Sometimes You Just Stumble Onto A Good Thing!

  • bret_clark
    Sparta, WI
    Posts: 9362
    #1294265

    Started fishing crappies early, early am around wood and 12fow. Marked a ton of fish but only had two takers hitting the 11inch mark with a pinched tail. Lightning starting flashing and the thunder rolled….time to head in. It must have been a good day to practice my loading and unloading technique because I sat at the landing and waited the storm out. My timing was impeccable for getting off the water and loaded.
    Want to talk about having fun at a landing…even the best screw up when you get in 5-10 minutes late and the wind starts kicken and there is vertical rain

    After kicking back, drinking coffee and staying dry a half hour later the wind subsided and the clouds broke, after hitting the defroster my eyes couldn’t believe there was no one else that waited it out
    I backed down the ramp and got the boat at good angle so the water could run out. Loaded up and was fishing again within another half hour.

    Not really finding a bite sought out for the plans changed. Maybe some gills in the shallows. This is when my bumbling butt fell into a barrel of good time! Gills hitting the 10inch mark (without a pinched tail), some short eyes along with one at 17inches and of course, a few green fish were found on mud in 3-4fow.
    No idea what the hatch is in the mud right now but there are fish there with the feed bag on

    Everything was caught while using 2lb Trilene spooled onto a UL President Pflueger spinning reel seat onto my wimp stick. Man did that make for fun!! The offering tied to the end was a 1/64oz green jig head flashing a chunk of crawler 3 foot under a slip bobber.
    It was a must to keep on the move. If you left the bait sit it was ignored.

    Felt good to get out on the water again. Good Luck fishing People


    sootie
    arcadia wi,
    Posts: 213
    #979623

    way to go bret

    millerman
    Red Wing, MN
    Posts: 627
    #979624

    Nice fish! Looks like a great time!

    DrewH
    s/w WI.
    Posts: 1404
    #979626

    Nice job of fishing or stumbling.

    johnnyb
    Davenport, Ia
    Posts: 199
    #979627

    Sounds like a great day

    whiskeysour
    4 miles from Pool 9
    Posts: 693
    #979643

    Fished lower end of pool 9 this A.M. Started at 6:00 and the tail of the storm blew thru there at about 8:30. Caught 4 nice cats all over 19 inches which I kept and 2 sheephead which are still swimming. Didn’t wait the rain out, when I got home it hadn’t even rained there.

    ironheadr5
    Northeast, Iowa
    Posts: 373
    #979647

    Great Post Sounds like fun !!!

    I got to work today

    illiniwalli
    WC Illinois
    Posts: 878
    #979649

    way to stick it out.
    nice fishes – at least the first and last one are.

    jeff_jensen
    cassville ,wis
    Posts: 3053
    #979708

    The best sticks out there are usually the ones too stubborn to go home
    Glad you made it out Bret, dang nice fish

    cpetey
    Onalaska, Wi
    Posts: 1193
    #979709

    Sounds like a blast!

    Joel Ballweg
    Sauk City, Wisconsin
    Posts: 3295
    #979728

    Nice job Bret!
    That huge gill is a very nice reward for sticking it out.

    Dave Koonce
    Moderator
    Prairie du Chien Wi.
    Posts: 6946
    #981720

    Now that was an exciting read !!!

    It was good seeing you Brett I hope you found who you were lookin for

    I forgot where you said you put this report, but I finally found it…

    take care buddy !! I’m now only two weeks out and counting

    Workboot
    Coon Rapids, MN
    Posts: 357
    #993286

    Cheers. nice ‘ stumble’ . Wil

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