaired them with AquaSeal. Turns out, I fixed the right leg, but the left still had a leak near the knee. Grrr...
Took a few river bends before I caught a 6" micro dink on FnF. Float didn't even dunk.
Few hundred yards of no fishing until one of those deep bends happened. Turns out the inside bend I was standing on gave some nice elevation to see down 4' into the water.
Thought I spotted a... or is it a rock's shadow? *Throws* 1/8th oz BTjig, planning for current to sweep it down 3' in front of the 'fish'.
The shadow turned, definitely a bass. Then it faced downstream and my jig was gone. I waited a second or 2 (always prudent when sight fishing). *Rears*. THUNK. Immediate head shakes. Great runs, the runs today! Nice 16" smallie. Sooo, that fish was in feeding position in a Winter area, but a feeding position. I worked the inside bend with my hairjig, nailing 4 more smb between 12-14". I could see them taking refuge on the slope of the inside bend, waiting for food, reacting to my jig. This gave me vital information on what I needed to do to get the jig bit.
Float and Fly rod picked another 14" bass from the outside. Another fish followed him, for a second looked like he would inhale the Hunter's orange float. Turned back. In the middle of this bend is a riffle, then another hole, then the final riffle. On the second upstream hole I lose a fish on my jig that felt really nice. Throw FnF in there and nail 4 more 14-16" smallies. I think the hole died, so I switch back to the harijig. Bigger thump. Ugggh, that's not a smallie! Crap! I muscled him and he really didn't get going until he was landed. measured a thick 26". One more 12" after that.
Walked a path to the next spot upstream. First cast on FnF hung on a root. Switched to braid rod and hair jig cast upstream. Thunk. 16"er, then a 15.5", 15", 12", dink", Big Goog. Some misses that didn't hook. Action was awesome. They wanted it moved, then dropped..wait...wait...wait.
Hit a long stretch where nothing was going on. Didn't even see smb for a while. Maybe a mile or more with the sun behind the clouds. Strange compared to the last hole. Where a pipe came in they started up again. Then sun had come back out to play and it was on! I threw on a tube and had a couple fish to hand just to check. Pulled 5 from there from 12-14.5".
Not far upstream in the sun I get bit, see a nice fish on then he head shakes free underwater. Next cast a 12", then a 16.99".
Long walk to the next holes, but what a good one. Rock point and sycamore shelter produced a couple. Then 6/8 come to hand with some head shakers coming off. 3 16-16.5" out of the bunch. Couldn't believe there was a real chance of getting 50 smallmouth this early in the year. Walked up a ditch feeder and found a hole in it, threw in- SMALLMOUTH of 13"!
Last couple holes I needed big things from to hit 50. 4 and 2 11"-14" .
I could see a lot of the bites today from up high on banks.
44 SMB (6-16-16.99", 5-15") 2 Googs, Chub, 26" Carp. 5 hours of fishing Probably lost at least 6-10 fish with a few diamonds in there. Charged up bass.
Biked back to the car. Wind was at my back or side the whole way. Called my wife and told her I'd be late because there was a lot of trash to pick up at the bridge and adjoining road. Grabbed 3 tires and about 70 lbs of bottles, cans, and cups. Only a dent.
Both pairs of waders are leakers. Yesterday I repaired them with AquaSeal. Turns out, I fixed the right leg, but the left still had a leak near the knee. Grrr...
Took a few river bends before I caught a 6" micro dink on FnF. Float didn't even dunk.
Few hundred yards of no fishing until one of those deep bends happened. Turns out the inside bend I was standing on gave some nice elevation to see down 4' into the water.
Thought I spotted a... or is it a rock's shadow? *Throws* 1/8th oz BTjig, planning for current to sweep it down 3' in front of the 'fish'.
The shadow turned, definitely a bass. Then it faced downstream and my jig was gone. I waited a second or 2 (always prudent when sight fishing). *Rears*. THUNK. Immediate head shakes. Great runs, the runs today! Nice 16" smallie. Sooo, that fish was in feeding position in a Winter area, but a feeding position. I worked the inside bend with my hairjig, nailing 4 more smb between 12-14". I could see them taking refuge on the slope of the inside bend, waiting for food, reacting to my jig. This gave me vital information on what I needed to do to get the jig bit.
Float and Fly rod picked another 14" bass from the outside. Another fish followed him, for a second looked like he would inhale the Hunter's orange float. Turned back. In the middle of this bend is a riffle, then another hole, then the final riffle. On the second upstream hole I lose a fish on my jig that felt really nice. Throw FnF in there and nail 4 more 14-16" smallies. I think the hole died, so I switch back to the harijig. Bigger thump. Ugggh, that's not a smallie! Crap! I muscled him and he really didn't get going until he was landed. measured a thick 26". One more 12" after that.
Walked a path to the next spot upstream. First cast on FnF hung on a root. Switched to braid rod and hair jig cast upstream. Thunk. 16"er, then a 15.5", 15", 12", dink", Big Goog. Some misses that didn't hook. Action was awesome. They wanted it moved, then dropped..wait...wait...wait.
Hit a long stretch where nothing was going on. Didn't even see smb for a while. Maybe a mile or more with the sun behind the clouds. Strange compared to the last hole. Where a pipe came in they started up again. Then sun had come back out to play and it was on! I threw on a tube and had a couple fish to hand just to check. Pulled 5 from there from 12-14.5".
Not far upstream in the sun I get bit, see a nice fish on then he head shakes free underwater. Next cast a 12", then a 16.99".
Long walk to the next holes, but what a good one. Rock point and sycamore shelter produced a couple. Then 6/8 come to hand with some head shakers coming off. 3 16-16.5" out of the bunch. Couldn't believe there was a real chance of getting 50 smallmouth this early in the year. Walked up a ditch feeder and found a hole in it, threw in- SMALLMOUTH of 13"!
Last couple holes I needed big things from to hit 50. 4 and 2 11"-14" .
I could see a lot of the bites today from up high on banks.
44 SMB (6-16-16.99", 5-15") 2 Googs, Chub, 26" Carp. 5 hours of fishing Probably lost at least 6-10 fish with a few diamonds in there. Charged up bass.
Biked back to the car. Wind was at my back or side the whole way. Called my wife and told her I'd be late because there was a lot of trash to pick up at the bridge and adjoining road. Grabbed 3 tires and about 70 lbs of bottles, cans, and cups. Only a dent.
Friday, March 2, 2012
Of Hogs and Shorn Banks 2/28/12
headed west today to take a looks see at two streams. Put in near town to try one hole. Water was 4' visibility and there was only one spot with more than that in depth. I pulled an 11" free lining a fnf jig on the bottom. That turned out to be the pattern. Let it sink, wait, flutter up off the bottom, let it sit, repeat. On the way to the next pool I stopped off at a second stream right along a road at a right angle bend. Kept with tight lining the fly jig.
SMB on the first cast, then a couple more with a couple hard fighters pulling free. Then I lost a couple of spotted bass. Got a larger one casting across a laydown and counting down the jig. A 1/16th hair jig with extra craft hair falls nice and slow. Tick. Pulled a chunky 14" Spot over the log and to me.
Tossed upstream of the laydown and got bit on the inside bend, as I was fighting the fish, a lady pulled up and asked me if I knew where any eagles nests were. I hid the fight from her and the fish got off. After she left a retrieve was getting followed by two good size smallmouth bass. I dropped the jig and saw the 16.5" inhale it instantly. Waited. Set hook. Nice fish about 16.5":
Few casts later I got his buddy a 15.75" smallmouth. I spotted a mink on the opposite shore. Took a couple of shots. This one was 'best'.
Managed to snarf up 6 tires from 3 different locations.
Hit another spot where I got a 13" freelining, then thumped like a bass, but a carp was fighting. Wasn't a carp. Ginormous for this little stream. Looked like my first 20" pig of the year. Thick, thick, thick. Measured short of 18"!! All blubber and no length. Great fish. Largest yet from there. Haven't fished it in 2 years...
The spot I was heading to to find some Sauger/Piggie Smalls was filled in with silt to my dismay. Headed back to the bigger stream.
Went to a former killer spot check out the following pics to see how badly the stream is in decline. The second tree before and after. Granted the water is about 8-12" lower.
Mike's ginormous pig amoungst the big fish we caught there.
There just weren't any deep spots anymore.
I headed home with 12 bass 9SMB 3KY (17.75", 16.5", 15.75") in like 2 hours of fishing and lots of driving
SMB on the first cast, then a couple more with a couple hard fighters pulling free. Then I lost a couple of spotted bass. Got a larger one casting across a laydown and counting down the jig. A 1/16th hair jig with extra craft hair falls nice and slow. Tick. Pulled a chunky 14" Spot over the log and to me.
Tossed upstream of the laydown and got bit on the inside bend, as I was fighting the fish, a lady pulled up and asked me if I knew where any eagles nests were. I hid the fight from her and the fish got off. After she left a retrieve was getting followed by two good size smallmouth bass. I dropped the jig and saw the 16.5" inhale it instantly. Waited. Set hook. Nice fish about 16.5":
Few casts later I got his buddy a 15.75" smallmouth. I spotted a mink on the opposite shore. Took a couple of shots. This one was 'best'.
Managed to snarf up 6 tires from 3 different locations.
Hit another spot where I got a 13" freelining, then thumped like a bass, but a carp was fighting. Wasn't a carp. Ginormous for this little stream. Looked like my first 20" pig of the year. Thick, thick, thick. Measured short of 18"!! All blubber and no length. Great fish. Largest yet from there. Haven't fished it in 2 years...
The spot I was heading to to find some Sauger/Piggie Smalls was filled in with silt to my dismay. Headed back to the bigger stream.
Went to a former killer spot check out the following pics to see how badly the stream is in decline. The second tree before and after. Granted the water is about 8-12" lower.
Mike's ginormous pig amoungst the big fish we caught there.
There just weren't any deep spots anymore.
I headed home with 12 bass 9SMB 3KY (17.75", 16.5", 15.75") in like 2 hours of fishing and lots of driving
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Mike 2/25/2012
I pulled a thick 18" out of an eddy at the first spot. We had floated over some smallies in sunshine right off the bat. Water was clear. Day was windy. Depending on direction of stream you'd have to paddle to go downstream or be absolutely calm.
Mike yanked an old fly jig off a rock. He tried to catch a fish on it, but it didn't work out.
The middle of the float was nearly empty until I had a nice sized SMB pull off my crank unhooked.
We hit a large pool. I got one one 8" on FnF, before crankbaits started ticking over sucker schools and occasionally, a nice smallmouth.
I got this chunk 18.25" then Mike lost two in like 3 casts. I played with some suckers.
Mike had a nice fish follow his crank back to his yak before turning away at the last moment. We think he got it a few casts later. 17.5"
Chartreuse crankbaits in Winter Pools slow water to no movement.
Mike would have had more, the Strike King KVD has terrible hooks. Absolutely catch fish. Hooks need replacing with Gamakatsus.
BT 5 SMB (18.25", 18") 2 Golden redhorse 17-19", 1 Quillback 15-16".
MC 1 SMB 17.5"
Mike yanked an old fly jig off a rock. He tried to catch a fish on it, but it didn't work out.
The middle of the float was nearly empty until I had a nice sized SMB pull off my crank unhooked.
We hit a large pool. I got one one 8" on FnF, before crankbaits started ticking over sucker schools and occasionally, a nice smallmouth.
I got this chunk 18.25" then Mike lost two in like 3 casts. I played with some suckers.
Mike had a nice fish follow his crank back to his yak before turning away at the last moment. We think he got it a few casts later. 17.5"
Chartreuse crankbaits in Winter Pools slow water to no movement.
Mike would have had more, the Strike King KVD has terrible hooks. Absolutely catch fish. Hooks need replacing with Gamakatsus.
BT 5 SMB (18.25", 18") 2 Golden redhorse 17-19", 1 Quillback 15-16".
MC 1 SMB 17.5"
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