03-22-2015, 04:57 AM
DITO! It kills me they start to drop the lake right at the spawn. Poor little guys don't stand a chance. High and dry by the time they hatch.
I've seen that plane doing touch and goes on several different areas of Mead and down on the river just north of Cottonwood. Buzzed us really close too several times today even though we were back in some coves.
Fishing wasn't much better. As far as one can go north pretty much blowed. Waste of time big time! With the water at the current level there just isn't any coves/areas for the fish to go off the main lake.
Slowly but surely we worked our way down the lake but didn't see much activity until almost all the way back to Echo. By this time it was 2pm already. I was ready to kill a fish. lol So I did. I had Madi text her mom/the wife and tell her to break out a package of Stripers. If I can't catch a fish I am going to eat one!
Shortly after that we hit a pretty decent cove and I lost two back to back right at the boat on cranks and then finally Madi caught one on a 1/4oz lipless to break our skunk. I lost another on a drop shot in that cove. Went a hair further and just south of Echo and finally I landed a really nice Smallie. Caught a small LMB after that and lost a really nice smallie on a drop shot.
It for the day. I landed 2 and lost 5. Out of practice I guess. Madi only had the one bite. We found a REALLY nice male on a bed several miles north of Echo and spent a good part of 45 minutes tossing the kitchen sink at him. Drop whatever on his bed and he would do a 180 and put his tail over the offering. Odd. Left him and came back 30 minutes later and tried again for another 15 and called him uncatchable...
Killer weather. Loved the day and Madi is 100% in love with the Bimini. Glad I got it. Though she now fishes less and is on her phone doing whatever.
I stopped something like 5 times going out and 2 or 3 coming back to check the wheel bearings. So far all is good... Keeping my fingers crossed the sanding/grinding I had to do on the spindle from several weeks back was good enough to last the long haul. Thought it was a pinch odd one hub ran 10 degrees hotter than the other but it stayed consistent that way. Must be a pinch tighter assy or something. Both sides were replaced so new bearings, seals, hubs, etc all around.
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I've seen that plane doing touch and goes on several different areas of Mead and down on the river just north of Cottonwood. Buzzed us really close too several times today even though we were back in some coves.
Fishing wasn't much better. As far as one can go north pretty much blowed. Waste of time big time! With the water at the current level there just isn't any coves/areas for the fish to go off the main lake.
Slowly but surely we worked our way down the lake but didn't see much activity until almost all the way back to Echo. By this time it was 2pm already. I was ready to kill a fish. lol So I did. I had Madi text her mom/the wife and tell her to break out a package of Stripers. If I can't catch a fish I am going to eat one!
Shortly after that we hit a pretty decent cove and I lost two back to back right at the boat on cranks and then finally Madi caught one on a 1/4oz lipless to break our skunk. I lost another on a drop shot in that cove. Went a hair further and just south of Echo and finally I landed a really nice Smallie. Caught a small LMB after that and lost a really nice smallie on a drop shot.
It for the day. I landed 2 and lost 5. Out of practice I guess. Madi only had the one bite. We found a REALLY nice male on a bed several miles north of Echo and spent a good part of 45 minutes tossing the kitchen sink at him. Drop whatever on his bed and he would do a 180 and put his tail over the offering. Odd. Left him and came back 30 minutes later and tried again for another 15 and called him uncatchable...
Killer weather. Loved the day and Madi is 100% in love with the Bimini. Glad I got it. Though she now fishes less and is on her phone doing whatever.
I stopped something like 5 times going out and 2 or 3 coming back to check the wheel bearings. So far all is good... Keeping my fingers crossed the sanding/grinding I had to do on the spindle from several weeks back was good enough to last the long haul. Thought it was a pinch odd one hub ran 10 degrees hotter than the other but it stayed consistent that way. Must be a pinch tighter assy or something. Both sides were replaced so new bearings, seals, hubs, etc all around.
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