Despite the wind, I headed out with the goal of putting some fish in the cooler for a fish dinner this holiday weekend. I'd hoped 870 would ride along but he has home AC troubles that need solving.
I had lines in the water just before
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After getting all my work done about noontime, I took a chance that 870 would be recovering from his full belly Saturday and might be in the mood to take a jaunt and gave him a call. He called back shortly to say yes and plans were made to
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Got a call from 870 this morning asking if I had any interest in joining him for an impromptu fishing trip today. Weather was iffy here at home (it would soon clear and be a nice day)but I said yes anyway and headed his way. And what a trip
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40 degrees at 5:30 this morning, but it was a warm 40 and not a cold 40; most snow belt folks will know what I'm talking about. I checked the radar and the forecast and decided to try my luck on the pond. I was geared up with lines in the water
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This week is bringing some surprisingly warm temperatures and beautiful fall days to our neck of the woods and what better way to enjoy it than to grab the gear and hit the water. Which is exactly what we did; yes I said we as 870 had some
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With rain showers in the forecast for this afternoon, I decided yesterday to sneak in a trip this morning before they arrived. I was set up and ready for action about 8:15, air temperature at 46 and water temps between 56 & 57. Overcast
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We had a lull in the work day yesterday and I skipped out an hour early for a trip to the pond before the rainy weekend.
I launched at 3:40, with the air temp at 74 and water temps out over the basin at 67-68. I expected the wind but
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Even though it was a bit windy, I headed off after work to see if the fish were biting after the rainy weekend we'd had. About 3 1/2" all told fell between Saturday morning and Monday afternoon. I figured it being Wednesday things might
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Worked pretty much a full day yesterday and knew I was going fishing somewhere today. I got delayed this morning and didn't get on the water and set up until 11:40. Air temp at 71 when I launched with water temps at 70 or so. Bit of a breeze
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The recent wet weather finally moved out and gave us a nice day so I took advantage and headed to the lake. According to our neighbor, we've had upwards of 4" of rain since Friday night so I didn't know what to expect for a bite. Air temp
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Might have set a record for a high temperature around these parts today and I was crazy enough to head for the lake after work! Wife just shook her head, smiled and said, "take enough water".
Yes, dear........and off I went.
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Got a bit of a late start today as I had a few things I had to finish before I left work and didn't launch until just after 5. I didn't bother trolling to start as usual, I simply rowed my way out to the area I wanted to work and then set up
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Made another trip this afternoon to a different pond. Conditions at home were great, low wind, nice cloud cover, seemed like a good setup for a good trip. Got to the launch and it was near whitecaps out there. Flipped a mental coin and pushed
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For a while there, I thought I was going to strike out completely. Poor weather and some other circumstances have kept me off the water for a bit. We had a pretty good thunderstorm this morning but the weather guy said it was going to clear
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Yup, it's a regular thing around here these days. Low humidity day but very breezy and I said to heck with it, I'm going anyway. We had rain in the forecast for today. A comfortable 82 at waters edge and surface water temps about 77 or so.
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Another very nice summer day here today and I figured there was no better way to finish it off than taking a trip to see what might be biting. I launched and was set up a bit after 5pm; air temp a comfortable 79 and the water out over the basin
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