12-09-2012, 11:25 PM
[cool][#0000ff]The west side was a unanimous choice for those of us who have ever tried to fish (and survive) on the east side during a westerly zephyr. We still had some push-around but by staying close to the shore it was not nearly as bad as even a few more yards offshore.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]We had all been watching forecasts and the consensus was that it was going to remain fairly calm until between 8 and 9. Then the wind was going to quickly jump to about 10 mph from the west and northwest. The veterans in our group knew the best potential spots to find fish with some protection and that is where we headed. Not redhot action but better than if we had gone across the lake and fought the elements over there. Under nicer weather conditions that would have been our first choice because there is more traditional spawning area along a much longer stretch of shoreline. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Sometimes it is better to fish where you CAN fish than to force the issue and pay the price to try to fish where you WANT to fish. Kinda like the guy who lost a contact lens and was looking around under the light in the middle of the room...not because that was where he lost the lens but because the light was better there. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]We all agreed that sometimes a bit of slop actually forces you to focus better and become a better angler. I know from a personal standpoint that I had to totally tune out everything except paying attention to my fishing. And even then I missed what I belatedly recognized as "inquiries". Had I been involved in watching the wildlife or codgertatin' on the mysteries of life instead of concentrating on changes in the force I would have likely smelled skunk. There were only a very few of the fish we hooked that munched like they meant it.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]By the way. Here are a couple of pictures of the highest and best use of whitefish fillets. Before and after. You are welcome to come by to sample some in the next couple of days. Can't guarantee there will be any left after that.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]We had all been watching forecasts and the consensus was that it was going to remain fairly calm until between 8 and 9. Then the wind was going to quickly jump to about 10 mph from the west and northwest. The veterans in our group knew the best potential spots to find fish with some protection and that is where we headed. Not redhot action but better than if we had gone across the lake and fought the elements over there. Under nicer weather conditions that would have been our first choice because there is more traditional spawning area along a much longer stretch of shoreline. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Sometimes it is better to fish where you CAN fish than to force the issue and pay the price to try to fish where you WANT to fish. Kinda like the guy who lost a contact lens and was looking around under the light in the middle of the room...not because that was where he lost the lens but because the light was better there. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]We all agreed that sometimes a bit of slop actually forces you to focus better and become a better angler. I know from a personal standpoint that I had to totally tune out everything except paying attention to my fishing. And even then I missed what I belatedly recognized as "inquiries". Had I been involved in watching the wildlife or codgertatin' on the mysteries of life instead of concentrating on changes in the force I would have likely smelled skunk. There were only a very few of the fish we hooked that munched like they meant it.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]By the way. Here are a couple of pictures of the highest and best use of whitefish fillets. Before and after. You are welcome to come by to sample some in the next couple of days. Can't guarantee there will be any left after that.[/#0000ff]
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