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Lincoln Beach Banana 2-13-15
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[#0000FF]Met up with fellow tuber Waljustia at Lincoln Beach Friday the 13th. First tubing trip of the year and first for me since twisting my knee last November.

DETAILS: Fished from 7:30 am to 2 pm. Air temp from 29 to 59. Water temps from 43 to 47. Weather calm and clear. Water level in boat channel 3' avg. Water murky early then clearing and greening later.

We joked about it being Friday the 13th as we prepped for launch. Just a superstition, right? But then I looked over and saw Waljustia munching a banana...before going fishing. The age-old angler superstition is that bananas are bad luck. Who cares about that stuff? Right?

Guy was launching a boat as we were going out. Said he had been hitting it hard for walleye every day since ice out. He had caught two fish in 8 trips. But one was over 10#. We also noticed that the "wading warriors" were starting to show down off the rock shelf out from the orchards. Water is warming fast and as soon as the walleye catch up it is going to be ON.

It wasn't on for us...no way, ninnyhow. Saw very few fish on sonar and even fewer on our lines. We both dragged minnows or carp meat behind our tubes while pitching assorted jigs on our second rods. There were a few tentative ticks on the plastics but no solid thumps. Banana Boy managed one small white bass on a jig...that was resting just below the surface of the water while he had his rod in the holder.

Super slow on bait too. We each had a few "pop and drops" from persnickety minnow munchers. But every attempt at hooksets turned into whiffs. The only exceptions were a 3# channel for the Banana Boy and a 11" mudder for myself. Yee haww! Skunk relief. Barely.

We split up and covered a lot of water...from shallow inshore out to about 9' off the L. Never did see anything resembling a school of fish. Only a few stray singles with a couple of doubles in the same area. Some fish were hugging the bottom. Many were suspended at mid-depth. All showed on the sonar with their little mouths tightly clamped shut and with their middle fins upraised. Having sonar can sometimes be more frustrating when you do see fish.

On the plus side, it was a beautiful day. The clear blue sky was often criss-crossed with jet contrails and the mountains were pretty across the calm water. But they look like they are losing snow fast. Not good.

Another plus was that I was able to kick around all day on my rehabbed knee. No pain while on the water but it did stiffen up a bit after getting home and kicking back in my recliner. Just gotta be careful what kind of kicking I do.

Last week's winds have oxygenated the water after the ice came off. And unseasonable warm temps have the water temps rising quickly. Any day now the fish will quit looking at their calendars and take advantage of the early spring. That is unless Mama Nature decides to "groundhog" us with a bunch more winter. We need the snow in the mountains but giving up this nice weather is gonna be tough.
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Lincoln Beach Banana 2-13-15 - by TubeDude - 02-14-2015, 02:55 PM

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