11-05-2010, 05:55 AM
I was there Monday early about 6:30 from the spot I fish from shore. Water has seemed to clear up significantly! I found that I liked it when the water was pea green soup. I would be in the water in my waders and they would follow my jig all the way up till about two feet away from me. Then they would see me and take off. Seems now that it has cleared up, they stay afar off and rarely come up in the open where you can see them from shore. I have fished the Berry from the shore probably 8X's in the last month and had great success. Last time I went up, I wasn't getting close to the same % of bites. Only difference was that the past 7X's I had gone, it was after 12:00 P:M and I fished through the day. This time I was there early and it was almost like they seemed sluggish because of the cold???
Bite wasn't the same, it was like the bite wasn't as aggressive or they were a bit finicky. In the past you could feel a bump....bump...then a quick tighten in the line. The day I went up, it was more like I felt like I was getting snags, but no thumps. Very weird because Strawberry (in the past) has almost always seemed to shut off after 10:30 am.
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Bite wasn't the same, it was like the bite wasn't as aggressive or they were a bit finicky. In the past you could feel a bump....bump...then a quick tighten in the line. The day I went up, it was more like I felt like I was getting snags, but no thumps. Very weird because Strawberry (in the past) has almost always seemed to shut off after 10:30 am.
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