01-08-2010, 10:00 AM
Had a cancelation for today so Bill and I headed over and spent 4 beautiful hours on Carters this afternoon. We got to the water about 12:00 and fished until 4:30. We only threw jerkbaits, crankbaits and fish head spins during our short trip. Bill hooked up on the 2nd cast w/ a deep jerkbait on spinning tackle, 10 minutes later Bill was holding a very FAT 20lb white fish. Great fight on the spinning tackle, and the little jerkbait held up nice. We dedicate all our white fish to Robert Edison w/ First Bite, he does the same when he catches a big spot, so if you want a bunch of these drag screamers call him LOL. We catch em on accident, but they are a blast. The striper had some sort of milk coming out of it, similar to the way perch do when you handle them this time of year.?.?. <br /> <br />Shortly after our big white fish was released I hooked our first big spot of the day, a solid 5lb Carters Lake Mag. The fish was sitting in a drain about 25ft deep and bit a fish head spin. We only fired the engine up one time in our 4 hours, we pretty much just fished what was in front of us and boated 8 keepers including another solid 4lb spot that bit a DLN Crankbait. Bill ended our day snagging a big gold fish (Carp) w/ the jerkbait, sorry no picture he wasn&#39;t interested in holding it up. <br /> <br />The snow made for a very scenic afternoon and an interesting ride home LOL. 4 snow filled hours w/ your best friend wacking big spots will work for me everytime. <br /> <br />I have one day open next week and two days the following. January is finally starting to fill up, if you want to get a big spot now is the time. <br /> <br />On a side note, if anyone is planning on going to the lake tomorrow be extra careful. We almost didn&#39;t make it down the mountain to 136, it was awful. I don&#39;t see how anyone can get up to the ramp tomorrow, or maybe even Saturday. The roads were completely snowed over on the MTN.