We decided to head out last night and release our frustration after watching Ponders performance result in another loss with the Vikings. The game was forgotten about after a bit of time on the sippi.
We had a great night last night with good numbers of fish landed and a lot of misses as the action at times was every third cast in spots. Although the big girls seem to be out-smarting us or readjusting to the colder water temps still, we did manage to get a 26.25″ landed. Most fish were in the 20-21″ ranger with even a few in low to mid teen inch range. I must mention…we were also out until about 2am.
MikeW, I read your report from Pool 2 last night, it was the complete opposite for us. I noticed a lot of fish relating to structure including WDs, but they were in the 9-14 fow…the pitching of 1/16 or 1/8 oz jigs wouldn’t work well because of the depth and the little bit of higher current. We tried dragging, but could get a single one. We went back to “pitching” for them with heavier jigs that were not too heavy as we would not hit bottom. I think we were still about 2 feet off the bottom, but those fish that were deeper would come up from the bottom and smack ’em.
I had my head lamp turned to red once and one big gal, estimates at 27″+ or more had followed and trailed my plastic from out of 14 fow up to the boat and followed it along the surface for a bit like a muskie. Sure was neat to see. I still cannot believe the size of her, how far art the eyes were spread apart and how they glowed red from my headlamp. It surely would have been my new PB…and was the highlight of the night!
