07-01-2011, 05:49 AM
Made it back out there tonight. Planned on doing some night fishing too but the bugs were unreal. Bug bay!
Fished from about 4:00PM till dark. Threw cranks all day and almost went home empty handed. At about 7:00PM I was losing hope. By that time I had only caught one fish, a fifteen lb carp. He nailed a clacking minnow...and he was trying to eat it too - he grabbed it with his mouth. I was zipping the crank around at a good speed too.... carp are more athletic and predatory than most will give them credit for.
Anyhow on my way in to call it a day I finally landed a wiper. Then another in quick order. A 2.5lber and a 3lber. Had to stay till dark now.
Fished the same area (near the dyke - not out in open water) for the rest of the night and ended up with 2 more wipers and a walleye. Biggest wiper was about 4lbs and the eye was a youngin. All fish were caught on either the clackin rap or clackin minnows. Color did not seem important but orange has been a little better than the rest.
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Fished from about 4:00PM till dark. Threw cranks all day and almost went home empty handed. At about 7:00PM I was losing hope. By that time I had only caught one fish, a fifteen lb carp. He nailed a clacking minnow...and he was trying to eat it too - he grabbed it with his mouth. I was zipping the crank around at a good speed too.... carp are more athletic and predatory than most will give them credit for.
Anyhow on my way in to call it a day I finally landed a wiper. Then another in quick order. A 2.5lber and a 3lber. Had to stay till dark now.
Fished the same area (near the dyke - not out in open water) for the rest of the night and ended up with 2 more wipers and a walleye. Biggest wiper was about 4lbs and the eye was a youngin. All fish were caught on either the clackin rap or clackin minnows. Color did not seem important but orange has been a little better than the rest.
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