I and two buddies started fishing on the south end today around 7-ish using my normal fare - pointers. Action was decent (unlike last week, when it was smoking) in ten feet or less of water until around 9:30 when two of us switched to 4" white tubes and caught a bunch in about 12 feet of water until we headed out around 11:30. The pointer continued to produce slow but steady, about a fish every 15 minutes, the jigs did better. The final damage was 63 boated, probably another 25 or so long line released. I hooked two fish today in less than 24" of water, both on a jig as we cruised the bank casting to risers - one of them rolled up out of the water to grab the jig. The bigger fish are starting to show up as we caught at least 6 above the slot, including one pretty 23.5-incher (pictured). For those interested, the bloom is starting and should be at its peak in about a week or so- water temp was 52.6 when we started and 54.7 as we left and the wind was coming up. The weeds appear to be just starting to recede a little. Overall pretty good, I believe I'll try again Friday.
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great report and picture. i'm headed to the berry on sunday with about 4 or 5 other guys with our toons and tubes. hope we do as well as you guys did.
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Nice report. I am heading up on Friday as well. Maybe we will see you up there. We will be in a 14ft aluminum boat from the Marina. Not sure what area we will hit yet. I have been looking forward to October all year. Last year during this time, I caught more fish than ever before in my life.
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Stop by and say hi if you see us around - we'll be on the south end in the 19' Alumacraft Trophy 190 - silver and black. PM if you want a some info on where you might want to fish.
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Sounds like another great outing. Thanks for the report.
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Went up on Sunday 24th with a couple of buddys using your same technique on jigs, after trolling pointers for a while. Trolling was slow, but the jigs were working great, boated about 25 fish in 4 hours, including the two pictured. 23' 5 lbs and a 25" 6 lbs. I love fall at the berry.
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Nice fish guys - yes, fall rules.
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Mind if I ask what size and pattern pointer you were using. I guess I need to take the plunge and shell out the cash for a couple...
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Size 78sp, there are a bunch of good patterns, some of which you can't get around here. A couple you can get are the ghost minnows and rainbows, both of which work well.
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Thanks Man, heading to Cabelas tonight to see if they have the shiner pattern...they tout it as a "Cabelas Exclusive" color.
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