Went out to see if the panfish will bite in colder weather. The verdict…YES!
TDT was stuck on using spinnerbaits so he lost a big old bass…thusly he was completely focuased on spinnerbaits for the remainder of the evening. Near dark he finally switched to the bait and fly gear…getting 1 LMB, 5 Bluegills and 1 Yellow perch.
Me…I was on the fly rod the whole time…stuck on using the one and only…tried and true…Psychedellic Prince Nymph in size 14. Lost 5 of them on what I am gonna call the ten dollar snag (yes the name changes each time I loose a fly to it. Hard to fish anywhere else…for all the panfish stick to that snag). I got 26 Bluegills and one 13 inch Largemouth Bass.
Nice the mini is still on, i went there about 2 weeks ago and really hammered the gills on beadhead olive hairsears just stripping em in slowly, sounds like your brother had a biggun on and he was persistent to keep fishing for em, ive done that plenty of times there when i only get one on that huge i have to keep going for em, no pumpkinseeds yet for me…someday
thanks for the report, we gotta go and ice fish it together when it freezes.
I understand “ten dollar snag” perfectly. I have a “favorite” one in Pineview…
ETDT, you look a WHOLE lot better in photos cropped down to your eyebrows.
ha - that’s a good one Rocky! I shouldn’t laugh, but can’t help it… I still think the boyz need a Hair-Gel-Sponsor! Maybe wrap the car in one of those advert stickers…
Nice on the panfish bit there. Purple gill? Is that just descriptive, or you finding more unusual panfish, like the Pumpkinseeds that aren’t in the books?
I’ve stuck myself to one lure, or one location waaaaay to much me-self! You guys saw me hunker down at the cars while you roamed the lake… it sort of paid off. No lunkers though…
I’m thinnin’ it’s getting to be time to downsize, but I think I might still have to try throwing some big hardware at the browns if I can get off to some other river locations.
