11-08-2024, 01:24 PM
Ditto. I only stayed until about 10:30. I know when I ain't loved. Got one small kitty to keep the striped kitty away.
Like you guys, I started by working all the USUALLY good spots outside the north marina. Did see a few fish but found no active ones. I'm blaming the extreme drop in water temps (almost 20 degrees) and the series of fronts that have gone through the past few days. All unsettling to the fish. They need a few days of stability to settle down, group up and get back on the feed. Noticed a bit more color in the water yesterday.
I also could not find any quantities of shad...a few small balls in all the outside area I covered. That's it. And when I cruised back into the marina to check it out, I found NOTHING on sonar. No shad, no crappies, no perch, no cats, no carp. NADA. It was like a big fishy desert everywhere I checked. I did try dragging some minnow-sweetened fligs and did some vertical presentations just to confirm what I was seeing. And got nary a sniff.
About 10 I motored back outside the marina and tried a couple of other possible spots. Still no good "programs" on "TV". I did get a couple of "perch pecks"...but no hookups. And then...when I snapped my rod to pull the sinker loose from a minor hangup...it pulled back...barely. A wimpy footlong kitty wiggled a few times on the way in and was relieved when I removed his pink lip ornament and put him back in the water.
Supposed to be some more snow next Tuesday but no major wind events next week. By the end of next week it might be worth trying again. The fish gotta be somewhere...and some of them gotta eat. Just gotta find the active ones. Simple...but not easy.
Like you guys, I started by working all the USUALLY good spots outside the north marina. Did see a few fish but found no active ones. I'm blaming the extreme drop in water temps (almost 20 degrees) and the series of fronts that have gone through the past few days. All unsettling to the fish. They need a few days of stability to settle down, group up and get back on the feed. Noticed a bit more color in the water yesterday.
I also could not find any quantities of shad...a few small balls in all the outside area I covered. That's it. And when I cruised back into the marina to check it out, I found NOTHING on sonar. No shad, no crappies, no perch, no cats, no carp. NADA. It was like a big fishy desert everywhere I checked. I did try dragging some minnow-sweetened fligs and did some vertical presentations just to confirm what I was seeing. And got nary a sniff.
About 10 I motored back outside the marina and tried a couple of other possible spots. Still no good "programs" on "TV". I did get a couple of "perch pecks"...but no hookups. And then...when I snapped my rod to pull the sinker loose from a minor hangup...it pulled back...barely. A wimpy footlong kitty wiggled a few times on the way in and was relieved when I removed his pink lip ornament and put him back in the water.
Supposed to be some more snow next Tuesday but no major wind events next week. By the end of next week it might be worth trying again. The fish gotta be somewhere...and some of them gotta eat. Just gotta find the active ones. Simple...but not easy.