Whopper Posted March 31, 2007 Report Posted March 31, 2007 At lunch time I decided to chuck the work thing and hit the river. I didn't feel the conditions were very favorable to be fishing my usual spot but didn't have a choice because of time. We have had a lot of rain and the river has been high and very muddy. Today's flow wasn't bad and it has receded the last couple of days and the weather was absolutely beautiful. Water was still mud stained visibilty about 6". Started throwing a red & black 1/4 ounce jig and dark motor oil twister and within the first 15 minutes I lost three fish ??? . So I switched to a SR7 shad rap in a firetiger finish and away we go. Caught two small LM bass Not a few minutes later BAM, she hit like a freight train and it was on. Nice smallmouth and I'm pumped. This pic does not do this fish justice, I was having trouble with my camera, probably from lack of use : So I was thinking about when I first started and decided that I really need to bone up on my jigging so I switched back to jig and twister combo. Things were slow then all of the sudden tap tap and it's on again and I figured it was another smallie but it wasn't. SURPRISE a really nice saugeye. It's been a long time since I've caught a saugeye this size out of the river, so I was pleased. A quick pic and back in the drink. Very next cast I caught his her twin sister, sorry no pic > camera fell of the ledge while taking. A few minutes later I slammed a poor little bluegill, must have jerk him ten foot out of the water Caught another small smallmouth then on the very end of a retrieve this kamikaze LM hits as I was bringing my jig out of the water, scared the crap out of me . After a brief tug of war her and I get intimate :-* ;D What a great afternoon and to think before it started I thought all I was going to do was spend some quiet time and catch a few rays. I'm not real happy with the quality of my pics and the camera problems I had today I hope it's just me being rusty with it. Sorry for the long winded report but I feel RE-ENERGIZED. Maybe that will hold me until I get get the boat out. Hope you all enjoyed! Whopper PS Just so everyone knows bass is in season here.
Smokey Posted March 31, 2007 Report Posted March 31, 2007 Good work Phil. Some great fish to kick the year off.
Greencoachdog Posted March 31, 2007 Report Posted March 31, 2007 Excellent report and pics Phil!!!... and some very nice fish ta-boot!!!
Rich Clemens Posted March 31, 2007 Report Posted March 31, 2007 Attaboy Whopper. Nothin better than skipping out of work a little early. Looks like a fine day.
Roy Posted March 31, 2007 Report Posted March 31, 2007 Beauty report, Bud. Glad you had a good time. No pics for team 8?
danc Posted March 31, 2007 Report Posted March 31, 2007 Beauty report Phil. Love the sweatshirt too!!
GbayGiant Posted March 31, 2007 Report Posted March 31, 2007 (edited) Very nice. I here ya on the pic thing I can never make them look big like some guys, lol, but any smallie you have to hold with two hands is big. Roy I just noticed your post count is 6666, hope you don't run into any bad luck. Edited March 31, 2007 by GbayGiant
crappiesteve Posted March 31, 2007 Report Posted March 31, 2007 ...nice mess of fish you caught Phil,thinking you were going to get skunked,and look at what you caught WTG. Steve
mattyk Posted March 31, 2007 Report Posted March 31, 2007 nice fish Phil. I hoping to get out soon and try my luck.
BabyHerc Posted March 31, 2007 Report Posted March 31, 2007 Nice!!! What state are you in Whopper? Ohio?
ccmtcanada Posted March 31, 2007 Report Posted March 31, 2007 Great report! It's awesome to start out a season with success like that! Even though the conditions of the water weren't the best, you still managed to pull some nice fish out of thre. Congrats!
Whopper Posted March 31, 2007 Author Report Posted March 31, 2007 Thanks for the kind words Roy really didn't think I would have had the success I did so team 8 logo was sitting in the truck, sorry tjsa. Babyherc I live in southwest Ohio, Dayton area. All fish pictured came from a current break off of a eddy below a spillway in a spot no bigger than a kitchen table. Whopper
lew Posted March 31, 2007 Report Posted March 31, 2007 Well done Phil, any fish you can catch while your sposed to be working is a beaut !!
tjsa Posted March 31, 2007 Report Posted March 31, 2007 Thanks for the kind words Roy really didn't think I would have had the success I did so team 8 logo was sitting in the truck, sorry tjsa. Whopper OK!!! Yer on probation for at least a month, Kidding, glad you had success Phil, a tiny tip though, taking pics, have the sun in your face, not behind you or beside you, lol.
Master of Bait Posted April 2, 2007 Report Posted April 2, 2007 Great job - nice report. Gotta love the mixed bag - always fun to fight a fish and not know what is coming in. Good start to the season and keep the pics coming (practice makes perfect).
Joey Posted April 2, 2007 Report Posted April 2, 2007 Great report Phil. Nice Saugeye there for sure. The weather sure looks nice there. Joey
Joey Posted April 2, 2007 Report Posted April 2, 2007 (edited) Well that was weird. I replied to this thread, and then a page showed up that said it was some kind of "flood" error and said it saved my response and so I hit it so it would post the saved response, and it made a double post. What the heck? Joey Edited April 2, 2007 by Joey
Bernie Posted April 2, 2007 Report Posted April 2, 2007 I have to wait for almost 2 months before hooking into a pickerel up here . Nice catch of fish there Whopper, good for you!!
TennesseeGuy Posted April 2, 2007 Report Posted April 2, 2007 Good fishing. Good report. Great timing for your fishing trip.
OhioFisherman Posted April 2, 2007 Report Posted April 2, 2007 Trying to embarrass me?, now I might have to catch a fish! Can`t have only one guy from Ohio that gets lucky! LOL Nice job Phil!
Whopper Posted April 2, 2007 Author Report Posted April 2, 2007 (edited) Trying to embarrass me?, now I might have to catch a fish! Can`t have only one guy from Ohio that gets lucky! LOL Nice job Phil! No way Paul would never do that to ya LOL I'd still like to have you take a seat in my boat and have ya school me on some of the East Harbor fish though. I'm sure we could get the fellas at Tibbels to give us a hand with loading. You name a date and I'll take ya, as long as it's not from May 18th to the 28th I have a date with another OFC'er then. Whopper Edited April 2, 2007 by Whopper
OhioFisherman Posted April 2, 2007 Report Posted April 2, 2007 LOL Phil, once you clear the opening at Tibbel`s start flippin or pitching a worm or lizard at the stuff on shore to the right and work your way towards the mouth of the harbor hitting all the docks. Early season is nice because of less boats in the water and less boat traffic, I think the bass season shuts down May 1st though. Not very deep water, 4 feet is a real plus! But some of those pigs are in a lot less. Junebug or a lighter shade like watermelon in a 6 inch lizard or worm will work, the rip-rap at the entrance to the harbor is also a good spot, deeper water less junk, you can fish a lizard on a jighead pretty easily with snags or texas rig it and drag the edge of the rip-rap in deeper water 6 to 8 feet. I am trying to get up there before the season closes, but it is hard for me too plan. LOL at Tibbell`s I can just roll of the dock into the boat? or water? Not usually hard to get a 4# plus L/M there.
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