09-20-2019, 04:54 AM
Launched at the North marina at 1 pm. Trailers present for 5 fishing boats and 1 ski boat (that was it). Beautiful sunny day with winds 0-6 mph off and on. Seemed like I had the lake to myself.
Trolled for wipers over to the north dike. Nada. Targeted smallies in the weeds. Nada. Started catching cats and stayed with that theme the rest of the day. Two were caught off the bottom with worm on a flig. Three were caught with chatter/plastic just below the surface. All were caught in weed openings between Eagle beach and the outlet pump.
Lost one good lure to a very large cat that took it into the weeds. Lost my old landing net (apparently does not float). I won't make that mistake again.
I hit the marina around 6:30 pm and a front came in and brought winds up to 30 mph. I was happy my electric motor was barely able to bring me in on full throttle.
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Trolled for wipers over to the north dike. Nada. Targeted smallies in the weeds. Nada. Started catching cats and stayed with that theme the rest of the day. Two were caught off the bottom with worm on a flig. Three were caught with chatter/plastic just below the surface. All were caught in weed openings between Eagle beach and the outlet pump.
Lost one good lure to a very large cat that took it into the weeds. Lost my old landing net (apparently does not float). I won't make that mistake again.
I hit the marina around 6:30 pm and a front came in and brought winds up to 30 mph. I was happy my electric motor was barely able to bring me in on full throttle.
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