Awesome pics and a good box of fish to show for your efforts. Thanks for sharing your day with the rest of us.
Yesterday, I chose to expand my apprenticeship of my newly found mini-skinny technique thanks to Skeetbum Tim. As Tim easily knows, this high risk, somewhat tedious to learn, isn't for all...but if it is=what a blast! Admittedly, some of us have a low tolerance of change, high risk and adaptation to what has been successful for us. To me, I say that the more you experiment with variance, the more likely the better angler yield. A 2 hour drive to St. John's(Lemon Bluff) was on the early bird agenda which is basically my assigned boundary for travel. Gorgeous sunrise with a field full of wild turkeys(30+-) foraging in a nearby field added positively to the travel variable. Bobby Garland itty bitty Slab Slayers and Tim's hand-tied Grey ghosts in 1/64 oz. jigheads fished with 3 lb. Nanofil/4 lb. mono leaders were armaments of choice. Some 10' dipping and bobber fishing were the other two rods on hand. All single-pole presentations were employed successfully however, because of the apprenticeship mindset 90% of the boatees were done mini-skinny. Caught specks, freckled face bream(stumpknockers?), bluegill(2 coppernosed), catfish(1-5 lbr), 17" Bowfin, couple small shellies to round out a great day of fishing. Easily estimate 50 fish caught/16/1 brought home on a windy, intermittent rainy day. 16 specks ranged 11 - 13" and the 5 lb. whiskered friend and Bowfin served as confirmation that mini-skinny can conquer with proper handling technique. Guess you can say..."there's more than one way to skinny a cat" Tomorrow is another to the limit travel day to accompany a legend, stay tuned. Here's the pics-
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Awesome pics and a good box of fish to show for your efforts. Thanks for sharing your day with the rest of us.
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Nice story! Nice pics! Nice fish! Thanks for sharing this with us!
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Always enjoy your posts Doug. Beautiful photos and great story.
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Another excellent trip mister. Sorry I wasn’t able to take the time and go along. It’s been a lot of years since I’ve fished the bluff. Glad to hear it was productive but more so that you enjoyed it after the drive and tried some of the other stuff instead of just letting it adorn the box. It surprises me sometimes what they fall in love with that you would never think would work at all. Hopefully my projects will get put to bed and I can get outside the box a little too. Good report and pics Doug, keep me coming.
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Variety has always been the staple at Lemon Bluff, nice game plan Doug, a lot of "outside the box" gear, location, & as most might not know...manevaring your boat at the launch=get's tricky when the water level is down...good trip indeed...
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Ah, one of my very most favorite areas of the river. Brings back lots of memories every time I get back down that way, used to go there a lot more especially as kids.
Sounds like you had a great day & got some nice pics.
Yes indeed, a few years back by the time I had enough water to float the boat off the trailer the motor was touching dry ground on the other side.manevaring your boat at the launch=get's tricky when the water level is down...
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