11-04-2010, 11:16 AM
[cool][#0000ff]Tuesday was election day. I had already voted no on "all of the above" so I decided to spend the day at another "pole-ing" place...Pineview. Hoped I could find some perch and crappies that would vote for me.
Lovely calm morning. Air temp 34 when I launched about 8 AM at the Port Ramp. Water temp 51...inching up to 52 before I got off the water about 1. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Motored out past the end of the dock, watching the sonar. Started to see potential voters on the screen about 38 feet deep. Didn't have to wait long for "inquiries" after dropping my jigs to the bottom. Dinkster city. Picked up right where I left off on the ice last January. Probably the same dink perch.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Constant "rattle rattle" dink doinks with only an occasional pull down or heavier weight. The latter sometimes produces lunker dinks up to about 8 1/2 inches. Oooh. Ahhh.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Moved slowly toward Browning Point, dragging a double dropshot on one rod and vertical jigging a tandem jig rig with the other. Felt some "load" on the jig rod, pulled up to feel more weight and some "rubber band" stuff. Snapped the wrist to set the hook and rassled up the first crappie of the day. A healthy "footlong". Allll right! That's what I'm talkin' about. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Got into the crappie zone at 41 to 42 feet. Got about a dozen in short order...but most were very small...under 8 inches. But, I did catch a couple more slabbos, including one over 14". I threw out the marker buoy and stayed in the area but I either caught them all or they moved. I did pick up a few other small strays, including one that was half of a two species double I got later.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The perch were deerickulous. Couldn't fish with two rods. Cost too much in worms and perch pieces. But, by not setting the hook on rattles and waiting for weight I did get a few 8 to 9 inchers. Kept a few for bait and released the rest.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Had to make an early day of it so I hit the ramp about 1. Wow. Santa Claus was there with his kayak. At least it looked like him. He was testing it out after making some repairs to the hull. See the pic "Power Squadron".[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Talked to some guys going out in a boat about the same time I was launching. They had been fishing Pineview fairly regularly recently. They also moaned about all the small fish and had not even caught a decent one in a week. I felt better about that. They also said they were getting munched off a lot around the docks when fishing lures in that area. Seems a gang of tiger hooligans has taken over that area and intercepts the stuff you offer to the other fishies.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Saw a big tiger roll almost on shore at Browning Point. And, I had "SOMETHING" put a major chomp on a small perch I was reeling in. About took the rod out of my hands and got away with the perch. No hookup or line cut.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Not sure I want to spend too much more time on Da View until the average fish size improves. Not only is it not fun to catch dink crappies, but it results in a lot of mortality too. When they come up from over about 35 feet deep they float and can't get back down. Of course the seagulls appreciated that, but when it comes ice fishing time the underside of the ice will be covered with dead crapettes. That is a waste.[/#0000ff]
Lovely calm morning. Air temp 34 when I launched about 8 AM at the Port Ramp. Water temp 51...inching up to 52 before I got off the water about 1. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Motored out past the end of the dock, watching the sonar. Started to see potential voters on the screen about 38 feet deep. Didn't have to wait long for "inquiries" after dropping my jigs to the bottom. Dinkster city. Picked up right where I left off on the ice last January. Probably the same dink perch.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Constant "rattle rattle" dink doinks with only an occasional pull down or heavier weight. The latter sometimes produces lunker dinks up to about 8 1/2 inches. Oooh. Ahhh.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Moved slowly toward Browning Point, dragging a double dropshot on one rod and vertical jigging a tandem jig rig with the other. Felt some "load" on the jig rod, pulled up to feel more weight and some "rubber band" stuff. Snapped the wrist to set the hook and rassled up the first crappie of the day. A healthy "footlong". Allll right! That's what I'm talkin' about. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Got into the crappie zone at 41 to 42 feet. Got about a dozen in short order...but most were very small...under 8 inches. But, I did catch a couple more slabbos, including one over 14". I threw out the marker buoy and stayed in the area but I either caught them all or they moved. I did pick up a few other small strays, including one that was half of a two species double I got later.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The perch were deerickulous. Couldn't fish with two rods. Cost too much in worms and perch pieces. But, by not setting the hook on rattles and waiting for weight I did get a few 8 to 9 inchers. Kept a few for bait and released the rest.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Had to make an early day of it so I hit the ramp about 1. Wow. Santa Claus was there with his kayak. At least it looked like him. He was testing it out after making some repairs to the hull. See the pic "Power Squadron".[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Talked to some guys going out in a boat about the same time I was launching. They had been fishing Pineview fairly regularly recently. They also moaned about all the small fish and had not even caught a decent one in a week. I felt better about that. They also said they were getting munched off a lot around the docks when fishing lures in that area. Seems a gang of tiger hooligans has taken over that area and intercepts the stuff you offer to the other fishies.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Saw a big tiger roll almost on shore at Browning Point. And, I had "SOMETHING" put a major chomp on a small perch I was reeling in. About took the rod out of my hands and got away with the perch. No hookup or line cut.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Not sure I want to spend too much more time on Da View until the average fish size improves. Not only is it not fun to catch dink crappies, but it results in a lot of mortality too. When they come up from over about 35 feet deep they float and can't get back down. Of course the seagulls appreciated that, but when it comes ice fishing time the underside of the ice will be covered with dead crapettes. That is a waste.[/#0000ff]