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Rabbit Gulch Tubin' FUN - MisterCompletely - 09-12-2009
[font "Comic Sans MS"][#500000]Got to Rabbit Gulch at 7 with the sunrise, but didn't get to fishin' until 7:30. Beautiful morning, very slight breeze.
First fish was a 13" skinny walleye on a red roadrunner and piece of worm at about 30'. Turned out he was camera shy and flipped back into the water while I was getting the camera ready. Oh well, I wasn't going to keep him anyway.[/#500000][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][#500000]Second fish was just a big ugly stick.[/#500000][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][#500000]Third was another stick - - no wait, it's pulling back! A nice 14" smallie, also on the roadrunner. A quick pic and back he went.[/#500000][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][#500000]Then I got over the perch in 30 to 35 feet of water, near the buoys. It was just a game of steal the worm, get caught, steal the worm, get caught. Mostly steal the worm. Some were fat, many were small. nothing huge. I brought the basket to bring some home, but ended up not keeping any. I didn't take many pictures either. One perch looks just like another, you know.[/#500000][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][#500000]Three bass boats stayed in the Gulch most of the morning, with the tourney I assume. The wind kicked up about 10:30 and they all left. It blew me back toward my truck, so I thought I'd go ashore for a break, but then decided against going back out again. It wasn't a bad blow, but it made fishing a lot of work. Got checked by 2 different park rangers, mostly making sure everyone paid to get in. Love those annual passes! [
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][#500000]I drove over to the main park area. Whoa, I was glad I didn't have my boat. The place was packed. It reminded me why I almost always fish in the middle of the week. [/#500000][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][#500000]All in all a very fun trip. Thanks TubeDude for your helpful info. Oh, and the sonar worked great (1st time using it on the tube). I'll definitely do the Gulch again. [cool][/#500000][/font]
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Re: [MisterCompletely] Rabbit Gulch Tubin' FUN - albinotrout - 09-12-2009
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Re: [MisterCompletely] Rabbit Gulch Tubin' FUN - TubeDude - 09-13-2009
[cool][#0000ff]Good stuff. Glad you made it over and had some fun. That place kinda gets to you and makes you want to do it again some more.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Good to hear your sonar works for you. It can really mean the difference between catching fish and just a lot of looking and jigging.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]By the way, you COULD have kept that stick. Regulations say "forkhorn or better". But, they are tough to fillet and are not nearly as good as walleye and perch.[/#0000ff]
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