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Preston Waters - Pharticus - 07-07-2013
Had family come visit, so I was able to justify putting work on the backburner for a couple of days.
We hit Lamont for a couple hours on Thursday evening. Water level was fairly low. Water clarity was awful (from folks having fun on the lake in ways that include lots of waves). Caught a few footlong bass, but it was fairly unproductive.
The next morning we drove back up, but seeing the water was still murky @ Lamont, we opted to try Johnson. We had a bunch of little boys with us, and so I reasoned that the overabundance of bluegill in there would keep them entertained.
It did.
The kids caught bluegill to their hearts' content. Meanwhile, my brother and I struggled to catch LMB. The bites were few and far between, but we DID manage to catch 3 that were over 3 pounds each! So the lack of quantity was mitigated somewhat by the quality of fish landed... By noon, the kids were done, so we called it a day.
Saturday, I took the motor off my little aluminum boat and we hit Winder. (And WOW! it's low already!!!) Fished from 1-5pm. The wind was blowing pretty good, so using the boat proved to be a real hassle. That said, we accumulated quite a few bass, though my 16 incher was the only one worth talking about...
I need to get fishing more this Summer, or the season's gonna pass me by...
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Re: [Pharticus] Preston Waters - cpierce - 07-07-2013
Beautiful fish!
Sure a fun place to take the little kids. I hope you took some of those bluegills out! They may be smaller and take a bit to fillet, but they still taste great.
Did you catch anything else at Winder besides the bass. I was just wondering if the bluegills and perch there are getting any bigger. Most of what I have caught were pretty small.
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Re: [cpierce] Preston Waters - Pharticus - 07-07-2013
[quote cpierce]Did you catch anything else at Winder besides the bass?[/quote]
Foul-hooked 3 perch with a crankbait. All roughly 7". Caught one 5" bluegill on a jerk bait... I don't think that's enough empirical evidence to say what size they seem to be...
Lots and lots of little bluegill were visible, though. They'd chase every lure I threw.
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Re: [Pharticus] Preston Waters - cpierce - 07-07-2013
Thanks for the info. That is about the size I had caught before.
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