01-19-2009, 04:38 PM
I fished in about the same area as luv2hookm. The day was fairly slow for me too. Not much action on the vexilar. I probably would have moved but I didn't notice many people waving their green hats to signal the judges on other areas of the lake. I picked up 3 small fish below the 15" mark before 1:00 p.m. . Then at 2:00 p.m. the action picked up. I caught 4 small rainbows- all carbon copies of each other probably 12 to 13". My last fish of the day turned out to be a 19 1/2" rainbow that put me in second place. I'm glad I stayed put. The first place fish was 19 3/4 inches- the awesome part is that a kid caught the fish.
Most of the fish I caught were about 1 foot of the bottom. I tried about everything in my box, from maniac ice cutrs to small ice jigs tipped with waxies. The maniacs and bigger stuff seemed to draw more attention, but the fish would show up on the finder take a quick look and leave. That being said most of the bigger fish caught that day were on Pink maniac ice cutrs.
I don't think there is one spot on the lake that is better for big fish than another. I have yet to find a place that the fish are stacked in.
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Most of the fish I caught were about 1 foot of the bottom. I tried about everything in my box, from maniac ice cutrs to small ice jigs tipped with waxies. The maniacs and bigger stuff seemed to draw more attention, but the fish would show up on the finder take a quick look and leave. That being said most of the bigger fish caught that day were on Pink maniac ice cutrs.
I don't think there is one spot on the lake that is better for big fish than another. I have yet to find a place that the fish are stacked in.
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