09-14-2011, 11:38 PM
[cool][#0000ff]Met up with MarineSpear at Willard Bay south marina this morning. My rep was on da line. I told him I could get him into some catfish. Fixed him up with some bling rigs and some left-handed blue-eyed minnows. They work best.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Almost a full moon again last night. Brandon asked me how that affected fishing. I told him that it made it easier to see in the dark but usually doesn't have as much affect on fishing as some folks claim.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Air temp 50 at daybreak. Water temp still 69...and warmed up to 71 by noon departure. Water level still high...only about 18" down from high water mark. Water clarity a bit stained but still good enough for fish to see lures from a distance. Only a light breeze at daybreak and flat calm all morning.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Brandon is still putting his toon setup together. He did not have sonar or fins so I just told him to keep dragging his minnows around in the middle of the channel while I motored outside to try my luck out there. Whaddayaknow. That actually worked. He got a limit of kitties...plus a few.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I started slow. Messed around with all kinds of plastics and cranks...looking for the elusive wipers and walleyes. They remained elusive. Had one wiper on a crankbait...with small hooks. HONK. Thanks for playing. Also lost a slab crappie on plastic. Inexperienced fish didn't know how to hang on.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Finally got serious about dragging minnows and hunting for some consolation kitties. Found a bunch of 'em. Most were just nice "cookie cutters" in the 16" to 19" range. But there were also a few juvenile delinquents in the 12" range. They were into stealing bait...but when I could get a hook in them they were scrappy. As TubeBabe says "They fight bigger than they are."[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Fishing was never really fast but it was fairly steady once I got in the ZONE. Kept a limit of 8 for the fillet knife and released another 9 or 10. No complaints from this kid.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Since Brandon did not have a walkie talkie we were out of communication while I was fishing outside. But I was pleasantly surprised to find that he had found a few willing kitties too. The grin seemed quite sincere.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]We were off the water just about noon...as the power squadron was tuning up for the afternoon shift. Did a quick fillet job on our fish and we were outta there. Almost had a medical emergency when I encountered a wakeboard boat full of pulchritude coming in as I was going out. But since TubeBabe revoked my license in that department I got the car back under control and hit the highway.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Almost a full moon again last night. Brandon asked me how that affected fishing. I told him that it made it easier to see in the dark but usually doesn't have as much affect on fishing as some folks claim.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Air temp 50 at daybreak. Water temp still 69...and warmed up to 71 by noon departure. Water level still high...only about 18" down from high water mark. Water clarity a bit stained but still good enough for fish to see lures from a distance. Only a light breeze at daybreak and flat calm all morning.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Brandon is still putting his toon setup together. He did not have sonar or fins so I just told him to keep dragging his minnows around in the middle of the channel while I motored outside to try my luck out there. Whaddayaknow. That actually worked. He got a limit of kitties...plus a few.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I started slow. Messed around with all kinds of plastics and cranks...looking for the elusive wipers and walleyes. They remained elusive. Had one wiper on a crankbait...with small hooks. HONK. Thanks for playing. Also lost a slab crappie on plastic. Inexperienced fish didn't know how to hang on.[/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]Finally got serious about dragging minnows and hunting for some consolation kitties. Found a bunch of 'em. Most were just nice "cookie cutters" in the 16" to 19" range. But there were also a few juvenile delinquents in the 12" range. They were into stealing bait...but when I could get a hook in them they were scrappy. As TubeBabe says "They fight bigger than they are."[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Fishing was never really fast but it was fairly steady once I got in the ZONE. Kept a limit of 8 for the fillet knife and released another 9 or 10. No complaints from this kid.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Since Brandon did not have a walkie talkie we were out of communication while I was fishing outside. But I was pleasantly surprised to find that he had found a few willing kitties too. The grin seemed quite sincere.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]We were off the water just about noon...as the power squadron was tuning up for the afternoon shift. Did a quick fillet job on our fish and we were outta there. Almost had a medical emergency when I encountered a wakeboard boat full of pulchritude coming in as I was going out. But since TubeBabe revoked my license in that department I got the car back under control and hit the highway.[/#0000ff]
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