03-23-2008, 12:01 AM
[cool][black][size 1][size 2][blue]Fellow tuber Majja and I launched from the north marina about 7:30 AM. The full moon just setting in the west seemed to be saying "Gonna git ya". Almost did.
Air temp 30...ice in the guides for awhile. Water temp 40 at launch, warming to 43 by the time we beached at 1. The light north breeze was chilly but not unfishable. Intermittent periods of glassy calm and light breezes...from all points of the compass before the morning was over.
WvBassChaser and a friend launched their float tubes right behind us and followed us out into the lake. But, they stayed closer to shore and went in a couple of times. Not sure if it was cold or "convenience" related. They finally got out and walked all the way back in after WV lost his rod over the side. Bummer.
Majja and I stuck it out. We dragged bait (minnows) on one rod while offering a buffet of all the different lures in our tackle boxes with the other rod. A couple of bumps that could have been carp, rocks or tuna. Couldn't prove it.
Worked from shallow to deep (12 feet) and back. Saw more fish on sonar than we caught. I brought in my first kitty about 9:15...my biggest of the day at 18". Nothing else for another hour or so. Then, I reached the area where TubeBabe and I usually do well on cats and wipers in warmer months. I caught three or four more kitties in quick succession as Majja came kicking closer to see what I was using in my "chum bag". I chased him away since he still smelled like skunk.
We stayed in that area for another hour or so before kicking back into the ramp. I finished up with 9 kitties caught but two were "culled". The rest were all "cookie cutters" at about 15 to 16 inches. Great eating size. I would rather have those than bigger ones. So, I DID keep a few. Sadly, Majja got in some hook setting practice but no reeling fish in practice.
Nary a wiper or walleye to be seed today. Only one boat trolled by, and they hadn't caught anything either. Nethier had the two bank tanglers fishing off the point of the north marina channel on the way back in.
Actually a pretty day. The wind was never a big problem. We did better than Mr. Moon said we would. Too bad about WV losing his rod.
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Air temp 30...ice in the guides for awhile. Water temp 40 at launch, warming to 43 by the time we beached at 1. The light north breeze was chilly but not unfishable. Intermittent periods of glassy calm and light breezes...from all points of the compass before the morning was over.
WvBassChaser and a friend launched their float tubes right behind us and followed us out into the lake. But, they stayed closer to shore and went in a couple of times. Not sure if it was cold or "convenience" related. They finally got out and walked all the way back in after WV lost his rod over the side. Bummer.
Majja and I stuck it out. We dragged bait (minnows) on one rod while offering a buffet of all the different lures in our tackle boxes with the other rod. A couple of bumps that could have been carp, rocks or tuna. Couldn't prove it.
Worked from shallow to deep (12 feet) and back. Saw more fish on sonar than we caught. I brought in my first kitty about 9:15...my biggest of the day at 18". Nothing else for another hour or so. Then, I reached the area where TubeBabe and I usually do well on cats and wipers in warmer months. I caught three or four more kitties in quick succession as Majja came kicking closer to see what I was using in my "chum bag". I chased him away since he still smelled like skunk.
We stayed in that area for another hour or so before kicking back into the ramp. I finished up with 9 kitties caught but two were "culled". The rest were all "cookie cutters" at about 15 to 16 inches. Great eating size. I would rather have those than bigger ones. So, I DID keep a few. Sadly, Majja got in some hook setting practice but no reeling fish in practice.
Nary a wiper or walleye to be seed today. Only one boat trolled by, and they hadn't caught anything either. Nethier had the two bank tanglers fishing off the point of the north marina channel on the way back in.
Actually a pretty day. The wind was never a big problem. We did better than Mr. Moon said we would. Too bad about WV losing his rod.
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