07-26-2018, 08:40 PM
When I got there this morning I saw your two rigs in the parking lot. I was glad to see that ice_sled is back in business. I fished in the channel for a while and caught a bullhead. Then Bigcatch30 and his grandson came along and asked if I wanted to go to Bird Island with them in Jim's pontoon boat. I said sure. It turned out to be slow for us, too. I did catch my first two rock bass; the second one must have gone over two pounds! I threw them back. Those guys caught a couple of channels and some bullheads. Oh, and grandson James, caught a ten-pound carp which gave him quite a fight. Grandpa cut him into bait and we tried some chunks before we left, but to no avail. When we had had all the heat we wanted, we headed in at 11. You guys were gone. I decided to try fishing from the bank a little longer to try to catch a channel or two. No luck. I caught a double on bullheads, though. But no love from the big guys today. Oh well, I figure I have to catch about four bullheads per channel so I'm set for next time.
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