03-10-2012, 07:43 PM
Oh man, what a day... I was happy to finally meet TD and learn from the master, but was 
to see him tube off into the distance as I brooded over my frickin' motor (that I stayed up late making a better mount for). Thankfully, I had my bigger flippers in the truck, but was not looking forward to flapping my fat butt around in that giant pontoon boat. Once you've been spoiled with a trolling motor, it is hard to remember the old days of manual propulsion. I was on the water from 7:30ish until 7:30ish. Not a single fish to the boat. Like being skunked at a trout farm as far as I'm concerned.
All was not lost though, as I did have two fantastic takes on 7" carp minnows that I was dragging. I specifically used the bigger carplets in order to bypass the sissy kitties and get a few big ones. They both tore off a ton of line before breaking free -- I should probably learn how to rig the hook and/or set before my next trip... I also blasted one big fish from the weed on the north side of the dike, but never got to see him. I was tossing a blue/black crawdad plastic tube jig thingy. (not much of a bass fisherman, clearly) Other than that though, nada.
I tried my best to find the bubbleup, but having never been there and only reading reports about how to find it, I was fighting an uphill (and kick power Vs. Wind) battle. I do think I actually found the pipe, or whatever it is, because I went from like 7 or 8 feet of water to 3 feet in about 1 second, and my anchor was making a loud banging noise when I dropped it down -- I was showing fish on the finder, but I'll be dipped if I could get a strike. TD, do you need to find the END of the pipe, or is anywhere along the pipe acceptable?
Anyhow, by the time I got to the shore, my legs were getting charlie horses in muscles I didn't even know I had, and I was ready to call it a day. I met and talked to 5 members of BFT yesterday, which was pretty cool. Two of them were people from the shore or boat that asked if I was Dave -- nice to know that people around here remember your name, etc. It's like Cheers. Or something.
I can't wait to go again tomorrow!
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to see him tube off into the distance as I brooded over my frickin' motor (that I stayed up late making a better mount for). Thankfully, I had my bigger flippers in the truck, but was not looking forward to flapping my fat butt around in that giant pontoon boat. Once you've been spoiled with a trolling motor, it is hard to remember the old days of manual propulsion. I was on the water from 7:30ish until 7:30ish. Not a single fish to the boat. Like being skunked at a trout farm as far as I'm concerned.All was not lost though, as I did have two fantastic takes on 7" carp minnows that I was dragging. I specifically used the bigger carplets in order to bypass the sissy kitties and get a few big ones. They both tore off a ton of line before breaking free -- I should probably learn how to rig the hook and/or set before my next trip... I also blasted one big fish from the weed on the north side of the dike, but never got to see him. I was tossing a blue/black crawdad plastic tube jig thingy. (not much of a bass fisherman, clearly) Other than that though, nada.
I tried my best to find the bubbleup, but having never been there and only reading reports about how to find it, I was fighting an uphill (and kick power Vs. Wind) battle. I do think I actually found the pipe, or whatever it is, because I went from like 7 or 8 feet of water to 3 feet in about 1 second, and my anchor was making a loud banging noise when I dropped it down -- I was showing fish on the finder, but I'll be dipped if I could get a strike. TD, do you need to find the END of the pipe, or is anywhere along the pipe acceptable?
Anyhow, by the time I got to the shore, my legs were getting charlie horses in muscles I didn't even know I had, and I was ready to call it a day. I met and talked to 5 members of BFT yesterday, which was pretty cool. Two of them were people from the shore or boat that asked if I was Dave -- nice to know that people around here remember your name, etc. It's like Cheers. Or something.
I can't wait to go again tomorrow!
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