12-04-2009, 12:40 AM
I went out with a friend to test his new fishing kayak set up. We got to the mud creek launch around 9 am... to a windy snowstorm. Looking at the clouds I guessed the weather would blow over and we should eat some breakfast. By 10 am the weather had slowed but the W kicked up. We decided to cast from shore before calling it quits. We fished for a half hour before the wind died and the sun came out.
With this new weather we immediately readied our vessels and kicked out to fish the ice shelf. I tried every color, depth, and size wolly and leech patterns with no avail. I decided I was going to switch to bait and plastics... still no bites. I give up on the ice shelf and decide to lob my white zonker and brown bugger out to troll the northern shore. Shortly after I Left the ice shelf I got a hit, I set the hook fight the fish for a second and the line just goes heavy. I kick over to where the line was and find a snagg so bad I had to break the line... there went the only fish of the day between two. We stayed until DARK with no action. There were large fish rising just by the ice when the sun went down, I could not tempt them with any of my lures.
With a complete skunking stinking up my room I have planned a trip to blue lakes, Where I am hoping the warm springs will if nothing else wash the skunk smell off me and my gear.
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With this new weather we immediately readied our vessels and kicked out to fish the ice shelf. I tried every color, depth, and size wolly and leech patterns with no avail. I decided I was going to switch to bait and plastics... still no bites. I give up on the ice shelf and decide to lob my white zonker and brown bugger out to troll the northern shore. Shortly after I Left the ice shelf I got a hit, I set the hook fight the fish for a second and the line just goes heavy. I kick over to where the line was and find a snagg so bad I had to break the line... there went the only fish of the day between two. We stayed until DARK with no action. There were large fish rising just by the ice when the sun went down, I could not tempt them with any of my lures.
With a complete skunking stinking up my room I have planned a trip to blue lakes, Where I am hoping the warm springs will if nothing else wash the skunk smell off me and my gear.
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