Pico Beachball Pitches a Shutout!

After some health issues have slowed me down this year Lil D and I were finally able to pull the boat 90 miles to Alum Creek Reservoir to chase some Slabs. Weather report looked great with temperatures back down to the low 80s and a slight breeze out of the north.

we got on the water by 8 AM and made our way to some familiar brush piles in the Big Run area with a few minnows. After trying to catch a few under bobbers we got out the trolling rods and set up 2 poles with Offshore Planer Boards and ran a Beachball pattern PICO INT Crankbait painted off the right side of the boat and a random off brand crankbait off the left.

As the title says the Beachball crank pitched a shutout this day and we picked up 5 crappie and 1 Channel Cat trolling around at 1.6-2.0mph. We caught all our fish while trolling in a southward direction and not a single bit while moving north.



Water tempera Was 80.1 degrees when we started out and when we wrapped up at 2 PM it was just under 82. We saw Blad Eagles this day and lots of Ospreys swooping down for a meal. Even spotted this redneck houseboat putting out of the Galena Ramp. We brought one four to make a nice meal for us.



It was a blessing to be able to get out again despite not having all the medical issues resolved.