Three years Ago ..........

[gillchaser999]

Back in 2012 , around this this time , actually it was on March 1st , I caught the stringer below fishing from shore with my Flyrod . This was about half what I caught that day . I've been back the last couple of years and haven't been able to find them in the same spot .
I'm headed down to the spot this afternoon hoping I can get into them again . This time I'll be armed with my new 9' light spinning rod and jigs tied up in the same patterns that worked back then .
Of course the weather isn't the same , which will most likely hurt my chances , but it's suppose to warm up to around 60 this afternoon . We'll see . Gillchaser

[Crestliner08]

Very nice catch for the first of March! Wish I had some open water right now.

[scrat]

Nice catch. Would like to be fishing here now, weather temp. is 67 degrees but the wind is from the south at 22mph gusting to 38mph. I don't like to fight the wind.

[RetiredRR]

Bet that was a blast. Love to fly fish. Very nice photo. Would frame it if it was me.

[gillchaser999]

Spent five hours tossing jigs and caught one bluegill to keep the skunk off and slim the new rod .
Weatherman missed it again . Sun made short appearance of less than ten minutes . Stayed cloudy all day and the wind got worse as the afternoon went on . With temps in the teens at night for the last couple of nights , it's going take some serious sun to star warming up the shallows.
Best part of the day was the new St Croix 9' light action rod I was trying out for throwing light jigs with weighted floats . That thing will toss a jig and float . Had a nice bend with the bluegill too.
Rough weather day , but you can't catch them sitting at home . Gillchaser

[chucktx]

good that you deslimed the new rod!!!!!

[skeetbum]

Nice gill and nice rods, both of em. Can you share the fly pattern you used?

[gillchaser999]

Nice gill and nice rods, both of em. Can you share the fly pattern you used?

Thanks , the jig that scored was a 1/64 th unpainted jig , gold size 10 hook , with a sparkle yellow chennile body and yellow rabbit fur tail . Simple jig tie . I Kept changing colors about every 15 minutes until I found a color combo that scored .
Pretty sure it was one of the yellow ones in this box , bottom right . Gillchaser

[Billbob]

nice picks

[skeetbum]

Thanks Gill. I have some tied for the fly rod that will get some use in a few weeks when the weather warms and the prespawn pattern begins. Just a 4wt but it should be a ball. Have fun with it....Skeet