Fishing Forum

Nice sunny day today so I took a ride out to Lincoln Beach to see if there was any water, ice, or fishing. Some slushy ice on the south end that might hold the weight of a seagull. Surprised to see 15-20 guys fishing the open water at the first spring outlet. The usual Asian guys and others were there with their buckets and coolers catching white bass consistently. I did not walk out to see what they were using for bait but I would imagine any smallish jig tipped with a piece of crawler would work. Most of them were using a bobber with a lure/bait on about 3 ft. of leader.

The ice fishing there hasn't even started yet but the whities are being hammered pretty good already. I make no judgement about the guys catching them by the buckets full but I would kinda like to see the whities recover a bit from the very poor hatch last spring.

Nice day. Temp at noon when I was there was a balmy 43 degrees. Probably not too much longer before the lake ices up. The water in the channel is up a few inches.

More snow, please!

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[#0000FF]Hey...you didn't head for Hawaii for the winter.

Glad to hear the water level is coming up. Got a long way to go yet.

Sorry to hear the happy harvesters are mopping up the congregating remainder of the white bass population. Really gonna be sparse for a few years once the water level rises...if ever. But all those guys care about is filling their buckets...and not the future.

I'm going to send copies of your pics to Ben at FFSL. Hope he appreciates our appreciation.

Hope the water gets high enough we can launch in the channel this spring.
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Good to see you are still around. I need to send your grand sons prize to you from the catfish contest. Could you get it to him? Thanks J
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Yep, I'm still around... I just go into my semi-hibernation mode when the temps drop below freezing. Can't tolerate the cold like I used to could do in my younger years.

I can get Carsen's prize to him. I see the boys a couple of times every week at their basketball games. If you haven't got my address let me know and I will get it to you.

Hoping for snow... lots of snow.

BLK
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Thanks Lynn,
I think I still have your address, if not I'll PM you... Thanks J
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