I headed to the launch yesterday ready to test out some new jigs I had made. Arrived at that magic time just before the Sun rises. As I made my way through my routine I noticed that the motor didn’t raise up when I asked it to. Dead battery.
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Went this morning, buddy was a no show. Cold air, water is 60 degrees, bite very slow. All my fishing friends are complaining about the bite. Yelled back and forth with a few boats and they had zero bites. Finally I got one.
They work. Four and a half hours from leaving the driveway to filets vacuum packed in freezer and boat plugged in for tomorrow. The jigs worked pretty good. The bigger fish were targeting the larger jig. The 3” Booty Thumper what
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The spool of Twitch showed up today and I had enough light left in the day to tie up my rods with it. Pull tested UNI knots onto swivel connection. I actually think it is stronger than my spools of Trilene. Definitely left
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I hooked a real pig. I saw the rod bend double over, and could easy see it was big. As he got close I grabbed the net and proceeded to bump him with it and gone. I tried to scoop him but he was too fast. He was very large.
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I recently got the Yamaha it’s 20 hour service. That morning I managed to catch the fender on the gate pole and.....well got myself a new project. Couple of them actually.
Went this morning and cruised around the lake from 7-10
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The wife and I have been on vacation this week and spent our first two days at the beach. She has a degree in art from the University of Florida so just about everything is an opportunity to get artsy. Her sand art was admired by almost all
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Today I hit the lake at O’ Dark Hundred. I spider rigged for a few hours and managed three fish, one medium two dinks. Then trolled out the back of the boat for three more mediums. All released.
Bottom line- I went fishing two days- four fish total. One nice one, two mediums and a dinkie. I use my fish tank thingie so I can ride them around the lake before setting them loose.
The weathermen around here lie like old rugs, and many times I have missed good days based on their wonderful guidance, so now I do my own guessing. The skies were clear with cotton ball clouds, the winds were fairly stiff and steady, but the
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