Jordanelle 9/23

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Checked out Jordanelle today to see how the fishing from shore is coming along. Turns out, it was a nice outing. The conditions weren't good when I arrived: choppy water, fish weren't active yet, wind. After what seemed like an eternity of casting, the evening came along and the fish came out to play. The first 4 were perch.



Then I got a rainbow and another perch on the Al's Goldfish:




After that last perch I lost the goldfish, and switched over to a mepps comet. On the third or fourth cast something big took the comet. I couldn't get it to budge and it was taking drag like it was nothing. I couldn't handle the suspense. I got a glimpse of it, and thought it was a brown. After getting it close enough, I saw that it was a behemoth 20+ inch sucker. When I tried to net it, he took off and broke my 4lb line. Bummer. Some folks say suckers are trash fish, I say that was a hell of fight and that sucker kicked my butt.

A smallie took a spoon:



Then I got another perch and a rainbow, and had to call it a night.


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