11-08-2004, 04:54 PM
Awoke at 3:30 AM to get packed and ready to go. Had my cup of coffee then left to pick Huslter898 up at his house. Arrived to his place at 4:30 and packed up his things and left to meet up with Tincanfish. We planned to meet @ 5:15 at the spot but Al and I arrived at 5:00 only to see him waiting there for us! another case of the "I need to fish" syndrome that makes us crazy ones get up before any other animals on the planet. 
We arrived to chicken Creek just before 6:30 AM and the fish were rising like crazy, so Tincanfish decides to beat us to it and starts casting from shore and on the third cast he hooks a good sized cutt! I would say about 18 inches. but, it got off just before landing. HA HA!
We all launch and immediately tcf hooks and lands another nice cut. We could see luck was on his side this morning. I started with spinners and had some strong hits for a while but nothing woudl stick. Forgot to put superglu on the hooks. 45 minutes or so later I caught my first fish, small little 8 inch cutt.
Petty arrived with Yper and son and we hooked up to chat a bit then we went off to do some fishing.
Didn't land anything for about an hour so I worked my way back to Al because I saw him hooking them like crazy.
![[Image: IMGP0816.sized.jpg]](http://outdoorsgonewild.com/albums/album01/IMGP0816.sized.jpg)
He was using white tubes so I switched and started catching them again. Caught 6 in the next few hours with white tubes and had multiple hits and hookups but lost a few. Petty would cruise over because he could see us catching fish and successfully stole our fish as he would head over. Dirty thief!
Around 1:30 or so I hooked a big one. Played with him for about 10 minutes then got him into the net. Gave him a measure on my little grid and he was over the 24 inch mark (the highest the grid went) so wasn't able to give him a proper measure til I got home.
![[Image: IMGP0832.sized.jpg]](http://outdoorsgonewild.com/albums/album01/IMGP0832.sized.jpg)
I hope Yper's shot turned out better than this one, don't mind the cheese grin. Can't wait to see the pic.
What girth, this was one FAT fish. Kept this one for the dinner table since it was legal and fat enough for my wife an I. Officially measured out 26 inches and weighed on my little cheapo scale just under 5 pounds.
After hooking this one, things went to a halt for EVERYONE on this side of the lake pretty much. Nothing else hooked, a couple hits here and there but nothing landed. Around 3:30 Petty cruized over to make a business deal so he could get off to another piece of water to try and hook him, he hooked me up and started towing me to shore so I casted out to troll the way back. 3/4ths of the way back I had a big hit that hooked up, but it got off after about 3 seconds.
buh bye fishy. We said our goodbyes and went our seperate ways. Everyone left but Al and I so we decided to stick around in hopes they would turn back on just before dark.
NOPE. We stayed, got some good water excersize and caught an amazing sunset. Overall it was great fun. Some random shots below.
Painted Evening Sky 1
![[Image: IMGP0825.sized.jpg]](http://outdoorsgonewild.com/albums/album02/IMGP0825.sized.jpg)
Painted Evening Sky 2
![[Image: IMGP0826.sized.jpg]](http://outdoorsgonewild.com/albums/album02/IMGP0826.sized.jpg)
Hustler898 Evening float
![[Image: IMGP0820.sized.jpg]](http://outdoorsgonewild.com/albums/album01/IMGP0820.sized.jpg)
The Petty boat full of badasses
![[Image: IMGP0817.sized.jpg]](http://outdoorsgonewild.com/albums/album01/IMGP0817.sized.jpg)
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We arrived to chicken Creek just before 6:30 AM and the fish were rising like crazy, so Tincanfish decides to beat us to it and starts casting from shore and on the third cast he hooks a good sized cutt! I would say about 18 inches. but, it got off just before landing. HA HA!
We all launch and immediately tcf hooks and lands another nice cut. We could see luck was on his side this morning. I started with spinners and had some strong hits for a while but nothing woudl stick. Forgot to put superglu on the hooks.
45 minutes or so later I caught my first fish, small little 8 inch cutt. Petty arrived with Yper and son and we hooked up to chat a bit then we went off to do some fishing.
Didn't land anything for about an hour so I worked my way back to Al because I saw him hooking them like crazy.
He was using white tubes so I switched and started catching them again. Caught 6 in the next few hours with white tubes and had multiple hits and hookups but lost a few. Petty would cruise over because he could see us catching fish and successfully stole our fish as he would head over. Dirty thief!
Around 1:30 or so I hooked a big one. Played with him for about 10 minutes then got him into the net. Gave him a measure on my little grid and he was over the 24 inch mark (the highest the grid went) so wasn't able to give him a proper measure til I got home.
I hope Yper's shot turned out better than this one, don't mind the cheese grin.
Can't wait to see the pic.What girth, this was one FAT fish. Kept this one for the dinner table since it was legal and fat enough for my wife an I. Officially measured out 26 inches and weighed on my little cheapo scale just under 5 pounds.
After hooking this one, things went to a halt for EVERYONE on this side of the lake pretty much. Nothing else hooked, a couple hits here and there but nothing landed. Around 3:30 Petty cruized over to make a business deal so he could get off to another piece of water to try and hook him, he hooked me up and started towing me to shore so I casted out to troll the way back. 3/4ths of the way back I had a big hit that hooked up, but it got off after about 3 seconds.
buh bye fishy. We said our goodbyes and went our seperate ways. Everyone left but Al and I so we decided to stick around in hopes they would turn back on just before dark. NOPE. We stayed, got some good water excersize and caught an amazing sunset. Overall it was great fun. Some random shots below.
Painted Evening Sky 1
Painted Evening Sky 2
Hustler898 Evening float
The Petty boat full of badasses
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