08-03-2009, 07:06 PM
The wife and I hit rockport Sun. Launched around 7 and fished till noon. Boated about a dozen rainbows and lost/missed about the same. Again most were 15" clones but the wife did get one nice fat one about 18".
Fish were showing at 20-30 feet. Most were caught just of the Crandal campground or sightly toward the inlet from there. Used leaded lines out 2 to 2 1/2 colors at a slow troll. Were hitting an F5 frog flatfish on my line and a red bead/red blade wedding ring with worm for the wife. They liked coming out of the water once they got hooked which added to the fun and the loss rate.
Talked to one angler at the marina who had done well fishing for smallies but didn't ask where or on what.
Left at noon because it started getting a little crazy with all the fast movers. Either they haven't heard of the 50 yard proximity laws or they are a poor judge of distance, I'm giving them the binefit of the doubt here, but really think they just don't care. Is it illegal to shot bottle rockets at them? The other thing is why do these guys waite untill they are on the boat ramp before they load the wake boards and crap into the boat clogging trafic? Their lack of courtesy seems to extend to the dry land as well. I guess it's the "it's all about me" sydrome. OK enough griping.
dj
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Fish were showing at 20-30 feet. Most were caught just of the Crandal campground or sightly toward the inlet from there. Used leaded lines out 2 to 2 1/2 colors at a slow troll. Were hitting an F5 frog flatfish on my line and a red bead/red blade wedding ring with worm for the wife. They liked coming out of the water once they got hooked which added to the fun and the loss rate.
Talked to one angler at the marina who had done well fishing for smallies but didn't ask where or on what.
Left at noon because it started getting a little crazy with all the fast movers. Either they haven't heard of the 50 yard proximity laws or they are a poor judge of distance, I'm giving them the binefit of the doubt here, but really think they just don't care. Is it illegal to shot bottle rockets at them? The other thing is why do these guys waite untill they are on the boat ramp before they load the wake boards and crap into the boat clogging trafic? Their lack of courtesy seems to extend to the dry land as well. I guess it's the "it's all about me" sydrome. OK enough griping.
dj
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