10-14-2010, 08:31 AM
I was at Strike on the 13th too. Fished from the dam from dark until about 1 AM. Got one nice perch and 5 squawfish.
The perch was about 11" and very fat. I got it jigging with a chartreuse glow tube jig, right after I arrived. If I'd been there a few hours earlier, I probably could have gotten a lot more. Oh well.
While I was jigging, I had my second pole set up with a worm and marshmallow on the bottom. Got a nice hit, but whatever it was busted my 3 pound leader before I could get to the pole. Might have been a trout, or another squawfish.
I don't mind catching squaws since they make such awesome cut bait for catfish and I use the filleted out bodies for crawdad traps. These squaws were huge. Biggest one is around 16", with two more around the 14" mark. Biggest damn squawfish I've ever seen. My fishing buddy and I had planned to make one last catfish trip before it gets too cold, so we're set for bait.
I also had my crawdad trap out, and got a few nice sized dads. Enough to be worth boiling for a meal.
Heard a bunch of splashing and woohooing from down below around 11:00, so I guess someone probably hooked a sturgeon.
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The perch was about 11" and very fat. I got it jigging with a chartreuse glow tube jig, right after I arrived. If I'd been there a few hours earlier, I probably could have gotten a lot more. Oh well.
While I was jigging, I had my second pole set up with a worm and marshmallow on the bottom. Got a nice hit, but whatever it was busted my 3 pound leader before I could get to the pole. Might have been a trout, or another squawfish.
I don't mind catching squaws since they make such awesome cut bait for catfish and I use the filleted out bodies for crawdad traps. These squaws were huge. Biggest one is around 16", with two more around the 14" mark. Biggest damn squawfish I've ever seen. My fishing buddy and I had planned to make one last catfish trip before it gets too cold, so we're set for bait.
I also had my crawdad trap out, and got a few nice sized dads. Enough to be worth boiling for a meal.
Heard a bunch of splashing and woohooing from down below around 11:00, so I guess someone probably hooked a sturgeon.
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