07-07-2012, 07:35 PM
[quote CoyoteSpinner]So - no slimmers today? Are the gills still on/off beds?[/quote]
I don't think I fished in more than 18" of water the whole time, so no trout. In fact, I've never caught a trout in Mantua. My son pulled a 16" rainbow a couple years ago, but that was it.
As for the gills, the water was somewhat dirty and it was late enough in the day, I didn't have good visibility - so I can't say one way or the other... I will point out, though, since TyeDye brought it up, that I didn't target bluegill. Was trying bigger baits for the most part. The moments where I went for the bluegill, there was rarely a cast that I wasn't getting nibbled by either BG, YP, or small LMB.
The first bigger bass I caught barfed up a 3" skinny fish that was really pale. Decomposed enough I couldn't ID it (not that I was trying - I just saw it come up and out, then sink to the bottom of the foot deep abyss I was in), but I am assuming it was a small LMB. Mmmm, cannibalism.
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I don't think I fished in more than 18" of water the whole time, so no trout. In fact, I've never caught a trout in Mantua. My son pulled a 16" rainbow a couple years ago, but that was it.
As for the gills, the water was somewhat dirty and it was late enough in the day, I didn't have good visibility - so I can't say one way or the other... I will point out, though, since TyeDye brought it up, that I didn't target bluegill. Was trying bigger baits for the most part. The moments where I went for the bluegill, there was rarely a cast that I wasn't getting nibbled by either BG, YP, or small LMB.
The first bigger bass I caught barfed up a 3" skinny fish that was really pale. Decomposed enough I couldn't ID it (not that I was trying - I just saw it come up and out, then sink to the bottom of the foot deep abyss I was in), but I am assuming it was a small LMB. Mmmm, cannibalism.
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