stinkynathan
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I've been wanting to do some "real" smallmouth fishing after a weekend this spring when I found some on Lake Francis Case in South Dakota. Now that I'm moved to Wisconsin and have a nearly unlimited source of lakes to try, I figured I'd give it a whirl this morning on the Chippewa River (Old Abe Lake).
Got up at 530, but had a little problem getting to the ramp because I missed a couple turns (never been there before). Weather was beautiful this morning. The fog hadn't lifted off the lake when I got there.
Fished YUM tubes almost all morning. Most were caught on a Texas rig, but I think the first one was on a tube with an internal jig casting from about 15 FOW. Had no luck with the Wounded Green Pumpkin but go into them when I switched to Black Neon. Ended up with a 13.5", 16.5", dink, 15", and another dink. No takers on cranks or T-rigged worms or craws. The bite died around 9:30.
Only have a crappy cell phone picture of the big one; I got to the ramp and found out my camera's battery was toast when I went to take a picture of the lake.
Going to hit another lake tonight, hopefully for some LMB.
Got up at 530, but had a little problem getting to the ramp because I missed a couple turns (never been there before). Weather was beautiful this morning. The fog hadn't lifted off the lake when I got there.
Fished YUM tubes almost all morning. Most were caught on a Texas rig, but I think the first one was on a tube with an internal jig casting from about 15 FOW. Had no luck with the Wounded Green Pumpkin but go into them when I switched to Black Neon. Ended up with a 13.5", 16.5", dink, 15", and another dink. No takers on cranks or T-rigged worms or craws. The bite died around 9:30.
Only have a crappy cell phone picture of the big one; I got to the ramp and found out my camera's battery was toast when I went to take a picture of the lake.
Going to hit another lake tonight, hopefully for some LMB.
