Happy Thanksgiving I hope everyone had a great time with friend and family. God bless our Troops!
Well Mike Anderson made it down for some November outings.
The bite for big fish in my boat has been sporadic to say the least.
The numbers fish are up and limits are good. We have been 3-way rigging with raps and miller rigs. But my favorite presentation is dragging jigs and it is finally under way.
This first photo is of Mike with his November lizard walleye. This fish smacked a 1/8 oz jig(orange with a pumpkin Chartreuse tail) dragged in 11 feet of water.
The water temps have been all over the place in the last 30 days and so has the flow. Looking for current seams and sand edges has been our best success with the dragging bite. When that turned slow we would go out and dredge the deep water with raps.
Also for my boat the bite has been best in the low light early and late which can be a chilling experience.
This next photo is Mike with a nice limit of saugers.
Mike and I have been doing a lot of pitching jigs, to rock and to sand breaks and our success rate has been minimal. But some habits are hard to break. The plastics bite is picking up in my boat all our fish the last three days have come on Worms, Doos, Paddle tails, lizards,or Deans new twister.
We arrived at Evert’s and Dean always has stuff on the counter, walls, draws, hidden on top of coolers…anyway you get the picture. Mike and I see these twister tails on the desk and of course Mike needs a package, you never have too many plastics. We are on the water getting ready to make a dragging pass, Mike ties on a Deans twisty thing and I say you know that is an unproven bait. He whacks three fish on the first pass and I shut up.
This next fish was taken on a ringworm Oyster shell.
Last Monday I had my friend Jerie out and he bested me this day with a buck tail tipped with a minnow pitched to the base of some rock. The last two weeks has had its ups and downs with the weather being so sporadic. You get a pattern started and wham front comes in and you are starting over. We have been putting fish in the boat but not the number of big girls that I would like.
Jerie thanks for coming along on this day and putting a whop pin on me. It was fun.
More pics and info to follow:
Here is last nights sunset on Pool 4. It was an awesome evening when the wind went down.
Photo #1: Mike with a Bass.
#2: Mike with some walleye
#3: Mike with some white bass
#4: Mike with a couple
I had the privilege to share my boat with Marty Hahn for a half a day of fun fishing. Here is Marty with a sauger that whacked a ringworm.
Marty it was a great day and many laughs and stories where shared Thank you for for coming along. Mike and I had a blast.
Here are some of our best baits used in the last three days.
Jig sizes varied from 3/32 to 5/8 depending on what and where we were.
Great report Vandy! I think Brian Berle from Whitecap and I are gonna chase some around today!
It was good seeing you guys the other day.Nice report
“unproven” huh…Lol
Good to see Mike & Jerie havent lost there touch!
nice fish . Annie and i moved back to to stoddard. so hopeful we can get out some time. Congrats on the nice fish. We have been fishing down toGenoa been getting lots of sauger and few eyes and perch.
Hi Chris it should be a good day for it. Good luck hope your net is busy.
Yes Stuart it was good talking with you guys. Good luck out there with the paddle fish.
Hey Dean your twisty things are now a proven bait, did you name them yet?
Hi John glad you and Annie are getting on the water.
Here is a 21 inch Sauger that we trolled up on a 3-way and a Chartreuse #9 rapala. Using a 8 inch dropper and a 40 inch lead 2 oz weight.
The night bite is starting and here is Mike with a couple from to night. The walleye came on a Lizard, the sauger came on a K- grub.
Great report Vandy!!
I’m itching to get down there.
Jami
Great report and nice fish
Great report Greg! I’m glad I had a chance to see Mike and to see he caught one quality fish (bass)
John
Seems like everyone is referring to it as “Vandy’s Unproven”
Dean Dean Dean