05-03-2022, 12:58 AM
Buddy and I hit E.C. this morning, late start at 0900...water very calm, sunny, very pleasant...VERY different from my solo trip in my canoe 2 weeks ago....canoe again today, as the bigger boat is still in for annual maintenance...I've had this wider canoe for over 20 years, and it works great on a day like it was today...occasionally it did get a little breezy, but nothing to put a damper on our outing...2 weeks ago I reported that just before time to quit, I got hit hard and fast at about 13 or 15', using about 1.5' of silver trolls, and my 'chartreus flashassin'...5 good hits and 3 netted in about 30 mins...So, that's what I started out with this morning...and it worked again...before my buddy had a hit, I already had 3 in the boat (canoe)...I released another, then retired it to try a few others, including a smaller black/silver Rapala, fished up about 7 or 8'...this got me 2 hook-ups...my buddy still hadn't put anything in the net, so I un-retired the 'chartreus flashassin' for him to try...worked for him too, now catching 3, and missing 3 other good hits off it...Later, I put on a smaller squid with lots of green in it,'watermellon', and I caught 2 on that presentation...my friend had 1 hit and miss on a pink squid, and I caught 1 on a pink 'X skull fly'... nothing big today, all 13 to 14", but nice fish....they'll be even nicer this Fall, if there's still water for launching...Please don't think I'm bragging, 'cuz the guys in a bigger boat coming out when we did, said they caught 22...but we did ok, and the main thing I'm telling you, is that something chartreuse, or with mainly green in it, has definitely been good here at E.C....We tried tipping with nite crawler piece, but all caught were tipped with pink Berkley maggots...Guluk...