03-10-2012, 08:48 PM
[cool][#0000ff]It was good to meet you too Dave...even if it was "briefly". I am sure we will have other chances to gang up on some fishies.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Sorry about your motor and sorry the fish were so rude. Some fish just got no couth.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]It was a bit tougher than I may have made it sound. I too had trouble finding the fish...and then getting them to bite. I did finally find one small school that were active and were volunteering to join me for dinner. But when they shut down it was all over. I could still see a few fish in the area but they all had their little mouths tightly closed and their middle fins upraised...on my sonar screen.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The pipe is fairly long...going from shallow out to about 10' or more...during high water. I have seen it as much as 12' deep during peak water levels last year. The fish can be anywhere along the entire length...and sometimes are...on the same day. But often they seem to show a preference for one small zone. Sometimes it is at the very end. At other times it is a bit closer in...and may be in quite shallow water within casting distance of shore.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]If you clanged an anchor in 3' of water you were probably not far offshore. Out in the ZONE the depth actually drops from about 7' to about 8 to 8.5 feet when you reach the pipe. And there are some bumps and structure on the bottom that is used to anchor the buoys. That stuff eats tackle if you are "lucky" enough to find it.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I have made a silly number of fin-only tube trips all the way to the bubbleup. And I have had to kick my way all the way back to the harbor against north winds...that were usually forecast to be south winds. Par for the course. I much prefer having an electric motor...even one that only runs on slow speed like mine did yesterday.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]When the buoys are in place and water is boiling up out of the pipe it is much easier to find the bubbleup and to have a visual reference for casting and catching once you find the fish. But when those reference points are not there it is really tough to get lucky enough to find fish just by moving around and randomly casting. Tough enough when you have GPS numbers or good visual line of sight references. Just finding the pipeline is only the beginning. Then you have to find some active fish. And finding fish is not always a guarantee you can catch them.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Shoot me a PM and I will send you a picture I took there. I have lined up the main reference points and added some arrows and text to help you shorten the search cycle.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Have you ever fished the Knolls? If not, you definitely need to join up with one of our frequent flotillas there this summer. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Sorry about your motor and sorry the fish were so rude. Some fish just got no couth.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]It was a bit tougher than I may have made it sound. I too had trouble finding the fish...and then getting them to bite. I did finally find one small school that were active and were volunteering to join me for dinner. But when they shut down it was all over. I could still see a few fish in the area but they all had their little mouths tightly closed and their middle fins upraised...on my sonar screen.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The pipe is fairly long...going from shallow out to about 10' or more...during high water. I have seen it as much as 12' deep during peak water levels last year. The fish can be anywhere along the entire length...and sometimes are...on the same day. But often they seem to show a preference for one small zone. Sometimes it is at the very end. At other times it is a bit closer in...and may be in quite shallow water within casting distance of shore.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]If you clanged an anchor in 3' of water you were probably not far offshore. Out in the ZONE the depth actually drops from about 7' to about 8 to 8.5 feet when you reach the pipe. And there are some bumps and structure on the bottom that is used to anchor the buoys. That stuff eats tackle if you are "lucky" enough to find it.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I have made a silly number of fin-only tube trips all the way to the bubbleup. And I have had to kick my way all the way back to the harbor against north winds...that were usually forecast to be south winds. Par for the course. I much prefer having an electric motor...even one that only runs on slow speed like mine did yesterday.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]When the buoys are in place and water is boiling up out of the pipe it is much easier to find the bubbleup and to have a visual reference for casting and catching once you find the fish. But when those reference points are not there it is really tough to get lucky enough to find fish just by moving around and randomly casting. Tough enough when you have GPS numbers or good visual line of sight references. Just finding the pipeline is only the beginning. Then you have to find some active fish. And finding fish is not always a guarantee you can catch them.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Shoot me a PM and I will send you a picture I took there. I have lined up the main reference points and added some arrows and text to help you shorten the search cycle.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Have you ever fished the Knolls? If not, you definitely need to join up with one of our frequent flotillas there this summer. [/#0000ff]
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