05-08-2011, 04:47 AM
Just got back from the camping trip. Was rainy and miserable part of the time, but overall had a good time and caught some fish.
My wife pulled in the first fish just 15 minutes or so after we pulled in. I was still setting up camp. It was a pretty 14" or 15" hybrid. Nobody else caught a fish Friday in the three hours of daylight we had, so she won the prize. We just threw him on the grill over the fire in tin foil without spices or anything and the kids ate the hell out of it.
This morning we fished the channel by our campsite and none of us seemed to be able to set a hook right even though we had a fair amount of nibbles. My buddy's fiance almost got it right, but the fish splashed up against the bank and came free of the hook.
Around 11am we hit the spot by the boat ramp I've always wanted to try out. Talk about a bad time given the weather, lol. Wind was blowing, we were getting sprinkled on, and I was getting a bit cranky with the lack of bites. My wife pulled in a (swear to god) 2.5' sucker. Biggest sucker I've ever seen. I was just jealous she caught SOMETHING. About 20 minutes later she pulled in a decent little cutt, about 12", maybe a bit less. We got out of the spot right around 1pm because we obviously weren't doing well and headed back to the channel by our campsite.
Fast forward to 2:30, and I finally got a decent bite and was able to set the hook. Pulled out the attached 17" cutt, and I was pretty excited I managed to catch something, especially a decent sized pretty fish. Sorry the pic isn't better, was in a hurry to get him back into the water...bank there isn't too friendly as far as keeping them in the water, thus the bucket.
No more than 20 minutes later my wife pulled out a cutt that looked (at the time) identical to the one I pulled out. I figured the stupid creature came back for more, lol. She snapped a picture and I wasn't aware of it until we got home, so it's attached as well.
Other than that, bugs were hatching. Water had risen a little bit and was a lot more muddy than it was on Wednesday. Fish seemed a little bit less active, but water quality was probably the biggest factor in that. Had a lot of bites in the morning, a decent dead spot and then about half an hour of bites in the afternoon. Absolutely nothing after 3:30 until we left at 7pm. Got my first mosquito bite of the year (and only one thank goodness).
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My wife pulled in the first fish just 15 minutes or so after we pulled in. I was still setting up camp. It was a pretty 14" or 15" hybrid. Nobody else caught a fish Friday in the three hours of daylight we had, so she won the prize. We just threw him on the grill over the fire in tin foil without spices or anything and the kids ate the hell out of it.
This morning we fished the channel by our campsite and none of us seemed to be able to set a hook right even though we had a fair amount of nibbles. My buddy's fiance almost got it right, but the fish splashed up against the bank and came free of the hook.
Around 11am we hit the spot by the boat ramp I've always wanted to try out. Talk about a bad time given the weather, lol. Wind was blowing, we were getting sprinkled on, and I was getting a bit cranky with the lack of bites. My wife pulled in a (swear to god) 2.5' sucker. Biggest sucker I've ever seen. I was just jealous she caught SOMETHING. About 20 minutes later she pulled in a decent little cutt, about 12", maybe a bit less. We got out of the spot right around 1pm because we obviously weren't doing well and headed back to the channel by our campsite.
Fast forward to 2:30, and I finally got a decent bite and was able to set the hook. Pulled out the attached 17" cutt, and I was pretty excited I managed to catch something, especially a decent sized pretty fish. Sorry the pic isn't better, was in a hurry to get him back into the water...bank there isn't too friendly as far as keeping them in the water, thus the bucket.
No more than 20 minutes later my wife pulled out a cutt that looked (at the time) identical to the one I pulled out. I figured the stupid creature came back for more, lol. She snapped a picture and I wasn't aware of it until we got home, so it's attached as well.
Other than that, bugs were hatching. Water had risen a little bit and was a lot more muddy than it was on Wednesday. Fish seemed a little bit less active, but water quality was probably the biggest factor in that. Had a lot of bites in the morning, a decent dead spot and then about half an hour of bites in the afternoon. Absolutely nothing after 3:30 until we left at 7pm. Got my first mosquito bite of the year (and only one thank goodness).
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