05-27-2009, 02:12 PM
[cool][#0000ff]TubeBabe and I had Tuesday and Thursday open on our fishing "dance card" this week. The combination of weather reports and fishing potential...along with available time...made Willard our choice for Tuesday. Yeah, the lake got hammered by the power squadrons over the holidays but we were confident we could scare something up.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Met up with tooner Wildcat84 at the parking area at Eagle Beach (north marina area) about 6 AM. Being a big beefy football player, he trudged his toon all the way down to the water...by himself. TubeBabe and I used one of my tube carts to get our Fat Cats to water's edge.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Wildcat84 caught the first fish...a nice crappie. He stayed back in the calm bay area while TubeBabe and I moved out into deeper water to drag minnows and throw crankbaits for wipers, walleyes or kitties. The first two didn't wanna play, but we each caught 4 catfish that stayed around even after all the previous day's motorized water traffic. I also managed a couple of nice crappies. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Wildcat94 got several cats and about a half dozen crappies for the day. All in all, we agreed that we hadn't done too badly for the day after a three day holiday weekend in an area that gets hammered. The weather was beautiful and water temps rose from 61 to 67 by the time we got out just after noon.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Met up with tooner Wildcat84 at the parking area at Eagle Beach (north marina area) about 6 AM. Being a big beefy football player, he trudged his toon all the way down to the water...by himself. TubeBabe and I used one of my tube carts to get our Fat Cats to water's edge.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Wildcat84 caught the first fish...a nice crappie. He stayed back in the calm bay area while TubeBabe and I moved out into deeper water to drag minnows and throw crankbaits for wipers, walleyes or kitties. The first two didn't wanna play, but we each caught 4 catfish that stayed around even after all the previous day's motorized water traffic. I also managed a couple of nice crappies. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Wildcat94 got several cats and about a half dozen crappies for the day. All in all, we agreed that we hadn't done too badly for the day after a three day holiday weekend in an area that gets hammered. The weather was beautiful and water temps rose from 61 to 67 by the time we got out just after noon.[/#0000ff]
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