10-23-2009, 11:08 PM
[cool][#0000ff]LloydE and myself met up with AnglerDan and Hnaf on the shores of Huntington Lake this morning to play with the tigers. Lovely calm dawn, with glassy water and a purty pink tint on the hilltops. A few fish were making small sipping swirls to get our anglers' hearts started.
Air temp was a balmy 31 and the water temp was a COOL 43. The cold water took a toll on a couple of our group early. Once your feet get chilled it's all over.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Started with a spinner while dragging a fly behind a bubble. Got hits on both but couldn't hook up. Switched to two rods with fly and bubble. Several more ding dings and no pulldowns. Finally started getting some hookups...on "footlongs" I released about six of those before bringing in anything larger. Changed fly patterns, colors of "Easter eggs" (colored bubbles), length of leaders, speed of kicking etc. Kept getting lots of light hits but you had to finesse them to get them to come back and take solid. Oranges and blacks worked early. When they slowed down I switched to a purty purple bugger and caught one of my biggest tigers of the day...just over sixteen inches and a real jumper.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Did some bottom bouncing with a pale perch roadrunner and caught a couple on that. Then the wind started kicking up and it was tough to fish efficiently with the light bite. Rigged up a jig and fly to drag on the bottom. GAME ON. Got my last few fish on the jig or the fly.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Hnaf was the first cold casualty. But, at least he left with some fish. LloydE hit the shore as soon as he finished his 4 fish limit, partly because he was cold and partly because one of his air chambers was getting a little soggy. Better safe than sorry. This old man stuck it out for awhile and probably caught the most fish. Since TubeBabe is coming home tonight and ordered a fish dinner I kept 4 tigerettes for the table. But Lloyd got big fish honors with the first fish of the day. So much for first fish jinx.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]There were a couple of small boats launched at the ramp, but I would not suggest launching anything very big. Water is dropping and not too much left at the end of the ramp before it drops off.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Several bank tanglers. A couple seemed to be scoring some nice tigers soaking minnows. I tried minnows today in deeper water and did not get a bite on them. Tipped jigs with crawler worked best.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]That steady breeze from the west and the constant clouds made for a chilly session on the pond. The fishing was slower than it usually is this time of year and we didn't get any brightly colored tigers. All we got were the washed out ones. Still fun. Lots of fight and most fish jumped several times. [/#0000ff]
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Air temp was a balmy 31 and the water temp was a COOL 43. The cold water took a toll on a couple of our group early. Once your feet get chilled it's all over.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Started with a spinner while dragging a fly behind a bubble. Got hits on both but couldn't hook up. Switched to two rods with fly and bubble. Several more ding dings and no pulldowns. Finally started getting some hookups...on "footlongs" I released about six of those before bringing in anything larger. Changed fly patterns, colors of "Easter eggs" (colored bubbles), length of leaders, speed of kicking etc. Kept getting lots of light hits but you had to finesse them to get them to come back and take solid. Oranges and blacks worked early. When they slowed down I switched to a purty purple bugger and caught one of my biggest tigers of the day...just over sixteen inches and a real jumper.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Did some bottom bouncing with a pale perch roadrunner and caught a couple on that. Then the wind started kicking up and it was tough to fish efficiently with the light bite. Rigged up a jig and fly to drag on the bottom. GAME ON. Got my last few fish on the jig or the fly.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Hnaf was the first cold casualty. But, at least he left with some fish. LloydE hit the shore as soon as he finished his 4 fish limit, partly because he was cold and partly because one of his air chambers was getting a little soggy. Better safe than sorry. This old man stuck it out for awhile and probably caught the most fish. Since TubeBabe is coming home tonight and ordered a fish dinner I kept 4 tigerettes for the table. But Lloyd got big fish honors with the first fish of the day. So much for first fish jinx.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]There were a couple of small boats launched at the ramp, but I would not suggest launching anything very big. Water is dropping and not too much left at the end of the ramp before it drops off.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Several bank tanglers. A couple seemed to be scoring some nice tigers soaking minnows. I tried minnows today in deeper water and did not get a bite on them. Tipped jigs with crawler worked best.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]That steady breeze from the west and the constant clouds made for a chilly session on the pond. The fishing was slower than it usually is this time of year and we didn't get any brightly colored tigers. All we got were the washed out ones. Still fun. Lots of fight and most fish jumped several times. [/#0000ff]
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