Cyberfish of MT Bucket has been bugging me to host another bass derby on the blog. Last year of coarse I did the "Bass Pundit Minnesocold Bass Derby 2008." I was planning on doing another derby this year but the last week has been pretty hectic so I haven't gotten around to doing the necessary prep yet. This year the derby will be open to all the bass fishing bloggers of Minnesota. The derby will start retro-active to this coming weekend, the WI bass opener. This year any bass caught North of the Southern Minnesota Border will count, so WI, and MI will be in play. So Minnesota bloggers should be tracking those big fish starting this weekend remember 17 inch minimum.
Developing...
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Happy Birthday Pete GOMH Report
This report covers fishing for the last 2 days. My fishing buddy Pete Kimmer is in the Minnesota National Guard and he asked us to watch his dog Sandie this past weekend for his drill at Fort Ripley. Pete has been staying at the house since Sunday. Last night we headed over to the Grumpy Old Man Hole around 5:30PM and discovered a pretty good crowd fishing at the bridge on the SW and SE side. GOM Lee Ander was there and he was fishing over the rail in the middle of the bridge and Lee Anders brother, GOM Lewis was there as well but as usual he wasn't fishing. Willard was intently fishing on the SE side and I didn't talk to him. There was room to fish on the SE side but we didn't see a whole lot going on and Pete wanted to see if Don Weinmeister wanted to possibly go out, so we went to Don's house. We talked with Don for awhile before he had to go to Bible study at 7PM and he let us use his dock for fishing.
It was a nice peaceful night to be out but we didn't have any luck on the dock, so around 8:30PM we headed for the GOMH. When we arrived there was only 1 truck remaining with a guy and his kid fishing on the SW side. Pete caught a little silver bullhead and I missed one and that was it. While we were there a guy showed up and said he and his wife smacked em good earlier in the day and he was down checking to see if a guy who was a jerk to him in the morning was back at night for a little "double dipping." The guys he was looking for weren't there.
Double dipping is when an angler catches their legal limit goes home and then comes back to catch another limit, which is illegal to do in Minnesota because you can by law only possess 1 legal limit of most fish in Minnesota.
After not being able to get to sleep for most of the night it was a little before 6AM this morning when Pete woke me up out of a crazy dream and tried to get me up to go see if we could get a morning bite. He said if we didn't get them we could always come right back and the logic of that thought seeped into my sleep deprived brain and I actually got up.
We were at the GOMH by 7AM and there were about 4 people on the SE side and 2 people on the SW side. We took the SW side. The people who had got there early said the bite had been pretty good but had slowed a bit. Pete landed a jumpin bullhead almost right away and the guys with us on the SW side were catching an occasional silver bullhead. After 1/2 and hour to 45 minutes the guys next to us ran out of minnows and 1 of the guys filled out his limit so they left which gave us command of the SW side and seemingly put us in better position to fish the area's that bullheads had been coming from.
(Pete on the SW side)
I don't remember who caught the first fish but I caught a couple of very nice silver bullheads and Pete caught a couple of orange bullheads which we kept. We were going through various degrees of overcast and I got a hot hand on the silvers for a while. They were taking minnows, alive or dead, on the orange Flu Flu. Eventually things cooled down for me and Pete got hot. There was a shuffling of the people fishing at the GOMH and I ended up giving away a couple of silver bullheads that were not up to my minimum keeper standards. I gave Pete a hard time about how big the fish had to be before I would clean them.
It must have been sometime after 10AM when I went up to the truck to relax. The fish were biting slow but steady when I went to the truck. While I was relaxing Conservation Officer Kuske stopped by. Apparently he had received reports that people were double dipping and he was looking for info, but I don't think I was of much help because I didn't have any clue who might have been dipping or not. Everyone we met that morning seemed to be on the level as far as I could tell. CO Kuske told me what he knew about the remaining changes the GOMH bridge will go under. He said he was quite disappointed that they did not dredge the channel like he thought he was going to get them to do.
CO Kuske also asked if I was "the guy with the website" and I told him I was, but I didn't ask him why he asked or if his interest was a good thing. I have a sneaking suspicion that an individual or two who holds a grudge against me has reported that the area CO should specifically be on the lookout for me and all that BS. If I wasn't so tired maybe I would have thought to enquire. Anyway, Kuske checked my license and off he went. I wish I would have also asked him about the lack of Walleye Stamp designation on my license.
Sometime before Kuske arrived a boat moved in on where Pete and a guy on the SE side were casting. Pete had a few words with the guy and eventually dubbed the boat driver "Ricky Bobby" as the boater made a few inexplicable moves in positioning and re-positioning the boat.
Any way as it turned out Pete started really whacking the fish. I did join him for a little while but tired of the challenging casting conditions fairly quickly. Some more people joined the Pete GOMH shore party and it started to sprinkle and then rain. Pete was catching fish like a mad man and was in a generous mood giving quite a few silvers away. We left around 2PM when it was really coming down at a pretty good clip. We passed GOM Willard on his way to the GOMH when we were on the way home.
All told we kept 16 silver bullheads and 2 orange bullheads
Pete estimated he caught over 60 bullheads and we both could have filled those final 4 slots from fish we released. I think the smallest fish was about 9.5" with pretty much all the rest being 10"-12".
We cleaned the fish and ate them up at a special birthday dinner for Pete who turned 40 yesterday. Jenny Olson came and had dinner with us as she loves her fish.
It was a nice peaceful night to be out but we didn't have any luck on the dock, so around 8:30PM we headed for the GOMH. When we arrived there was only 1 truck remaining with a guy and his kid fishing on the SW side. Pete caught a little silver bullhead and I missed one and that was it. While we were there a guy showed up and said he and his wife smacked em good earlier in the day and he was down checking to see if a guy who was a jerk to him in the morning was back at night for a little "double dipping." The guys he was looking for weren't there.
Double dipping is when an angler catches their legal limit goes home and then comes back to catch another limit, which is illegal to do in Minnesota because you can by law only possess 1 legal limit of most fish in Minnesota.
After not being able to get to sleep for most of the night it was a little before 6AM this morning when Pete woke me up out of a crazy dream and tried to get me up to go see if we could get a morning bite. He said if we didn't get them we could always come right back and the logic of that thought seeped into my sleep deprived brain and I actually got up.
We were at the GOMH by 7AM and there were about 4 people on the SE side and 2 people on the SW side. We took the SW side. The people who had got there early said the bite had been pretty good but had slowed a bit. Pete landed a jumpin bullhead almost right away and the guys with us on the SW side were catching an occasional silver bullhead. After 1/2 and hour to 45 minutes the guys next to us ran out of minnows and 1 of the guys filled out his limit so they left which gave us command of the SW side and seemingly put us in better position to fish the area's that bullheads had been coming from.
(Pete on the SW side)
I don't remember who caught the first fish but I caught a couple of very nice silver bullheads and Pete caught a couple of orange bullheads which we kept. We were going through various degrees of overcast and I got a hot hand on the silvers for a while. They were taking minnows, alive or dead, on the orange Flu Flu. Eventually things cooled down for me and Pete got hot. There was a shuffling of the people fishing at the GOMH and I ended up giving away a couple of silver bullheads that were not up to my minimum keeper standards. I gave Pete a hard time about how big the fish had to be before I would clean them.
It must have been sometime after 10AM when I went up to the truck to relax. The fish were biting slow but steady when I went to the truck. While I was relaxing Conservation Officer Kuske stopped by. Apparently he had received reports that people were double dipping and he was looking for info, but I don't think I was of much help because I didn't have any clue who might have been dipping or not. Everyone we met that morning seemed to be on the level as far as I could tell. CO Kuske told me what he knew about the remaining changes the GOMH bridge will go under. He said he was quite disappointed that they did not dredge the channel like he thought he was going to get them to do.
CO Kuske also asked if I was "the guy with the website" and I told him I was, but I didn't ask him why he asked or if his interest was a good thing. I have a sneaking suspicion that an individual or two who holds a grudge against me has reported that the area CO should specifically be on the lookout for me and all that BS. If I wasn't so tired maybe I would have thought to enquire. Anyway, Kuske checked my license and off he went. I wish I would have also asked him about the lack of Walleye Stamp designation on my license.
Sometime before Kuske arrived a boat moved in on where Pete and a guy on the SE side were casting. Pete had a few words with the guy and eventually dubbed the boat driver "Ricky Bobby" as the boater made a few inexplicable moves in positioning and re-positioning the boat.
Any way as it turned out Pete started really whacking the fish. I did join him for a little while but tired of the challenging casting conditions fairly quickly. Some more people joined the Pete GOMH shore party and it started to sprinkle and then rain. Pete was catching fish like a mad man and was in a generous mood giving quite a few silvers away. We left around 2PM when it was really coming down at a pretty good clip. We passed GOM Willard on his way to the GOMH when we were on the way home.
All told we kept 16 silver bullheads and 2 orange bullheads
Pete estimated he caught over 60 bullheads and we both could have filled those final 4 slots from fish we released. I think the smallest fish was about 9.5" with pretty much all the rest being 10"-12".
We cleaned the fish and ate them up at a special birthday dinner for Pete who turned 40 yesterday. Jenny Olson came and had dinner with us as she loves her fish.
Ice Out 09 Update #15
This will be the final update of the year, not because all MN lakes are free of ice, they are not. But the lakes that I care about pretty much are ice free.
Minnesota Climatology is the source.
4-24 Mille Lacs
4-24 Gull (Cass County)
4-25 Pelican (Crow Wing County)
Minnesota Climatology is the source.
4-24 Mille Lacs
4-24 Gull (Cass County)
4-25 Pelican (Crow Wing County)
Sunday, April 26, 2009
FLW National Guard Open Lake Norman Day Final!
Exacta Pain. Not only am I having terrible pain from the gums in the upper jaw of the right side of my mouth, going to see dentist tomorrow, but I had the pain of two near misses on the Exacta Bonus in FLW Fantasy Fishing. I had Andy Morgan in 3rd and he got 2nd and Jacob Powroznik in 8th and he got 7th. I really needed to hit at least 1 because of the doubled bonus points for an Open. Hitting both I probably would have been really close to getting into the lower tier of prizes. My misery is compounded.
Congrats to Rookie Pro Stetson Blaylock on the Win
Here is the Top 10.
1 STETSON BLAYLOCK BENTON, AR 5 10-15 5 13-08 10 24-07 5 11-02 5 12-13 10 23-15 $150,000
+$50,000 (Ranger Boat Bonus)
2 ANDY MORGAN DAYTON, TN 5 13-00 5 10-15 10 23-15 5 10-06 5 12-09 10 22-15 $55,000
3 KOBY KREIGER OKEECHOBEE, FL 5 11-14 5 12-05 10 24-03 5 12-09 5 9-02 10 21-11 $45,000
4 GREG PUGH CULLMAN, AL 5 12-11 5 10-07 10 23-02 5 8-08 5 10-12 10 19-04 $35,000
5 SEAN HOERNKE THE WOODLANDS, TX 5 9-13 5 15-10 10 25-07 5 9-00 5 8-14 10 17-14 $30,000
6 JIM MOYNAGH CARVER, MN 5 12-04 5 10-14 10 23-02 5 10-00 4 6-12 9 16-12 $28,000
7 JACOB POWROZNIK PRINCE GEORGE, VA 5 13-12 5 8-13 10 22-09 5 8-14 5 7-05 10 16-03 $26,000
8 ERIC AMBORT MABELVALE, AR 5 11-13 5 14-00 10 25-13 5 8-08 4 5-02 9 13-10 $24,000
9 DALE EVANS SUMMERVILLE, SC 5 13-11 5 10-09 10 24-04 4 4-14 5 7-08 9 12-06 $22,000
10 KEITH WILLIAMS CONWAY, AR 5 13-03 5 11-14 10 25-01 5 9-04 1 1-05 6 10-09 $20,000
Congrats to Rookie Pro Stetson Blaylock on the Win
Here is the Top 10.
1 STETSON BLAYLOCK BENTON, AR 5 10-15 5 13-08 10 24-07 5 11-02 5 12-13 10 23-15 $150,000
+$50,000 (Ranger Boat Bonus)
2 ANDY MORGAN DAYTON, TN 5 13-00 5 10-15 10 23-15 5 10-06 5 12-09 10 22-15 $55,000
3 KOBY KREIGER OKEECHOBEE, FL 5 11-14 5 12-05 10 24-03 5 12-09 5 9-02 10 21-11 $45,000
4 GREG PUGH CULLMAN, AL 5 12-11 5 10-07 10 23-02 5 8-08 5 10-12 10 19-04 $35,000
5 SEAN HOERNKE THE WOODLANDS, TX 5 9-13 5 15-10 10 25-07 5 9-00 5 8-14 10 17-14 $30,000
6 JIM MOYNAGH CARVER, MN 5 12-04 5 10-14 10 23-02 5 10-00 4 6-12 9 16-12 $28,000
7 JACOB POWROZNIK PRINCE GEORGE, VA 5 13-12 5 8-13 10 22-09 5 8-14 5 7-05 10 16-03 $26,000
8 ERIC AMBORT MABELVALE, AR 5 11-13 5 14-00 10 25-13 5 8-08 4 5-02 9 13-10 $24,000
9 DALE EVANS SUMMERVILLE, SC 5 13-11 5 10-09 10 24-04 4 4-14 5 7-08 9 12-06 $22,000
10 KEITH WILLIAMS CONWAY, AR 5 13-03 5 11-14 10 25-01 5 9-04 1 1-05 6 10-09 $20,000
Elite Series Smith Mountain Day Final
Today on Bass Cast you can watch Byron and Shaw Grigsby.
Bass Trakk does not appear to be operable today even though you can view the scoresheet.
Update: Kevin Van Dam wins yet again!!! The machine is a killer machine.
Bass Trakk does not appear to be operable today even though you can view the scoresheet.
Update: Kevin Van Dam wins yet again!!! The machine is a killer machine.
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Moynagh Norman Update
After Day 3 at Norman, Jim is in 4th place and just a little over 2lbs out of the lead. He certainly has a shot if he can weigh the heaviest sack tomorrow.
Come on Jim!!!
Come on Jim!!!
BASS Elite Series Smith Mountain Lake
While I was asleep at the switch, it appears that BASS Trakk is finally working for once and so is Bass Cast.
Today KVD and Right Said Fred Roumbanis are the guys with Bass Cast.
Update: According to Bass Trakk KVD is going to be on top after today. That will garner him some very valuable bonus AOY points and he will be that much closer to yet another win. Kevin Van Damage.
Here is the official Top 12:
1 Kevin VanDam 5 15- 7 5 17- 2 5 15- 6 15 47-15
2 Matt Herren 5 17-11 5 11-12 5 15- 0 15 44- 7
3 Kelly Jordon 5 20- 9 5 11- 1 5 12-11 15 44- 5
4 Dean Rojas 5 18- 7 5 11- 9 5 13- 7 15 43- 7
5 Greg Hackney 5 13-13 5 14- 0 5 14- 1 15 41-14
6 Matthew Sphar 5 17-13 5 12-13 5 10-15 15 41- 9
7 Shaw E Grigsby 5 15- 2 5 13-15 5 12- 7 15 41- 8
8 Byron Velvick 5 13- 5 5 14-14 5 13- 5 15 41- 8
9 James Niggemeyer 5 12- 8 5 12- 4 5 16- 5 15 41- 1
10 Jeff Connella 5 11- 9 5 14- 3 5 15- 4 15 41- 0
11 Skeet Reese 5 13- 3 5 11- 4 5 15-13 15 40- 4
12 Aaron Martens 5 14- 2 5 16-11 5 9- 3 15 40- 0
With the fact that somebody could catch a 20lb+ sack, this one is a horse race and KVD is far from a sure thing. Big Bass today was 7-2, so there is the possibility of some real bruisers.
Fantasy Bass Fishing Notes: I landed KVD, Herren, and Skeet in the Top 12 Cut which is probably true of a lot of people. Murray choked the last two days and Evers finished a disappointing 84th. I don't know if Evers is a sight guy or not, but he is not having the year I expected him too. I think I am still going to keep him for Guntersville and hope for a rally.
Today KVD and Right Said Fred Roumbanis are the guys with Bass Cast.
Update: According to Bass Trakk KVD is going to be on top after today. That will garner him some very valuable bonus AOY points and he will be that much closer to yet another win. Kevin Van Damage.
Here is the official Top 12:
1 Kevin VanDam 5 15- 7 5 17- 2 5 15- 6 15 47-15
2 Matt Herren 5 17-11 5 11-12 5 15- 0 15 44- 7
3 Kelly Jordon 5 20- 9 5 11- 1 5 12-11 15 44- 5
4 Dean Rojas 5 18- 7 5 11- 9 5 13- 7 15 43- 7
5 Greg Hackney 5 13-13 5 14- 0 5 14- 1 15 41-14
6 Matthew Sphar 5 17-13 5 12-13 5 10-15 15 41- 9
7 Shaw E Grigsby 5 15- 2 5 13-15 5 12- 7 15 41- 8
8 Byron Velvick 5 13- 5 5 14-14 5 13- 5 15 41- 8
9 James Niggemeyer 5 12- 8 5 12- 4 5 16- 5 15 41- 1
10 Jeff Connella 5 11- 9 5 14- 3 5 15- 4 15 41- 0
11 Skeet Reese 5 13- 3 5 11- 4 5 15-13 15 40- 4
12 Aaron Martens 5 14- 2 5 16-11 5 9- 3 15 40- 0
With the fact that somebody could catch a 20lb+ sack, this one is a horse race and KVD is far from a sure thing. Big Bass today was 7-2, so there is the possibility of some real bruisers.
Fantasy Bass Fishing Notes: I landed KVD, Herren, and Skeet in the Top 12 Cut which is probably true of a lot of people. Murray choked the last two days and Evers finished a disappointing 84th. I don't know if Evers is a sight guy or not, but he is not having the year I expected him too. I think I am still going to keep him for Guntersville and hope for a rally.
Friday, April 24, 2009
Illinois High School Bass Fishing...
Lunkerhunt has the coverage...
“It’s pretty awesome,” Pekin freshman Austin Pool said. “We got off school to go fishing. There’s nothing better than that.”
More coverage here...
“It’s pretty awesome,” Pekin freshman Austin Pool said. “We got off school to go fishing. There’s nothing better than that.”
More coverage here...
FLW Norman, Elite Series Smith Mountain Day 1
Day 1 was yesterday and I didn't blog anything because as we all know Day 1 means JACK SQUAT!
However, it is nice to see Jim Moynagh near the top at Norman again. I really hope he can make the cut and bring it home. Go Jim!!!
Update: Jim made the cut in 9th place. Why was he not on my fantasy team?????????????? I didn't go with either guy who made the 2 previous Norman cuts and they, Moynagh and Pugh, both made the cut.
However, it is nice to see Jim Moynagh near the top at Norman again. I really hope he can make the cut and bring it home. Go Jim!!!
Update: Jim made the cut in 9th place. Why was he not on my fantasy team?????????????? I didn't go with either guy who made the 2 previous Norman cuts and they, Moynagh and Pugh, both made the cut.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Grumpy Old Man sighted!!!
Today I took a morning trip to the GOMH and all I could catch was several jumpin bullheads and a toothy bullhead.
I headed out a little before 5 tonight and hit Rock lake first. The "Rock Dock" was put in today but the SE wind was just to much and I didn't catch anything. I was at the GOMH by 5:30.
I started out using the 1/8 Storm Wildeye Swimbait in baby bass and that is what I caught all my fish on. I ended up with 10 mostly small jumpin bullheads and the two nice sized silver bullheads pictured. The action for everything seemed to be better on SE side and I was on the SW side, but I kind of stunk up the joint. A guy with his two teenage sons joined me on the SW side as it was getting dark and they started catching bullheads while I was not getting any bites from the exact same water. I tried down sizing the Custom Jigs Glow Demon, but that didn't help. It was getting quite dark and there was no point in my fishing and not catching so I left.
Today it was around 80 degrees and that brought the people out, including "Pallet Guy" and his son and nephew. John W. and his 2 girls. and most importantly the first Grumpy Old Man sighting of the season; Sure enough Willard showed up. There were at least 7 people fishing the South side of the GOMH when I left.
Also of interest, there was a mild isolated thunderstorm that popped up around 8PM. I think this storm actually morphed into a severe storm by the time it reached the North end of Mille Lacs lake.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Doing My Worst for Earth Day
Today was Earth Day 2009 and I thought I wouldn't do my part but would instead try to deplete some of the silver bullhead reserves of Mother Earth. I went to Rock first and the Rock Dock was still not out and nothing was happening. I arrived at the GOMH around 7:30pm and there were guys fishing the SW and SE shore. Both of these guys are regulars at the GOMH but not considered Grumpy Old Men. The one guys name is Tim or Tom and he has been known here at the blog as the Foul Mouthed Dad; His son was not with him tonight. I'll call the guy who was on the SW side Bucket Man because he sits on a bucket.
Anyway Tim/Tom welcomed me and told me that he caught a huge bass on a beetle spin. He said he had caught a bunch of bass, 3 crappies, and a nice sunfish. I fished on the SE side with him and got into some jumpin bullheads right away on the pink Flu Flu and a minnow. Meanwhile Bucket Man landed a couple of nice silver bullheads. I think when he got to #3 he was now at his 10 silver bullhead limit and so I took over on the SW side right around 8PM. I struggled to get the silver bullhead to go, missing the first 3 bites that I got. GOMH regular Scott showed up and started whacking little silver bullheads on the SE side, so I asked him what he was using and that prompted me to make a change to a Custom Jigs Glow Demon. I missed a couple more bites then landed the two decent silver bullheads that I did get (Picture). I got 1 more smaller silver that I through back before I had to put a light on my bobber. Tim/Tom caught a 3to4lb dogfish. After dark I would have stuff play with me but nothing would take the bobber down. They were getting an occasional fish on the SE side.
It's pretty weak that I only got 2 fish. Scott caught a bunch of silvers but most of them were not keepers. I talked with Scott for a while and then left.
FLW Fantasy Fishing Lake Norman
Roster lock at 10:59PM Central so you better get on it.
BassFan has an article that might help...
BassFan radio has an interview with BP fuel Pro Jim Moynagh that you might want to check out too.
Norman is a lake with several consistant performers the last 2 years. Will these guys continue to step up or will a bunch of new faces emerge? My guess is it will be a little of both. I don't have Moynagh on my roster but I hope he wins.
BassFan has an article that might help...
BassFan radio has an interview with BP fuel Pro Jim Moynagh that you might want to check out too.
Norman is a lake with several consistant performers the last 2 years. Will these guys continue to step up or will a bunch of new faces emerge? My guess is it will be a little of both. I don't have Moynagh on my roster but I hope he wins.
Elite Series Smith Mountain Lake Fantasy Bass Fishing
Get those rosters finalized as the tournament starts tommorrow.
Personally I dropped Gerald Swindle who sucked at Wheeler and went with John Murray. Murray is from the West and used to fishing clear water and finesse fishing, so I thought he was a good choice.
So my line up is:
KVD
Skeet
Evers
Murray
Herren
Personally I dropped Gerald Swindle who sucked at Wheeler and went with John Murray. Murray is from the West and used to fishing clear water and finesse fishing, so I thought he was a good choice.
So my line up is:
KVD
Skeet
Evers
Murray
Herren
Monday, April 20, 2009
Bullhead Surprise
A nasty cold front came through while I was fishing this morning. The day was mostly cloudy with some sprinkles with winds out of the NW at 20-30mph and a high temp of 47 degrees. I got out earlier than I should have at 4:30 and headed to Rock. I was unhappy to see that the Rock Dock was not put in yet. Usually they get that thing in immediately after ice out. The access is protected from the wind so I fished but didn't get any hits.
Next I headed to the GOMH and even though I was fishing on the South side of the road/hill, that wind was a chiller. I fished for about 1/2 an hour without any bites so I went to the car and waited about an hour and a 1/2 for the sun to get low on the horizon as I figured my only shot at fish was going to come at dusk. I fished for about 1/2 an hour and was about to pack it in when the bobber went down and I set the hook into a 13.5" jumpin bullhead. Encouraged I decided to stick it out a little longer and was rewarded with another bobber down and a long green toothy bullhead; I would say it was about 23 inches and it had something in it's belly.
Encouraged I fished until the bobber was getting hard to see, then I took a quick trip to the SW side to see if there were any fish in the area I caught them last night. It was getting quite dark and my bobber might have gone down but I'm not sure. I felt something but didn't set the hook and came back with no minnow, so I called it quits.
I really thought with the front that I wasn't going to catch anything. The weather is supposed to get much nicer by the end of the week so I wouldn't be shocked if there is a Grumpy Old Man sighting this week.
Morning Bullhead Run
I woke up today about 7am, so I thought I would go out and see if those bullheads were still on the SE side of the GOMH like last night.Air temp was in the low 40's with a pretty good breeze out of the North and occasional sprinkles. I got a 8" silver bullhead on my very first cast with the glow Cubby Mini-mite jig and a minnow. Unfortunately I didn't start popping fish left and right. After about 15 minutes I got another bite and landed a nice 10.5" silver bullhead. I went quite a while without any more hits so I decided to switch up to a pink Flu Flu and that got bit right away by a 9+" silver. I think I got another one on the next cast and then nothing.
I went over and gave the SW side a shot for a little while and didn't even have a hit. The wind came up quite a bit out of the NW. I tried the SE for probably another 45 minutes. The clouds started breaking up so I hoped maybe that would turn them on but I didn't get nothing. I was getting cold so I left around 10:30am.
Sunday, April 19, 2009
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