09-30-2008, 06:52 PM
slow-troll: Grandson catches most of the fish and ALWAYS gets the bigger ones; all on his Zebco spin-cast. Now as to the netting, I have to blame something on him... My specialty rods and reels just don't match that dang $14.99 Zebco outfit. Regarding my 21 years active Army, I was dual-rated; primary fixed-wing. Flew T-41, T42, O1, U6, U8's, C12's. Had some time in the single engine Otter and C-45 before the Army bone-yarded them. Rotary-wing transition and then UH-1, OH-58, AH-1. Moved back and forth in assignments plus one European tour where we flew both categories.
Kodiak: We found them along the Black Sands stretch from the dam to the arm; then the mounds, plus one area to the left of the AF ramp that I don't think has a name? (straight up the shoreline about 1/2 to 3/4 mile.) The perch/crappie guys were around us but stationary. We skirted between them and the shore. Look for the big concentrations on your finder. We didn't catch anything where we had no schooling of perch and crappie.
Overall, I thought the bite was very good. Not red hot but second-best time I've seen there. Our most action was on black/silver surface Rapala, one F5 and one F7. Rainbow color was also productive on our third rod.[
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Kodiak: We found them along the Black Sands stretch from the dam to the arm; then the mounds, plus one area to the left of the AF ramp that I don't think has a name? (straight up the shoreline about 1/2 to 3/4 mile.) The perch/crappie guys were around us but stationary. We skirted between them and the shore. Look for the big concentrations on your finder. We didn't catch anything where we had no schooling of perch and crappie.
Overall, I thought the bite was very good. Not red hot but second-best time I've seen there. Our most action was on black/silver surface Rapala, one F5 and one F7. Rainbow color was also productive on our third rod.[
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