This morning I got to the GOMH around 5:30AM. I set up on the SW side. It was a little slow at first, but then I changed to the Grass Pig I got the fish on last night and my first fish was this toothy bullhead.
After getting a couple of jumpin bullheads the Grass Pig was trashed, so I went to the car and got a white Gambler EZ Swimbait. On like my second cast I got this Golden Bullhead.
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| 18" |
A couple of casts later I got a nice jumpin bullhead. Then a couple of casts later I got another toothy bullhead. I remarked to the guy fishing on the SE side that I didn't know what I was gonna catch.
I got a couple of 4lb plus jumpin bullheads.
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| 20" |
This fish was a bit on the skinny side.
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| 19.75" |
This fish was quite a bit more chunky and I'm sure weighed more. I missed one more that I think was in that size class.
Eventually I went through the three Gambler EZ's I had and I switched up to a Yum Money Minnow in hitch color. I got a couple of jumpin bullheads on that and 4 or 5 toothy bullheads. I ended up with 16 jumpin bullheads, 9 toothy bullheads, and 1 golden bullhead. Not a bad morning. I quit at 8AM after the action slowed.
Note: After catching each pike I washed my hands with a bar of
Captain Knoll's Fisherman's Hand and Body Soap. I was quite impressed with it's ability to get the pike slime off of my hands and leave them smelling like anise. The bar has a bit of grittiness to it It's a great product and I'm guessing the bar is going to last a long time. As I didn't even put a dent in it. I recommend you go to their website and check it out.
In the evening I went back to the GOMH with Dad. The place was full of people and they were catching a few bullheads but nothing spectacular. Joe and Chris from the Bass Snatchers were fishing on the NW side. Dad and I set up on the bridge and I got a couple of jumpin bullheads and I missed a few hits as well. We only had 2 minnows left and 1 was a stickleback, but Dad managed to get a small silver bullhead on T.H.E. Jig..
As it got later the bite picked up and I managed to get this golden bullhead.
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| 21.5" |
It was about the same size as the one I got last night. A guy fishing on the NE side got 3 golden bullheads then he let me take the spot. I got a couple of hits but couldn't keep them hooked up. I decided that throwing a rap would work better and I went to the car to get one. I should have called Dad over to come and fish, because right as I was getting back two guys cut me off and went right in the spot I was fishing. Oops. I managed to get one more jumpin bullhead on the South side and missed a couple of more hits on the Money Minnow. We left at 10PM
