06-08-2011, 04:20 AM
I finally took the trip out to the knolls. Had my hopes up for at least one white bass just to say I had caught one. Was on the water at 6. Threw out a jig with a minnow with hopes a kitty might take it and a red and white jig with a worm under a bobber for a whittie.
I started about the private property line and went out to about six feet deep before working my way south down the shoreline. By the time I got to the cliff I was frustrated with that as much as a bite.
Fished in close to the cliff for a bit before deciding that maybe they were in deeper water. So I moved out and found the 10 foot mark and trolled around that depth for a bit.
BENDO! Sweet I thought as I started to reel in. About as fast as I started it was no longer there. Dang it! Switched to a different jig set up for the whitties and started casting toward shore. Only to look up and see bendo again on the kittie rod. This time I got it all the way in. I didn't get an exact measurement but it was a decent kittie. Let it go for another day.
By that point I could see some white caps going so at 8:30 I decided to make my way back to the truck. Stayed out in deeper water most of the way with no luck. By the time I got back I had a welcome back party of Wooley proportions. About four bank tanglers showed up as I was leaving all looking for whitties. Hope they did better than me. It was 10:30 when I left. Way to early of a day!
Gonna have to go out there another day and try again. Hopefully next time will be better.
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I started about the private property line and went out to about six feet deep before working my way south down the shoreline. By the time I got to the cliff I was frustrated with that as much as a bite.
Fished in close to the cliff for a bit before deciding that maybe they were in deeper water. So I moved out and found the 10 foot mark and trolled around that depth for a bit.
BENDO! Sweet I thought as I started to reel in. About as fast as I started it was no longer there. Dang it! Switched to a different jig set up for the whitties and started casting toward shore. Only to look up and see bendo again on the kittie rod. This time I got it all the way in. I didn't get an exact measurement but it was a decent kittie. Let it go for another day.
By that point I could see some white caps going so at 8:30 I decided to make my way back to the truck. Stayed out in deeper water most of the way with no luck. By the time I got back I had a welcome back party of Wooley proportions. About four bank tanglers showed up as I was leaving all looking for whitties. Hope they did better than me. It was 10:30 when I left. Way to early of a day!
Gonna have to go out there another day and try again. Hopefully next time will be better.
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