08-23-2008, 12:01 AM
[cool][#0000ff]Well, in spite of yesterday's big blow, and more wind in the morning today, Lingwall and I launched and fished...just about alone. Hey Majja, wasn't this YOUR idea?[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I picked Lingwall up at 5:10. We got to the north marina at 5:10 and launched at 5:10. Wait a minute. The battery on my watch died. The battery on the walkie talkie I provided Shawn also died. Not good.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Although the water was fairly smooth just before we got out into the lake, it began to blow from the NW with some degree of fierceness as soon as we wanted to start fishing. Water temp at launch was 74 and the wind dropped it a degree to 73. Just like the recent reports said, the water was MURKY. After a half hour of steady wind, it looked like whipped cocoa.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Dragged a minnow on one rod while throwing a variety of cranks and plastics. Nothing on nothing. Finally whacked a couple of cookie cutter kitties and put them in the basket. Promised Lingwall a fish dinner.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]After fighting the wind out into deeper water, another BFTer...Wes, from Nevada...came flailing by in his pontoon, dragging a fly line. Hope you found something Bro. Didn't notice him come in before we did.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I kept seeing fish on or near the bottom, and nothing was responding to middepth presentations with cranks. So, I picked up the rod I had rigged with tandem small tube jigs. Decorated each jig with a piece of worm and started a slow lift and drop back to the tube after a long cast. Thump, ZING. Game on. A 19" wiper went for the small, low and slow routine. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]A couple of cats later, I got another taker on the jig. This one went 20 inches and weighed a solid 4 pounds. Lots of fun on a light rod. It took the same little 1 1/2" red/chartreuse tube jig the other one had munched.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Lingwall bravely fought the north sea swells and got into a couple of kitties. No wipers for him, but also no SKUNK. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The warming day changed the air flow currents and the NW wind died down, and then tried its hand from just about every point on the compass. Kept us spinning. But, I got about a dozen kitties...keeping only a few...and I got one more nice wiper on one of my "bling" crankbaits. Ended up with two 19" and one 20" wipers. Not bad on a day when the water was ugly and none of the boaters who went out stayed very long...and those who did reported "Not one bite".[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Wouldn't ya know it? Water turned to glass at noon as we kicked our way into the channel to go home. A couple of bank tanglers held up a stringer with a few cookie cutter kitties they had caught there. Water temp had risen to 76 by noon. Water levels are dropping.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Oh yeah. Danged kids...just won't listen. I let Lingwall borrow a pair of pliers and instructed him to be sure to break off the sharp spines on any catfish he kept. I also told him to bring nightcrawlers. He forgot the crawlers so I gave him some. And he didn't break off ALL the spines on the kitties. So, we got to stop at Smith and Eddies on the way hometo get some Aquaseal so he can repair the hole he got in his air bladder.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I picked Lingwall up at 5:10. We got to the north marina at 5:10 and launched at 5:10. Wait a minute. The battery on my watch died. The battery on the walkie talkie I provided Shawn also died. Not good.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Although the water was fairly smooth just before we got out into the lake, it began to blow from the NW with some degree of fierceness as soon as we wanted to start fishing. Water temp at launch was 74 and the wind dropped it a degree to 73. Just like the recent reports said, the water was MURKY. After a half hour of steady wind, it looked like whipped cocoa.[/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]Dragged a minnow on one rod while throwing a variety of cranks and plastics. Nothing on nothing. Finally whacked a couple of cookie cutter kitties and put them in the basket. Promised Lingwall a fish dinner.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]After fighting the wind out into deeper water, another BFTer...Wes, from Nevada...came flailing by in his pontoon, dragging a fly line. Hope you found something Bro. Didn't notice him come in before we did.[/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]I kept seeing fish on or near the bottom, and nothing was responding to middepth presentations with cranks. So, I picked up the rod I had rigged with tandem small tube jigs. Decorated each jig with a piece of worm and started a slow lift and drop back to the tube after a long cast. Thump, ZING. Game on. A 19" wiper went for the small, low and slow routine. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]A couple of cats later, I got another taker on the jig. This one went 20 inches and weighed a solid 4 pounds. Lots of fun on a light rod. It took the same little 1 1/2" red/chartreuse tube jig the other one had munched.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Lingwall bravely fought the north sea swells and got into a couple of kitties. No wipers for him, but also no SKUNK. [/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]The warming day changed the air flow currents and the NW wind died down, and then tried its hand from just about every point on the compass. Kept us spinning. But, I got about a dozen kitties...keeping only a few...and I got one more nice wiper on one of my "bling" crankbaits. Ended up with two 19" and one 20" wipers. Not bad on a day when the water was ugly and none of the boaters who went out stayed very long...and those who did reported "Not one bite".[/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]Wouldn't ya know it? Water turned to glass at noon as we kicked our way into the channel to go home. A couple of bank tanglers held up a stringer with a few cookie cutter kitties they had caught there. Water temp had risen to 76 by noon. Water levels are dropping.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Oh yeah. Danged kids...just won't listen. I let Lingwall borrow a pair of pliers and instructed him to be sure to break off the sharp spines on any catfish he kept. I also told him to bring nightcrawlers. He forgot the crawlers so I gave him some. And he didn't break off ALL the spines on the kitties. So, we got to stop at Smith and Eddies on the way hometo get some Aquaseal so he can repair the hole he got in his air bladder.[/#0000ff]
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