July 4th. First time on the water in over 2 weeks. Beautiful day, just enough wind to keep the bugs away, power squadron being well mannered for the most part, and the fish biting for me. Hey sounds like a winner for me. Caught and released 7 Wiper. Fished from 730 AM to 130PM. First fish hit 9 minutes after leaving the south marina. Running just about straight north out of the marina at 3.0 to 3.4 mph. Seems the favorite lure was (for me anyway) a 3" Fire Tiger Rat-l-trap. Tried a new Shad Rap I just bought, color name is....I can't remember, "Hot Steel" maybe? But it hooked up one of the 7.
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Sweet! Great day for sure.
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Great report!!! I think I have caught one wiper on that color, but many people I know have caught fish on it. They just don't like mine i guess.
That is a Rattlin Rapala isn't it?
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Yes, I believe it is. But to be honest, I have so many lipless rattlin crank baits, Bill Lewis, Cordell, Rapala, some no-name, I am never real sure who made what I'm dragging, just he size and color.
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Sounds like success to me. ThatWeatherGuy, myself and another BFT member all floated kayaks at the north marina on the 4th. Fishing wasn't fast by any measure but we did score a few wipers. It was a riot getting drug around by a 20" Wiper in my kayak.
I wanted to go out of the marina and troll some walleye but I didn't have the stones to venture out into the wind and waves that morning.
The highlight of the beautiful Independance Day morning for me was that the three strangers that met up to fish ended up all being military.
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Good pics T-C! And Freedom for 7 nice Wipers...makes me wonder how many times some of those fish are being caught...I don't mind keeping a couple smaller ones now and then (think walleye instead) but they sure are fun to C+R....and I finally got my new rubberized net, so C+R on anything will be a lot quicker and healthier for the fish...that last one of yours looks like it was pushing the limits on your board - over 20? Nice...I think I need to get back out there again soon...Guluk...
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Nice report, I need to get back up and get the fly rod on them again.
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