Steelcat Posted July 1, 2007 Report Share Posted July 1, 2007 Today the weather was lovely in the morning. Calm wind and the temperature was perfect. We got our rental boat at around 830am, then immediately head out to find some weedbed. After driving for around 10 to 15 minutes, we came upon a good looking weedbed. Right away we start dropping our senko, jig/grub into the holes (we were using slow presentation). Within 2 minutes, my dad caught a nice 17.5 inches Largemouth. Almost immediately after that I caught 5 more Largemouth, but they were all dings (10 to 13 inches). My brother also caught a nice "length" one around 16 inches, but it was so skinny that it looks like a boomerang. As we were drifting, my line suddenly moved sideway, so I set the hook~ It was heavy~!! It fought like a bull, when we landed it, it was a massive 18.5 inches Largemouth~! After this bucketmouth, I was able to catch several more 17 to 18 inches. During the whole morning (before 10am), we managed to catch Largemouth after Largemouth, we also caught two ding Smallmouth, several Rock Bass, one Crappie, several Perch. After 1030am, the bite kind of shut down. We did caught several Bass from time to time, but nothing close to those we caught during the morning. At around 2pm, the weather started to turn bad. The sky was turning Gray, then you could see a blanket of rain moving across the lake. At first we were thinking of braving the rain and keep fishing, but then I felt some static when my finger touched my fishing rod, not long after that we heard a loud thunder. So we immediately head to shore, found a resort with docks, we docked our boat and ran into one of the empty hut to avoid the lightning. After we were safe, we looked out and saw a lightning strike at the place where we were planning to go (now that's more lucky than getting a jackpot~!). After that wave of storm passed, we immediately head back to our boat rental. On our way, we hit another wave of heavy rain. We always brought our rain coat even when it's sunny, but we forgot to bring our rain pants. So our jeans as well as our underwear were all soaked. Overall, we managed to catch 30 Bass all in 7 to 10 feet of water. SLOW presentation. 17.5 inches Largemouth 18 inches Largemouth Some dings Some Smallmouth Rock Bass, Crappie, and Perch in the mix The largest fish of the day~ 18.5 inches NEVER TRUST THE WEATHER CHANNEL~! It's suppose to be sunny all day and no mention of any storm or rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunkerbasshunter Posted July 1, 2007 Report Share Posted July 1, 2007 nice report! I got wet up here on lake nipissng today. last night didnt even make it out on the water as some thunder storms rolled in. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motv8tr Posted July 1, 2007 Report Share Posted July 1, 2007 Great fish ya got there...and yes the weather channel can never be fully trusted...always go prepared for the unexpected Maureen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsn Posted July 1, 2007 Report Share Posted July 1, 2007 Great report . Least you got out and got a mixed bag of fish. As for the weather channel only wish people can sue the weather wether man. People sue everyone one esle. People sue for defamation of charactor, car accidents, assaults, a company wrongs, malfunction of items. Why not when your life is on the line when you depend on them for the weather. dsn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b2kptbo Posted July 1, 2007 Report Share Posted July 1, 2007 Nice largemouth, I was on a lake just east of Rice and the rain seemed to come from nowhere and had to wait it out also. Good report... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishindevil Posted July 1, 2007 Report Share Posted July 1, 2007 Great fishing report!!!!!! well thats some really good bass fishing thats for sure,they were a very nice size,and lots of them too,sounds like you guys were kept very busy,too bad the weatherman was wrong again ??? imagine that,he has done that lots of times to me this year thats for sure.....cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokey Posted July 1, 2007 Report Share Posted July 1, 2007 Nice fish Steel. Those storms sure did blow in quickly yesterday over Rice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehg Posted July 1, 2007 Report Share Posted July 1, 2007 (edited) Nice report! Had a similar day at Pigeon (with MikeH) on June 30th, nailing 7 little largemouth and getting chased off the lake about 3pm by a gusty storm. Called for a sunny day with west winds, we had little sun and north west winds really kicked in after the storm. Thanks for the Rice lake report. ehg Edited July 1, 2007 by ehg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccmtcanada Posted July 3, 2007 Report Share Posted July 3, 2007 Wow....great report!! Some really nice fish pics there. As far as the weather is concerned...well...it's unpredicitble at best!! What other profession can you be wrong more than 50% of the time and still have a job??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeh Posted July 4, 2007 Report Share Posted July 4, 2007 Great Rice Lake report. The weatherman sure was wrong, keep the reports coming, good job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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