Flood tide was the ticket at the Chick today

[Corker]

After being cooped up at home for a week, it was great to get back on the water this morning. The Chick was in good shape, but water temp hovered just above freezing--34* at launch and never more then 35*. The tide was falling & that didn't seem to suit the fish. In this shot, emblematic of my morning, three buzzards "share" a carcass.


Almost as soon as the tide changed, the bite began. Several small ringers, a decent sized greenie, and 5 nice specks (including 2 @ 13") helped make up for the rotten morning.


Although today got off to a slooooooooow start and provided nothing for Adams' contest logbook, it certainly beat shoveling snow off the roof of my house!

[brad reedy]

WTG Corker!

[dwaw]

glad you caught em today corker. i'm hearing that the shoveling will come again this weekend. hope not. dw

[unknown 2]

Just goes to prove , ' YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A DOCTOR TO HAVE PATIENCE"

[Spec-N-Tators]

Nice Slab... I guess there's no snow on the ramp? Good day considering the water temp change from 45.8 on Friday.

[slabenomics]

good job there corker...I vaguely remember catching some of those one time...yep the snow will make things a mess .....and the near future aint looking good neither glad you were able to get out and get u some...:D

[spec2ring]

holy smokes corker you are on a roll now. nice fish and nice pics as well. those birds know what the pharse "team work" means.

[Hornyhead Stoneroller]

Nice catch!

[Crappisaurusrex]

nice crappies. no perch? was Vic being hoggish? :D

[Corker]

nice crappies. no perch? was Vic being hoggish? :D

There were a few small ones, but nothing worth keeping. Normally, I would follow and imitate Vic & Reed, but they didn't show up until I'd given up on the docks & moved down the river to try other places. When I returned, they'd already skimmed the cream off that area. They were thoughtful enough to show me what I missed.