Fang Posted April 10, 2011 Report Share Posted April 10, 2011 Got up late this morning but figured I'd get in an hour of casting before doing any more reno work on the basement. Grabbed my rod and a handful of pier chucking baits and headed down to the river at around 9:00 am. It was looking pretty ugly, dark overcast but as yet no rain. Only 2 other guys on this side of the wall dunking roe and they hadn't seen anything. Rivermouth was completly blown out with muddy water and crud making casting difficult without hanging up on a twig or other stuff. They packed up and left about 30 minutes later. Started to notice more shiners right in against the wall so switched up to a long thin rattle bait, slowed the retreive down and cast parallel along the wall. That was the ticket. 2 quick browns in about 15 minutes both about 3 lbs. Nice and shiny lake fish. Kept the same casting routine up and saw several more chasers over the next hour - lots of lure bumps but no hook ups.Finally got the hooks into a nice one around 28" , 5-6 lbs One heck of a fight for colder water.Ran off a bunch of line a couple times. Fished another hour and lost a real big boy that hit right at my feet along the wall. This one was still pretty dark but couldn't do anything on such a short bit of line. Had to pack up as both my rod and my sons started buzzing and clicking as some dark storm clouds rolled over the lake. Could feel the static buzz right inot the handle and when I touched the tip of the rod to the ground it stopped. One big thunder boomer and that was the sign to get out of there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Posted April 10, 2011 Report Share Posted April 10, 2011 The early bird gets the worm Well done, nice fish Scary stuff about the rods buzzing and clicking, glad you decided to leave, that is not a good sign Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCTFisher9120 Posted April 10, 2011 Report Share Posted April 10, 2011 Nice catch, weather was fine this morning...nice and warm until the rain fell. Great brown! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manitoubass2 Posted April 10, 2011 Report Share Posted April 10, 2011 Very impressive!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted April 10, 2011 Report Share Posted April 10, 2011 Nice fish Paul. I got out on the river around 7:30ish after work.The river was not the best,but managed to fish for two hours before the rain hit.Lots of room to practice my casting.Much better today with a fuller pin spool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted April 10, 2011 Report Share Posted April 10, 2011 Nice fish Paul. I got out on the river around 7:30ish after work.The river was not the best,but managed to fish for two hours before the rain hit.Lots of room to practice my casting.Much better today with a fuller pin spool. I took one look at the river this morning and turned around and drove home. 4 inches of vis at most and on the rise. No thanks! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyb Posted April 11, 2011 Report Share Posted April 11, 2011 Great report Paul....paying attention to the water and "matching the hatch" paid off nicely! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehg Posted April 11, 2011 Report Share Posted April 11, 2011 Great going on the nice browns. Hope to add some Zone 17 pike soon to team 3 totals soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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