05-18-2009, 09:00 PM
[cool][#0000ff]TubeBabe just got back in town and couldn't spring free for a Monday trip. So I did a solo shot. Figured the poor crappies in the north marina had all the company they needed so I would see if some of their kinfolk might have set up housekeeping in or around the south marina. Used to do pretty good there at times.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Launched about 6 AM in 53 degree air temp and 57 degree water temp, inside the marina. Quickly jumped to 60 when I got outside the cool inlet water. Didn't see many fish in the channel and did not get any hits on bait, plastic or crankbait before rounding the point to the north. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Almost glass, with very light breeze. A few skeeters around the ramp and a few midges in the air and on the water but nothing like they will be in a couple of weeks. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Started throwing small plastics around the point and along the rocks, where I have taken grundles of crappies in years past. Yaaaaaawnnnnn. Nada.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Moved out to about 12 feet...the weedline from the former dry years. Threw several kinds of plastics and cranks. Yaaaaaaaawnnnn. Nada some more.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Kicked out to deeper water, watching the screen on my new Cuda 300 float tube sonar. I thought maybe I had a dud. It did not display any fish. Tinkered with the settings. Even tried demo mode. Saw some there, but no more when I returned to real life.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Talked to a couple of guys cruising by at a respectable distance. They were not seeing much either. Not a bite on bottom bouncers or trolled cranks. A couple of other guys roared right over my line...just because they were bigger than me in their powerful bass boat.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]About halfway to the feed lot I began to mark a few fish...very few. And they all had their little mouths closed and their middle fins upraised. Tough crowd.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Shortly after 8 my bait rod bobbed, the line popped out of the clip and I cranked in my first "cookie cutter" kitty...about 16". The smell of skunk disappeared and life looked better. But it was awhile before the next one.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I never got a whack on plastics or hardbaits today. And, I fished them high, low and inbetween. Thanks be to the everlovin kitties for at least bendin' my stick and stretchin' my string a few times...on minnows. I caught about 10 and kept 6 for the grill. A couple of them stole some line off the reel and I was hopin' maybe wiperinski. Nay, not so.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]A few mayflies hatching today. I doubt the walleyes and wipers were full up on them. Got a pic of one on my hat brim.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Saw lots of "Willard Bay Easter Bunnies" (rock chucks) cavorting on the dikes this morning. Also saw myriads (that's a lot) of different water birds flying over. Too many cormorants and pelicans. Alas, my shot shell howitzer was not available.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Kicked leisurely back to the ramp about noon. Water temp was up to 65 in the main lake and 63 inside. Air temp was 84. Tropical.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Oh yeah, the carp thing is on, even in the cooler water of the south marina. They were starting to really get after it as I loaded up for the trip home.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Hey Dawn Girl, this trip was for you. Sorry you had to sacrifice your planned happy place trip on your birthday just to appease "well meaning" fambly. Just goes to show, it might be better having friends and no family. At least you can pick your friends.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Non fishermen just don't get it. Fishing is an end unto itself. It needs no reason and no results to be enjoyable. Nice if you catch fish, but not essential.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Launched about 6 AM in 53 degree air temp and 57 degree water temp, inside the marina. Quickly jumped to 60 when I got outside the cool inlet water. Didn't see many fish in the channel and did not get any hits on bait, plastic or crankbait before rounding the point to the north. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Almost glass, with very light breeze. A few skeeters around the ramp and a few midges in the air and on the water but nothing like they will be in a couple of weeks. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Started throwing small plastics around the point and along the rocks, where I have taken grundles of crappies in years past. Yaaaaaawnnnnn. Nada.[/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]Moved out to about 12 feet...the weedline from the former dry years. Threw several kinds of plastics and cranks. Yaaaaaaaawnnnn. Nada some more.[/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]Kicked out to deeper water, watching the screen on my new Cuda 300 float tube sonar. I thought maybe I had a dud. It did not display any fish. Tinkered with the settings. Even tried demo mode. Saw some there, but no more when I returned to real life.[/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]Talked to a couple of guys cruising by at a respectable distance. They were not seeing much either. Not a bite on bottom bouncers or trolled cranks. A couple of other guys roared right over my line...just because they were bigger than me in their powerful bass boat.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]About halfway to the feed lot I began to mark a few fish...very few. And they all had their little mouths closed and their middle fins upraised. Tough crowd.[/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]Shortly after 8 my bait rod bobbed, the line popped out of the clip and I cranked in my first "cookie cutter" kitty...about 16". The smell of skunk disappeared and life looked better. But it was awhile before the next one.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I never got a whack on plastics or hardbaits today. And, I fished them high, low and inbetween. Thanks be to the everlovin kitties for at least bendin' my stick and stretchin' my string a few times...on minnows. I caught about 10 and kept 6 for the grill. A couple of them stole some line off the reel and I was hopin' maybe wiperinski. Nay, not so.[/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]A few mayflies hatching today. I doubt the walleyes and wipers were full up on them. Got a pic of one on my hat brim.[/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]Saw lots of "Willard Bay Easter Bunnies" (rock chucks) cavorting on the dikes this morning. Also saw myriads (that's a lot) of different water birds flying over. Too many cormorants and pelicans. Alas, my shot shell howitzer was not available.[/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]Kicked leisurely back to the ramp about noon. Water temp was up to 65 in the main lake and 63 inside. Air temp was 84. Tropical.[/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]Oh yeah, the carp thing is on, even in the cooler water of the south marina. They were starting to really get after it as I loaded up for the trip home.[/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]Hey Dawn Girl, this trip was for you. Sorry you had to sacrifice your planned happy place trip on your birthday just to appease "well meaning" fambly. Just goes to show, it might be better having friends and no family. At least you can pick your friends.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Non fishermen just don't get it. Fishing is an end unto itself. It needs no reason and no results to be enjoyable. Nice if you catch fish, but not essential.[/#0000ff]
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