russ010
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Another cold day.. well, 24* @ 8am when I hit the water. First few casts were caked with ice - I tried the reel magic. I sprayed it on the line, rod eyelets, and on the reel spooler... worked like a charm actually.
I had 3 bites, and 2 were brought into the boat. It has been tough out there for the last couple of weeks, but I've managed to get atleast 1 each trip except for 1.. so 2 total skunks for January. Todays weather was cold and WINDY - gusts up to 30mph, with sustained around 15-20.
1130am... The wind died down for about 20 min.. just long enough for me to get a professional birds nest. I had to cut the line out and respool. The wind picked back up for the first cast, but luckily I hit pay dirt. I cast to a steep drop off the bank, and before I could spool up my line, the LM below was already at me heading for deeper water. This one weighed in at 2lb 1oz.
I tired several different places after this, but I was fighting the wind something fierce. I did buy an extra battery and had a bad one replaced yesterday, so I now have 4 deep cycle 29 series batts in the boat. 2 for the front TM, 2 for the rear.
I decided to fish a place I've never really fished before, but I see guys heading straight for it all the time. I looked at it earlier in the week in the water shed office and I saw where 2 creek channels join. Well, 1 creek channel with a run off from the woods. Either way, 1st cast into it and I thought I was hung.. but something was different. Luckily I didn't bow and arrow the line to un-snag it because it just felt funny. I tightened up the line and gave a few tight pops (like when drop shotting). Sure enough, the last pop triggered this LM into deeper water. The last time I had a fish just eat the worm like this (eat and sit still, there was a 10lb'r on the end).. this one weighed in at 4lb 2oz... and he was fat. He must have come up from deep water - actually I think a lot of LM are coming out. I've only caught a few spots this year, which is unusual.
Hopefully Bassboy1 and I will be able to post some more fish tomorrow when we venture out to a hole that has been known to hold a few hawgs...
I had 3 bites, and 2 were brought into the boat. It has been tough out there for the last couple of weeks, but I've managed to get atleast 1 each trip except for 1.. so 2 total skunks for January. Todays weather was cold and WINDY - gusts up to 30mph, with sustained around 15-20.
1130am... The wind died down for about 20 min.. just long enough for me to get a professional birds nest. I had to cut the line out and respool. The wind picked back up for the first cast, but luckily I hit pay dirt. I cast to a steep drop off the bank, and before I could spool up my line, the LM below was already at me heading for deeper water. This one weighed in at 2lb 1oz.
I tired several different places after this, but I was fighting the wind something fierce. I did buy an extra battery and had a bad one replaced yesterday, so I now have 4 deep cycle 29 series batts in the boat. 2 for the front TM, 2 for the rear.
I decided to fish a place I've never really fished before, but I see guys heading straight for it all the time. I looked at it earlier in the week in the water shed office and I saw where 2 creek channels join. Well, 1 creek channel with a run off from the woods. Either way, 1st cast into it and I thought I was hung.. but something was different. Luckily I didn't bow and arrow the line to un-snag it because it just felt funny. I tightened up the line and gave a few tight pops (like when drop shotting). Sure enough, the last pop triggered this LM into deeper water. The last time I had a fish just eat the worm like this (eat and sit still, there was a 10lb'r on the end).. this one weighed in at 4lb 2oz... and he was fat. He must have come up from deep water - actually I think a lot of LM are coming out. I've only caught a few spots this year, which is unusual.
Hopefully Bassboy1 and I will be able to post some more fish tomorrow when we venture out to a hole that has been known to hold a few hawgs...
Thanks for the report and pics !
