09-20-2018, 08:30 PM
Hooked up with Catchinon today for a go at Lincoln. Arrived at about 7:15 a.m. to some rough seas but decided to give it a try in hopes that the wind would die down. Too rough to drag baits so we took up shelter on the south side of the of the south arm. Looked like we were going to continue Catchinon's streak of bad luck after we only caught three cats... but two of them were 29 inchers so the trip was a smashing success. The water was rough all morning or we would have caught those 30+ers we were after. Good trip with good company.
Water in the channel was showing 1.3 to 1.6 on my finder. My trailer dropped off the end of the ramp and I had to use my 4x4 grunt gear to pull the boat out. Launching would probably be better from the gravel on the south side of the ramp but would require 4x4 to pull out. Water temp was 68 degrees with no ugly algae goo. We had no trouble getting out of the channel using the trimmed up prop. Still might be able to get in a couple more trips before water is too low.
Pleasure to fish with Catchinon even if we only caught three. His 29 incher should give him a good boost in his score and my 29 incher will give my one inch. I still have not found a 30 incher this year... so far.
Good trip Catchinon, thanks for joining me.
BLK
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Water in the channel was showing 1.3 to 1.6 on my finder. My trailer dropped off the end of the ramp and I had to use my 4x4 grunt gear to pull the boat out. Launching would probably be better from the gravel on the south side of the ramp but would require 4x4 to pull out. Water temp was 68 degrees with no ugly algae goo. We had no trouble getting out of the channel using the trimmed up prop. Still might be able to get in a couple more trips before water is too low.
Pleasure to fish with Catchinon even if we only caught three. His 29 incher should give him a good boost in his score and my 29 incher will give my one inch. I still have not found a 30 incher this year... so far.
Good trip Catchinon, thanks for joining me.
BLK
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