05-16-2006, 10:59 PM
[cool][#0000ff]TubeBabe and I hit the Knolls with RiverRat77 about 7 AM. Just a bit of ripple. Air temp 57, water temp 67. Now, that's what I'm talkin' about.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]TubeBabe started kicking west after we launched. RR77 and myself moved slowly east, casting lures for whities or wallies. RR77 scored one white bass on a chartreuse crank. I saw quite a few "candidates" on the sonar, but only got a couple of taps on my spinners and plastics.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The carp started thrashing in the shallows early. Wondering if there might be some kitties waiting for handouts in the shallows I rigged one of my "bobberhead jigs) about 3 feet under a bobber, decorated it with a piece of skinless carp meat and chucked it near the shoreline brush line. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]After missing my first "take down", I set the hook in my first kitty...a nice 4.2 pound female. A few feet further down the shoreline, my bobber plunged down again and I rassled in a 4.6 pound male cat. Looking good.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]My third customer whupped my behind. It was a 27" daddy cat that weighed a few ounces over 8 pounds. Absolutely did not want to crawl in my net. Took me around in circles for about 10 minutes.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Neither TubeBabe or RR77 had scored a kitty yet, so I talked to Da Babe on the walkie talkie and told her to fish shallow, under a bobber. RR77 had not brought bobbers so I donated one, along with some of my little sickle hook bobberheads. Both TB and RR scored before things slowed down.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Just as the morning bite was winding down, we were joined by Leaky and Sparky. Sparky brought some life to the whole area, with his doggy exhuberance. Always a joy to watch the man and his furry kid.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Not too long after Leaky got out on the water, I moved to deeper water to soak a minnow. I was rewarded with a pickup and runner that turned out to be a chunky female cat just over 6 pounds. That was about 10 AM and was the last bite I had for the next two hours.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]TubeBabe and I hit the beach just after noon. Water temp was up to 71 and the carp were in full frolic. Before packing up my gear, I extracted the bow I had thoughtfully brung and ventilated a few carpinski's for the bait stash in our freezer. I coulda turned the water red, but settled for four. That was all I felt like filleting and slicing, since I had a bunch of cat whackin' to do too.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]TubeBabe started kicking west after we launched. RR77 and myself moved slowly east, casting lures for whities or wallies. RR77 scored one white bass on a chartreuse crank. I saw quite a few "candidates" on the sonar, but only got a couple of taps on my spinners and plastics.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The carp started thrashing in the shallows early. Wondering if there might be some kitties waiting for handouts in the shallows I rigged one of my "bobberhead jigs) about 3 feet under a bobber, decorated it with a piece of skinless carp meat and chucked it near the shoreline brush line. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]After missing my first "take down", I set the hook in my first kitty...a nice 4.2 pound female. A few feet further down the shoreline, my bobber plunged down again and I rassled in a 4.6 pound male cat. Looking good.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]My third customer whupped my behind. It was a 27" daddy cat that weighed a few ounces over 8 pounds. Absolutely did not want to crawl in my net. Took me around in circles for about 10 minutes.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Neither TubeBabe or RR77 had scored a kitty yet, so I talked to Da Babe on the walkie talkie and told her to fish shallow, under a bobber. RR77 had not brought bobbers so I donated one, along with some of my little sickle hook bobberheads. Both TB and RR scored before things slowed down.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Just as the morning bite was winding down, we were joined by Leaky and Sparky. Sparky brought some life to the whole area, with his doggy exhuberance. Always a joy to watch the man and his furry kid.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Not too long after Leaky got out on the water, I moved to deeper water to soak a minnow. I was rewarded with a pickup and runner that turned out to be a chunky female cat just over 6 pounds. That was about 10 AM and was the last bite I had for the next two hours.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]TubeBabe and I hit the beach just after noon. Water temp was up to 71 and the carp were in full frolic. Before packing up my gear, I extracted the bow I had thoughtfully brung and ventilated a few carpinski's for the bait stash in our freezer. I coulda turned the water red, but settled for four. That was all I felt like filleting and slicing, since I had a bunch of cat whackin' to do too.[/#0000ff]
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