After our day Wednesday, I figured I might as well go again this morning and try to beat the wind.
Forecast was for light winds this morning with a wind shift between 1 and 2pm. Launched the boat at about 8:30 and made our way back to
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My buddy has some strip pits down near Montrose. We got a late start and only caught some small bass. He had put a brush pile out when the ice was thick. When we got there the pile hadn’t even sunk below because the water was only 8-9 FOW.
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Weather looked good so we thought we would meet up with baitwaster and rooster for a little fall dipping. We managed 19 crappie along with 1 nice white bass. The biggest was 15 inches. Most on 1/8 Oz jigs tipped with minnows but had several
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Last two trips to Bucksaw found the bite tough at best. Met with Richard this AM to see what we could do about it.
Definitely not shallow on the flats as before. After a little hunting we found them in 45 degree banks with chunk rock
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Well, i finally got the boat ready and spent some time at the lake. Went up from Bucksaw Wednesday with a pharmacy friend on Wednesday and back with Richard on Thursday. It took a while to find the fish cause we started too deep. Spent 3 hours
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Now that my daughter has finished her last class for her teaching certification, we have a little free time to fish. How lucky can you be when your 25 year old daughter will get out of bed at 4am to spend some boat time with her dad. I love
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Just got a new set of Jenko Slab City 14 footers. Met up with an old pharmacy buddy to try them out. Put in at Bucksaw and ran up Cedar. Idled actually I hate going back there with all the stumps. We fished 8 to 12 down in 12 to 18 fow. Ended
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No ski boats no big boats.... You get the picture.
Met up with Richard (ripinlips) early today. Bought minnows and back to the Osage. Didn't quite get 2 limits but didn't get rained on either. About equal bites on minnows or plain jigs.
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Wasn't able to leave home until 9am. Got some minnows at Everharts and put in at Tally Bend by 11. Had 6 fish on the first 3 trees. Moved to a flat and caught a double 3 trees later. Caught 1 more and noticed a little current on the trees.
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