jdmls Posted April 16, 2009 Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 Got of to a late start and didn't hit the water until 7ish ..... My buddy Mark was first to suite up and shuffled his way to the first seam about 15ft away from the truck. The three of us laughed under our breath and threw cheap shots as we knew he didn't re-tie from his last trip , and would break off forsure on his first fish.. Not even half way down the seam, sure enough "FISH-ON , wooohhooo" dancing around as this droppie rifles him across the pool back and forth...so we waited for it aaand "SNAP"...The three off of burst into laughter, know rushing to get the rest of are gear and made our way down to the water..... Hilarious, and a sign of good thing to come.. I started off drifting some of my "plutonic" roe as a few of my friends call it, and a good 20 mins went by without a sniff.. My buddy in the backround retied a power worm that he hit his first fish on, and not 5 mins after FISHON as he nailed another bullet..... at this point I was starting to question the roe..."But there dropbacks"...."Dropbacks love roe !!!" Not two or three drifts later my buddy hits another one on plastics ... Still not a sniff on the golden roe After that fish , my two other buddies who swore to their spey rods today walked up river to the next set of pools... I bit the bullet and packed away the ROE , and tied on a shad colored power worm... Figures..... not 5 seconds after the float calks .... BAM, goes rocketing sideways ... First fish of the day I, slammed the hookset into this fair sized hen... She went balistic to say the least... Awesome fight on the new 1601 ... I wrestled her out of log jams up and down, back and fourth...Half way throught the fight , my shoulder is throbing, and I couldn't believe she was still running and breaking water ... Finally after almost falling in the drink off the bank, my buddy tailed her out ... close up She didn't like tha fact that I pulled her away from doin her thing LOL ..Quick pic and I sent her on her way After enough "I told you so's" from my buddy , I took a seat for a little and basked in the abiance..... That was until of course my buddy sent a drift down my way and I watched his float torpedo down , and this CHROMER skyrockets out of the water a good 2ft... " HOLY CRAP " , did you see that .... "wooohooo" as my buddy parades way at the top of the pool with his IM8 at full crunch to the cork... This football went banana's !!! a while later he finally tired it out and we snapped a quick pick... cleanest fish of the day, what a beauty. Once we figured out what they wanted, things got magical..... We went through 4 bags of power worms , and about 2 dozen jigs ... Colors didn't seem to matter .... Big and vibrant were the key Here's a few more highlights... The Getaway !! ... Came out pretty cool Some of the slower runs, we had to walk away from for the obvious ...They were wall to wall full of these guys. I had to snap a picture of this double header with mouths full of pink !!! So many of these little guys.. Great fighters, but they destroy the pinkies on impact ... My jig of the day ... I shed a tear when I broke it off in the wood. A stellar day of chrome for mid April, that will not soon be forgoten ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJL Posted April 16, 2009 Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 Well done JDMLS! Great reportage + pics. The fish in the 5th pic is absolutely mint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted April 16, 2009 Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 Awesome Dave!!!! Great report man! I hope I'll be hitting that spot in the near future Thanks for the tip on the worms! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kemper Posted April 16, 2009 Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 dude! thats sweet, beats the accounting exam I was writing. I say a trip down there is in order for the fall? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drwxr Posted April 16, 2009 Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 good stuff... man that sucker looks mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted April 16, 2009 Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 Theres them pink worms.THEY WORK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tibbs Posted April 16, 2009 Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 Nice Job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucabrasi Posted April 16, 2009 Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 Nice fish!! Looks like a great day out there. Thanks for posting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadian_copper Posted April 16, 2009 Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 AWESOME BRO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joeytier Posted April 16, 2009 Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 What a great read. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kemper Posted April 17, 2009 Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 I just noticed that I happen to have several of your "jig of the day" in stock. They will be making their way to your fly box when we fish next Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdmls Posted April 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 I just noticed that I happen to have several of your "jig of the day" in stock. They will be making their way to your fly box when we fish next Nice... I might have to make a trip out your way to pick em up before opener Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccmtcanada Posted April 17, 2009 Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 You guys timed it well!! Nicely done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehg Posted April 18, 2009 Report Share Posted April 18, 2009 Wow, great catching looks like an amazing outing. Certainly a day to remember. Wondering how the carp fought on the float rod setup? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyeforelle Posted April 18, 2009 Report Share Posted April 18, 2009 American droppies look like fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zubris21 Posted April 18, 2009 Report Share Posted April 18, 2009 wow, awesome report. thanks for taking the time to share! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kemper Posted April 18, 2009 Report Share Posted April 18, 2009 Wow, great catching looks like an amazing outing. Certainly a day to remember. Wondering how the carp fought on the float rod setup? Usually enough like a trout for the first ten seconds to get you excited, then generally like a wet towel for the next minute Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroutnMuskieHunter Posted April 18, 2009 Report Share Posted April 18, 2009 Great report guys!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdmls Posted April 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2009 Wow, great catching looks like an amazing outing. Certainly a day to remember. Wondering how the carp fought on the float rod setup? Kemper, pretty much hit in on the head...Initially on the hookset they react pretty violently but then subside to the equivalent of fighting a beach towel. They fight some what like a brown but with a little less juice...They really hurt the ego, LOL... Although on this system they have a mix of a few different coarse fish... the redhorse (I believe that's what they are called) fight significantly harder than the average carp or sucker...They seem to have larger fan style fins and tail which give them that extra jam... Defenitly not good on the shoulder after 4 or 5 hours of pinning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kemper Posted April 18, 2009 Report Share Posted April 18, 2009 I just noticed that crayfish jig...i will DEFINITELY be tying some of them up for opener Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted April 19, 2009 Report Share Posted April 19, 2009 I just noticed that crayfish jig...i will DEFINITELY be tying some of them up for opener Nailed one today on a crayfish imitation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kemper Posted April 19, 2009 Report Share Posted April 19, 2009 Nailed one today on a crayfish imitation. Never really thought about it...that said I did well in the fall on a rusty red brown with a gold bead jig....hmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted April 19, 2009 Report Share Posted April 19, 2009 I usually use a bright jig or ESL but I looked at it in my flybox and thought 'Hrm, this one actually looks real ' 2-3 drifts and down the float went. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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