Guest Johnny Bass Posted May 31, 2010 Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 (edited) Decided to go fishing with my friend on Wednesday. Got their late and we were out on the water by 10:30. Wasn't too confident. We were there for a 1/2 hour without even a sniff. I'm thinking this place must have been hammered long weekend and all the fish were all hooked.We tried a few patterns and nothing. Finally a half hour later I hooked a bass on a big spinner bait. Now this bass was caught in 10-12 FOW. I knew they weren't spawning. I continued the drift. I hooked 3 pike. First one on a spinner bait. Then the other 2 on a grub. Now I had picked a chartreuse jig head on smoke colored grub for me(great for pickerel) And a pink jighead with Yellow tail for her. I don't use yellow much but many people have been catching pickerel on yellow this year. She wanted to use white(not smoke). After I caught those 2 pike, I decided to give her my rod, with the smoked grub. She loves that rod and plus she had confidence that lure was working. Shimano Clarus with Shimano Stardic with 6lb test of that new Berkley line. And explained to her it was more the fisherman than the lure and rod(which she quickly proved wrong). About 2 minutes later she says fish on! Brings it in? 17 inch pickerel. We are both estatic!!!I'm thinking fish fry! Gonna try that uncle buck batter I bought!A few minutes later she has another one on! Another pickeral! We do another drift? Another one on. She has 3 pics in the boat so I switch to a smoke coloured grub! Nothing. I'm starting to look bad so I watch what she is doing. She is working that rod aggressively and with that fast gear ratio of the shimano stradic. I don't know how she was doing it but she was nailing them! Tried to mimic her movements, snap up the rod, then to the left, then to the right! I guess she was watching me work the hair jig last week, even though she denies it. In 1/2 hour she nails 4 pics. Then the problems start. I put new line on her reel I had just bought from berkley and the mother of all tangles occurs after she casted. Then the rest of the line on the spool made its way into the water. For over an hour I was sorting out this mess and trying to stop the boat from getting close to shore. I think I know the problem. I may be over spooling the reels. We had a snag and I was actually pulling the boat in against current with 6lb test! That's good line! We did the drift again? And it was dead. The funny thing is that I'm Johnny Bass and I was going to name her Miss Pike(because she was nailing the pike last outing), but after today? Its Miss pickerel!!!! Worked the lake and I was nailing all kinds of pike in 8-12 FOW on Grubs, husky Jerks and spinner baits. The pheonix grubs were working well but after a few casts they wouldn't stay on the jig, so we went through the last 5 I had, quickly. We both got bit off by big pikes too. She did not land 1 pike, and I one pickerel. That is until I found another honey hole. Started smacking them on stick baits. These ones were a little bigger with the biggest one at 19 1/2 inches. They were concentrated in small groups. You'd have to cast to the exact same spot to get them to bite. So carry a marker or make sure you know the water well.I picked up a few more pickerels but stopped targeting them because we had our limit and didn't want to kill any of them by accident. Especially after I kept a pike that was so badly hooked I had to kill it with the oar. For some strange reason I am terrified of getting hooked this year. I may switch to barb-less hooks or put single hooks(not trebles) on my crank baits. I bet the hook sets would be better too. And the new pike spreader I have is garbage. First it made me bleed when I opened it with one hand. The coil is really strong. 2? The fish went crazy and my hand got stuck in its mouth. More blood everywhere. Lucky she is a nurse and I was told to keep my wound above my heart for it to stop bleeding and it worked.Went back to the grub, this time the yellow one and I nailed a pickerel after all. So was it the lure(smoke colored grub), the rod or just plain luck? Who knows. Anyways, this is the first time I got tired fishing and we left the lake around 6pm.We caught numerous pike and pickerel and 2 small bass showed up. She is definitely hooked now! There were a couple of other great pickerel reports? Could this be all of a result of the slot limit? I like the one where you can keep 4 fish and only 1 over 18 inches. Her is the pike and the pickerel. Hope you enjoyed the report. OH here are some pics from Last year. Small fish but I like the way I look in this picture.lol Pike on a jig and pig Jig and pig largie Jig and pig largie Believe it or not? These are all the small ones I caught with a rental. The big ones me and Al hammered we didn't post because the camera broke. Edited May 31, 2010 by Johnny Bass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted May 31, 2010 Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 (edited) :EDIT: It's the beer!! We got into a couple of OOS fish today, but actually made out fairly well with the pike... Edited May 31, 2010 by BillM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted May 31, 2010 Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 (edited) I guess you missed the part where he said "and here are some pictures from last year" Bill ! I just wish that Johnny would buy a shirt !! (some nice fish there Johnny!) Edited May 31, 2010 by irishfield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted May 31, 2010 Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 I'd had 4 beers tonight, is that a good excuse? :clapping: The shirtless pics are his trademark!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted May 31, 2010 Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 I'd had 4 beers tonight, is that a good excuse? :clapping: Not if they were Coors LIGHT ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted May 31, 2010 Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 Not if they were Coors LIGHT ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Johnny Bass Posted May 31, 2010 Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 Ya the bass were from last year. I just thought I would add them. Smallies on tubes and the largies on jig and pigs. That's the only thing I fished with last year pretty much. If you notice only 2 puny bass were caught(no pics) in the actual report with numerous pickerel and pike. Took many pictures of the pike that averaged 2-4 lbs but didn't post them and the pickerel too. I like only posting above average fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted May 31, 2010 Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 Took many pictures of the pike that averaged 2-4 lbs but didn't post them and the pickerel too. I like only posting above average fish. All we got were snot rockets today, biggest maybe 6-7lbs.. The warm water has really turned them on... I think we were averaging about 72 degrees today for water temp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limeyangler Posted May 31, 2010 Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 Awesome stuff JB, lol.....i missed the 'last year bit and got a bit confused too. Whats for supper then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctranter Posted May 31, 2010 Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 Great pics, gotta love those big smallies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Johnny Bass Posted May 31, 2010 Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 Awesome stuff JB, lol.....i missed the 'last year bit and got a bit confused too. Whats for supper then? Ya I should have made it more clearer. Now everyone thinks I target and post OOS bass.lol I'm having Pickerel for supper. MMMMMMMM and gonna try Uncle buck's batter.Couldn't find Cronzy's mix(at BPS) but found it later at CT. Will buy that next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishnsled Posted May 31, 2010 Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 Some nice fish JB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehg Posted May 31, 2010 Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 Nice old school type report! Seems like people are having trouble finding walleye around here, you did well though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yo_guy Posted May 31, 2010 Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 Awesome pics Johnny... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slayingm Posted May 31, 2010 Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 Johnny Bass... wtg man!!... good to see you getting into some great action... well done and keep it up!....G. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Johnny Bass Posted June 1, 2010 Report Share Posted June 1, 2010 Thanks guys. Just had a huge pickerel fry. Tried the uncle buck batter origional. I thought it was ok. It's the cheapest commercial batter out there I have seen so far. I thought it was average but my friend loved it more than the fish crisp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishing 24/7 Posted June 1, 2010 Report Share Posted June 1, 2010 great fish johnny! cant wait to hit the bass man its killing me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunkerbasshunter Posted June 1, 2010 Report Share Posted June 1, 2010 sweet report!!! THanks for sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Shirley Posted June 1, 2010 Report Share Posted June 1, 2010 Sounds like a good day out, nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCTFisher9120 Posted June 2, 2010 Report Share Posted June 2, 2010 wow, looks like a tasty bunch of walleye!! Great bass pic's too man. So pumped to hammer some lakes for bass! Thanks for sharing, MTBF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corvette1 Posted June 2, 2010 Report Share Posted June 2, 2010 congrats johnny on the eyes nice haul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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