FISH CATCHING TRAVEL
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Before I get to the fishing let me tell you why I am pissed. At least yearly, and often more than that, I break a rod setting the hook. For some reason it has happened consistently for over 30 years, which is nuts. So the point? Today throwing a spinnerbait I thought it was a bite, set the hook, and my best rod snapped in half. (At least in a perfect place so it is destined to be a travel rod.) But dang it. I even got it at half price and it was still $80. And that is the very reason I am a value rod shopper, big on the sales. Whether costly or cheap, it happens. It is just particularly irritating as it was the best of the lot. Oh well, the cost of doing business.
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The swim jig is still the best bite for me.
It was a weird day all the way around. I waited at the house until 9:00 as it was raining some and there was occasional thunder. But watching the weather I hit it just about right as it was drizzling and dead calm when I started. But as the morning went on it cleared up the wind started out of the north, which definitely did not help the fishing.
After catching a couple of crappies yesterday first up was a couple of places, first where they were yesterday, second a place they always come. And not a bite, not even a touch. I worked both places over, probably to long, and could not get a bite so time to put that up. So next was swim jig in a couple of coves.
There is definitely fish all the way back in some of the coves. The best bites still come near any cover, the “brushier” the better, though a lay down is just as likely to have a fish on it. 5 jumped on in the first cove, then 4 or 5 in the next one. A couple blew up on it over a really shallow piece of wood. As it started to clear the wind finally started to blow. So I headed to the bank where I had the best bites yesterday. But the wind was out of the opposite direction, the north, and not a bite.
The best of them today. The second one came on a pitch.
So one last place, a big cove out of the wind. 4 or 5 came out of the back end, all around brush. The swim jig caught most with the last one of the day pitching the beaver to a dead fall. The water temp was the warmest that I saw all day at 68 degrees. As I fished my way out of the cove not another bite. So at 4:00 I called it a day.
A dozen or so on swim jig, one on spinnerbait, and one pitching. I did make one quick trolling pass and caught 4 small whites and a couple of bass. It really looks like the white bass are either going to split spawn, or they are already done, which is a month early. And while I have not looked for beds with the water temp at 64 minimum it would not surprise me. But no matter what the fishing is good, you just have to work for them.
Will be off galavanting around for a few days and then it is time to start doing a little salt work. The Boss will be gone late next week so I am trying to decide where to go. Of course I will be back on the water way before that. So keep stopping in and thanks for reading my stuff.
Good Luck and Tight Lines
