Filling the open seat

[Steve]

I took Hirk up on his generous offer posted here on OFC to fish with him today. I had never been there, but have always wanted to fish that lake. We launched for 8am and noticed water temps at 58 degrees!!! Holy heck.

Starting at a spot not far from the launch we noticed hundreds of shiners breaking the surface all over the place...but strangely enough, there weren't any fish busting on them. We continued and it started to rain.I'm not sure what the air temp was, but we could see our breath. We were working milfoil edges that broke into 6' to 8' of water. Winds started to pick up...We moved to a rocky shoal that extended from an island with deep water on both sides...milfoil patches throughout. Very Sexy!! Well, the sexy produced a sexy bass!!!

 

We fished well into the afternoon...and picked away at fish here and there. Hirk caught a fat beautiful smallie which provided a great aerial display.

 

We called it a day around 5pm. I can't say enough how enjoyable the day was. Glad I noticed the invite - great way to spend a day. Wishing you luck in your tourney tomorrow Hirk! Thanks again.

Edited September 14, 2014 by Steve

[hirk]

Glad you had a good day Steve, like I said I enjoyed fishing with you and you are welcome in the boat anytime.

[manjo39]

Hi Hirk, how do you like your talon?

Do you find you get spun around alot with just one?

I'm thinking of getting one, but could only fit one as one side has a swim platform.

Don't want to spend the money and be frustrated with getting spun around.

[hirk]

Hey how are ya, personally I would never buy 2, I tbink 95% of the benefit can be had with 1, no you dont spin, the bow will move some but a tap of the tm puts you where you wanna be, just anchor based on wind direction and where you want to fish.