Bass season opens in a few hours. There is going to be a 16 boat tournament on Platte/Sullivan and a couple of Snatcher boats are fishing it. I sure hope those guys have the bass more figured out than I do right now. I am going to do my normal routine, start by fishing from shore at the GOMH around 5AM then head out in the Trophy when the fish quit or people show up. I think I'm going to head to the river first thing and see if anybody is fishing there.
Good Luck Tomorrow!
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Friday, May 25, 2018
Friday, May 18, 2018
Steve Got His First Ever MN State Fish Tonight
18" on an Ultimate Jerk Shad (Crackle) |
4.78lbs Jerk Shad (Crackle) |
Goal Achieved on 5-18-18 |
Good job, Steve!
Wednesday, May 16, 2018
Trophy Is In the Water for 2018
We dumped the Trophy into Sullivan Lake around 7:30PM tonight. I wanted to fish the Sullivan Platte River Outlet (SPRO) area so I put in at the NE Sullivan Access. Everything worked, but the jury is out on pretty much everything about the trolling motor (battery, pull cord, and the trolling motor itself); It worked fine for tonight, but it was dead calm.
I caught my first fish on the real Teckel Sprinker Frog Tonight. My frogging skills are a bit rusty as I caught 3 fish out of about 15 blow ups or follows between the Sprinker, Zoom Horny Toad, and Mad Maxx.
Last years rice beds in the SPRO are thicker than I would prefer, basically, treble hook topwaters and buzzbaits are out in this part of the lake. I will be back and better prepared next time.
But that won't be tomorrow most likely. East wind
15.25" Teckel Sprinker Frog |
Sunset over the Platte River Outlet |
But that won't be tomorrow most likely. East wind
Monday, May 14, 2018
Sun/Mon At Eddy's Jetty
24.5"/4.93lb Grass Pig |
Conditions: 50's, Clear, No Wind, Water Level Low and Clear
My arsenal tonight |
18" Grass Pig |
Saturday, May 12, 2018
The Dock Is In
Todd and Mallory came up today and Todd did some needed work to reinforce the dock. After that was done. Dad and I came down and we put the dock in. Steve and Kim's help wasn't even really needed. Turns out all that is needed is one person, a lever bar, and the rolling pipes underneath once the dock is at the bottom of the hill, easy peasy.
Opener at GOMH (All Nighter)
15.5" Jerk Shad (Crackle) |
Conditions: 36-42℉, Clear to Cloudy, Light N wind to calm
Water level to normal high
11" Shiner Minnow |
14" Shiner Minnow |
18" Poison/Razor Shad |
17.75"/4.12lbs Poison/Razor Shad |
18.25'"/3.81lbs Crawtube |
For the morning trip
19 Jumpers (18.25,18,18,17.75,17,16) for my 6 best (Stupidly, I only weighed two fish)
1 Toothy
1 Silver
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Dad got me up just before 5 pm to go and put the dock in at the lake place, which we did.
8:45–11:00 pm GOMH NE
Conditions: 62-50℉, partly cloudy, calm
9.5" X-Rap Shallow Shad |
So that is my 2018 Opener Day 1
Wednesday, May 09, 2018
Tribute Lilah Loo
I don't remember my reaction when Mom called to tell me that she would be bringing my brother Steve's recently adopted dog back home with them from Florida. We still lived at the lake place in 2005, and she bolted several times over the first few years both at the lake place and here where we live now. She and Patti Lou made fast friends. She was often my bed buddy sleeping up by my head or under the covers. She got along OK with the cat. She and Kaylee do not so much, mainly because Kaylee doesn't play nice with other animals much of the time. The little yipper won me over with her personality, and I'm sure going to miss her.
Thursday, May 03, 2018
Docks In Area Lakes, I Got Skunked Both Morning and Evening
It was about 37℉ when I left for the GOMH at 5:10AM. It was calm, and the world was awake with birds and frogs singing away. I thought for sure I would get at least something, but the bullheads were just not around. I went NE side, SW Side, and back to the NE side after sunrise. I had a toothy on briefly on a white craw tube on one of my last casts. I then checked the Platte Public Access where the dock was in the water. Then I went to Bulldog, nothing there. Then I went to Rock. The Rock Dock was in, and a boat was out fishing. Didn't get anything there. Stopped at Bear Trax, and they just gave me what was left of their crappie minnows as it was mostly sticklebacks and one bullhead/catfish.
I got the Trophy vacuumed out today, the first run anyway. I didn't get out until after 7PM. I was surprised no one was at Bulldog. No fish, that's why. I tried both spots. I quickly eliminated Rock, then went to the GOMH. Nobody there either. I had one toothy follow the Panfish Chatterbait in on the NE side. Probably the same fish from this morning. That was it for action. I stayed un 9:30 or so. I'm a little concerned that I couldn't get a few fish after a warm sunny day. Maybe the shallows are warming up to fast?
Wednesday, May 02, 2018
2018 Ice Out Platte Lake
I was unable to get out to verify it for myself, but Bear Trax Facebook Page reported it. I will hopefully have the Trophy in the water on Sunday or Monday. Thanks to Dads help I was able to get my way too complicated trolling motor situation mostly figured out today or so I hope. We will see how it works once I'm out on the water.
Tuesday, May 01, 2018
1st Open Water Fish of 2018(Bulldog)
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