Thread: Got in a trip this morning, 7-3

Weather and work has been against me for a week but I made it out this morning for a while, hoping to beat the rain showers that were expected today. Took care of a couple of chores and pushed off at about 8:30,a bit later than planned. Had a steady strong breeze from the NE all morning. Air temperature at 59, water temp was 76 after the hot weather we had earlier this week.
I trolled up into the wind dragging my 3 lines with a Roadrunner, a minnow tube and a stinger. 1st fish was a decent bluegill on the minnow tube that went in to the cooler and a long dry spell before my one and only crappie, just at 12", also took a fancy to it. That would be the last fish on the minnow tube; everything after came on the Roadrunner.



I found some bluegill out in some deeper water away from the weed edge that were on the larger than average size.


This was the best of the day at about 8 1/2" but had some others right at 8" that went on the ice as well.

I tried drifting with the wind over the deeper basin on the way back to the landing and picked up 2 bluegill, one being too small to keep today while the other went in to the cooler. I called it a day at noon and headed home. Ended up with a total of 8 keeper 'gills and the one crappie.



Tossed back 3 bluegill that needed a bit more growing and got broke off by one big fish; don't know what he was but he hit hard and took me down deep quickly. I kept the pressure on a bit and he came loose and began to move over to the side, gave a couple of good head shakes and my line snapped; lost my RR to the son of a gun, too.

Nice catch.