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Fishing News and Reports => Fishing News and Reports => Topic started by: pjmcla on 11/01/11 10:45 UTC
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I can't believe that no one is catching any fish; or at least trying.
I have a good "excuse" because my wife has had spinal surgery; but; with all of CCM's great molds and the talent exhibited by members of the board; someone has to have a story to tell.
I hope to post something; even if it is a catfish; within the next week as "The Boss" is doing better and is sick of looking at me.
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I have been fishing a couple local ponds but it has been tough. These ponds are getting slammed with local anglers. They are located in a major suburban area so they suffer from fishing pressure and over-harvesting. I live close to Clear Lake which is the best big bass factory in the west but it is still a couple of hours away. Kids have been in sports til last weekend so it is hard to get away even for day. That's my excuse :o.
Going soon - maybe this weekend. I am watching the weather so I can try to time it right. I am certain to have some pictures. Although, with the clear water I suspect the bite is going to be on rip baits, rattle traps and some night time swimbait fish. Soft plastics don't play as well in the fall on Clearlake.
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Ive been fishing. With the lake down and hunting the pressure hasn't been bad. The bite has been pretty good.
Jason
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I've been fishing....almost every day!
Last weekend was very good for largemouth on the upper Mississippi River. Saturday I landed 4 that were over 4lbs (sorry to say that's a really good one here!). I caught a lot of smaller 14" or so bass...mostly on the baby berry and MadDad XL. I've been using the baby berry on a swim jig...makes for a great, slow fall. I like a black baby berry on a black/blue swim jig. Watermelon/red flake on a green "bluegill" swim bait. The problem is that the Northern Pike like 'em too....and after I got bit off a few times...I had to go to a wire leader which I think affects the bass bite. (they can cut PowerPro like a razor blade!)
Northern Pike fishing is now really picking up with the water temps in the 40's. I've been fly fishing for Northerns and Sunday was really good for small ones (24" or so)....only landing one over 30". I'm looking for a 40"er!! I think I had one one...but I didn't get the hooks into her (they like to bit baits sidewards). I'm planning on taking a bunch of advil (for my shoulder!) and hitting them hard on Saturday when it's forecast to "warm up" to 50. Sunday looks kind of grim..with snow showers, so I'll probably launch by dam 5A and walleye fish until I freeze up. I made up a bunch of CC Gliders with skirts....I'm hoping they will be magic.
Duck hunting is going full blast here...so I pretty much have the fishing to myself, but the duck hunters like to set up on the same points that I like to fish. Since they have guns...they get the spot!
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Pictures, Let's see pictures. :D ( My Wife says I am a "pot stirrer" ). I am glad that some have been fishing. I felt Andrew had been fishing, but he was getting tired of being one of the few that posted pictures. Now that I have run my mouth; I guess I better get my ducks in a row; Huh?
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I fished a tournament on Falcon Lake this past weekend. We could only muster 4's and 5's. That's not going to get it done on that lake. I caught my fish on the 4" chub grub. I was dragging it on rocky points and those fish would BLAST that thing. Our 2 day total was 30 lbs, waaaaay out of the money. 1st 49.65 lbs, 2nd 41.64 lbs, 3rd 40.61. Big bass was a beautiful 12.10 lbs. Oh yeah, it was a 3 fish limit each day!
I'm looking forward to Amistad this weekend!
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I think we are going to fish a tournament on Truman this weekend. I will give y'all an update if we do.
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Have been out a couple of times the last two weeks with good result. 5 zanders between 10-14 punds.
All caught on 6-7" Carrots
This one of them.
(http://www.caneycreekmolds.net/gallery/84_09_11_11_4_17_16.jpeg)
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lajo1976 - Nice fish.
Those are a really cool looking fish. Like a spray painted cross between a Walleye and a Bass. With that wide tail; it looks like it is capable of putting up a good fight?
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Added another picture of "the fish of the day" for Nov. 8th. in the Gallery. The flatheads are still hanging around the buffet line.
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Beautiful fish!
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I havnt been doing much fishing recently, my focus has been on chasing those elusive whitetailed deer. But after the next 2 weeks I will be ready to head back to Lake of the Ozarks and start chasing those bass again. If I happen to shoot a nice one this weekend maybe Jason will allow me to post a picture of it...even though it has nothing to do with fishing.
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Deer tenderloin, fried catfish, bream, okra, hushpuppies. Maybe some slaw and sliced tomatoes. I am trying to make Jason drool on the keyboard. :D -- Peach Cobbler and hand churned Ice cream for desert?
That ought to do it.
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You really had me with the tomato...
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Went fishing Friday and it was pretty slow. We picked up 5 fish, the biggest being around 4 pounds. We figured out a little late that they were being positioned in a big way by the wind and were super shallow for this time of year. They also wanted the bait to be moving really fast (they were wearing their track shoes). It finally dawned on me that this is what was happening when Chris was burning his worm in to make another cast and the wake of a fish formed behind it. The best I can remember we caught them on the SB, Toad, and C-Tail worm.
Saturday was a little more of the same except the Croaker got in on the action. We finally found the fish we were looking for on the 4.5" Toad. I was swimming it in a swim, then fall retrieve and about 15' from us it got whacked. All we could see was a pretty big flash of white. When I set the hook my line immediately broke. I really don't think it was a Bowfin, but I'm telling myself that's all it was. :(
Here's a pic of a nice Chunk, caught on a C-Tail worm (Grape Ape):
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-ADuSgHIzhfI/Tspu38zqMiI/AAAAAAAABqc/NWuQJFeXffk/s640/2011-11-18%25252010.17.33.jpg)
Anyone else have a chance to wet a line?
Jason
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NO! Wind here has been "un-tollerable" >:(.
I know the big blues are cranking up and the white bass are bunching
below the dams and can't put the boat in the water.
All dressed up and no where to go sort of thing.
Have several baits to test - have time now - and Mother Nature is in a fickle mood.
Did sneek out for a quick - get me some catfish trip - for an old friend and had to hug the south bank there; and back; and could only fish one spot that was sort of out of the wind. Still was an uncomfortable trip for an old fat man. Wind, waves, current, try to hold the boat still sort of deal. Tough fishing.
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Nope, had 120 mile an hour winds here. It tore out road signs and threw them into the prairie. I think I'll keep my boat in the garage where it is safe for the winter. I did go craw fishin for some dinner though and that was well worth it. LOL. I'm with you guys, I have a bunch of new colors to try and no where to try them out.
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Here in SE Minnesoota this morning we are looking at another day of flag-snapping 30+ mph winds. I went fishing anyhow.
It was almost 50 degrees at 4:30 this morning so I drove down to the Mississippi River in Lake City and danced on the docks for about four hours. The bite before it got light was pretty good. The best action came on a light jighead and one of Keith's [microspins] custom numbers I have him make for me.
The action was pretty much shot by 9:30 so I pulled the plug and came home. I managed 8 crappies....2 in the 11-1/2 inch range, two in the 14 inch range and the rest at 12". Not a single sunfish or gill today.
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Those are some nice Crappie. Keith makes a beautiful bait.
Congrats!
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Some people are finding ice to get out on that holds them and those people are doing well on crappies and sunfish. Others are not faring so well.
Ice anglers on Mille Lacs Lake are finding a tough go already this winter. A total of 5 ice rescues have been made to date with the latest coming on Tuesday of this week and involved 12 anglers who got startanded on a large piece of ice that got blown apart. Only a week ago another party with 2 kids involved had to be plucked from the ice for the same reason and 1 hoover craft was destroyed in getting them to safety. On the same lake, many of the large resorts have closed all of their accesses to any form of travel on the lake for the second time this season and reports of large areas of yet to freeze open water are bouncing around now.
In central Wisconsin a 69 year old man went thru bad ice and drowned on Weds of this week.
Here in the southern part of the state we had another day in the mid-40's yesterday and it was still 38 at 10:30 during the weather report last night. 27 degrees right now with the temps sliding downhill all day is the suggestion made by weather officials. We'll wait and see.
Aside from the ice fishing, anglers who are putting boats in on the Mississippi River's pool 4 are doing real well on walleyes and sauger. The anglers with crappie savie are also picking up some dandy slabs too. I have my boat ready and after these holidays pass I'll be slipping it into pool 4 a few times before we get the real cold coming to visit. If its 20 degrees on the ice, its only twenty degrees on the open water too and I'd rather have the liquid mobility than walking on something that I can't trust entirely.
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"...and I'd rather have the liquid mobility than walking on something that I can't trust entirely."
Good advice, Tom.
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One thing I have found out in my old age is that the boat, while sitting in water, is a lot drier than any form of fishing on the ice. Dry = warm.
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??? LOL, I am with you guy's on the Ice fishing, especially Tom. Back in the 90's I fell threw the Ice hunting, after experiencing that, there ain't no chance you would ever find me on an Ice patch. :-\
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I've been thru the ice 3 times. One just about killed me with the temps at around minus 15 and a mile walk out. Of course this was before cell phones, not that mine would have worked.
On an entirely different path, just hold onto the thought that spring is only 88 days away.
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Great point Tom, 88 days and now counting! ;D
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Ice of any form - and me walking on it - are mutually exclusive. My body mass, knees, back, and behind convinced my brain not to several years ago. I will take my hat off to those that SAFELY brave the cold and fish when it is below 20 degrees. Neat way to keep the fish fresh though; just slide them out on the ice.
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Falling through the ice! Temperatures with a minus sign in front of them?
It's 67 degrees and sunny over here. Only ice is in my glass of tea! :P
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Neat way to keep the fish fresh though; just slide them out on the ice.
Nada. If I fish ice at all I use an Ice Well. I just drill an extra hole, slip the mess well into that hole and the fish swim in there until its time to heady on out. If I decide I am not going to want fich to clean I can simply invert the well in the hole and off they go unharmed. I use this same well while fishing docks, shore spots and in my canoe.
www.Today'sTackle.com will show you the ice well. They come in ( and 7 inch versions. The 7 inch fits snuggly into an 8 inch hole. the 9" model goes in a 10" hole. They are slick.
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Tom, it sounds like you've got that ice fish'in figured out. I would of never thought about drilling another one to keep them fresh. ;D
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Nothing on this earth is worse than thawing half-frozen fish and then trying to fillet them with all that slime that seems to continue making itself after you wash the fish off. The water temp right under the ice will usually be hoovering right around 34/35 degrees. Kept at this temp while you fish really firms thos fish up but they are still alive, breathing, and healthy as heck. I've seen people drill a hole part way thru and then fill it up with lake water to hold fish on nicer days when that water won't freeze.
Some call ice fishing an art. Some insist that you have to have all the new technology at hand to successfully ice fish. I've been on the ice long enough to know that nothing on the planet can beat experience.
If you came up here for a week during the winter to fish you'd see some interesting adaptations people have come up with to get the job done.