El Weirdo
09-11-2008, 08:02 AM
Bit late with report... I went to OK for a week to be with my gal and her family.of course had to bing the rods...well bought a set up there at the local BPS..any ways did a road trip to float the ohio river...more of that later..first stop was FT Gibson lake..man these lakes here are huge...my girl saw a spoonbill jump...an odd sight have been told by the locals but not unheard of..managed a few dink bass..on white 1" grub my go to bait...
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll198/elweirdo/oklahoma%20is%20ok/workingFTgibsonlake.jpg
did not have much time to fish..had to make it to the outfitters...ok got there and got our rafts and a after a good speech on the non compatablity of hooks VS rubber raft...blah blah ...ok went ...we stoped at the sand bars ..the grils went swimming..and I ...with virgin water all to me...and had forgot my water shoes..so look closely and can see me in my socks and all wading..mind you it was 80 degrees or more...
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll198/elweirdo/oklahoma%20is%20ok/workingledges.jpg
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll198/elweirdo/oklahoma%20is%20ok/sandbarstop.jpg
was working the river channel ..did not manage anything of size..but the dink SMB were everywhere..
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll198/elweirdo/oklahoma%20is%20ok/dinkcitySMB.jpg
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll198/elweirdo/oklahoma%20is%20ok/raftingtheohio.jpg
went back to the lodge after a very good soaking from the remnants of the last hurricane
forget his name..but we got drenched..which its self was not a bad thing...considering the weather...
the next day found the weirdo and cru on a beautiful grand lake o cherokee
my gal and i got up early to try the morning bite
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll198/elweirdo/oklahoma%20is%20ok/morningongrandlake.jpg
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll198/elweirdo/oklahoma%20is%20ok/mygalworkingthepoint.jpg
found no love..my gal went back to the house..cause she got a case of sunburn from the rafting trip...i stayed and worked a little dock..rigged my DS with gulp minnow and managed a pack of rats
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll198/elweirdo/oklahoma%20is%20ok/ratcityonDS.jpg
headed back up and had a killer breakfast..and bout noon was asked if i wanted to take the boat out....(what would you all have said)..ok once on the water..found a small cove..shad everywhere...and the wind had kicked up...set up on point..my gal her daughter..and me..found plenty of action on the rat spots...
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll198/elweirdo/oklahoma%20is%20ok/thespotscameouttoplay.jpg
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll198/elweirdo/oklahoma%20is%20ok/whiteunderspin.jpg
on DS or white underspin..the actual name of that bait excapes me..
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll198/elweirdo/oklahoma%20is%20ok/ratspots.jpg
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll198/elweirdo/oklahoma%20is%20ok/lotsofratstobehad.jpg
worked a new spot..have to say the lake is beautiful
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll198/elweirdo/oklahoma%20is%20ok/greatviews.jpg had a storm on the way ..so only fished for a bit more....
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll198/elweirdo/oklahoma%20is%20ok/dsroboworksinOklahoma.jpg my gal managed a small whiskered fellow on the her
white bait...she did not want to touch it..so..........
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll198/elweirdo/oklahoma%20is%20ok/catonds.jpg had a hoot of a time in Ok..but a week is just to little of time tobe with loved onesand to fish ....I will be back
thanks for looking at my huge post..
EL...
p.s( this computer does not have spell check and i majored in weirdness in school not spelling)
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll198/elweirdo/oklahoma%20is%20ok/workingFTgibsonlake.jpg
did not have much time to fish..had to make it to the outfitters...ok got there and got our rafts and a after a good speech on the non compatablity of hooks VS rubber raft...blah blah ...ok went ...we stoped at the sand bars ..the grils went swimming..and I ...with virgin water all to me...and had forgot my water shoes..so look closely and can see me in my socks and all wading..mind you it was 80 degrees or more...
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll198/elweirdo/oklahoma%20is%20ok/workingledges.jpg
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll198/elweirdo/oklahoma%20is%20ok/sandbarstop.jpg
was working the river channel ..did not manage anything of size..but the dink SMB were everywhere..
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll198/elweirdo/oklahoma%20is%20ok/dinkcitySMB.jpg
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll198/elweirdo/oklahoma%20is%20ok/raftingtheohio.jpg
went back to the lodge after a very good soaking from the remnants of the last hurricane
forget his name..but we got drenched..which its self was not a bad thing...considering the weather...
the next day found the weirdo and cru on a beautiful grand lake o cherokee
my gal and i got up early to try the morning bite
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll198/elweirdo/oklahoma%20is%20ok/morningongrandlake.jpg
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll198/elweirdo/oklahoma%20is%20ok/mygalworkingthepoint.jpg
found no love..my gal went back to the house..cause she got a case of sunburn from the rafting trip...i stayed and worked a little dock..rigged my DS with gulp minnow and managed a pack of rats
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll198/elweirdo/oklahoma%20is%20ok/ratcityonDS.jpg
headed back up and had a killer breakfast..and bout noon was asked if i wanted to take the boat out....(what would you all have said)..ok once on the water..found a small cove..shad everywhere...and the wind had kicked up...set up on point..my gal her daughter..and me..found plenty of action on the rat spots...
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll198/elweirdo/oklahoma%20is%20ok/thespotscameouttoplay.jpg
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll198/elweirdo/oklahoma%20is%20ok/whiteunderspin.jpg
on DS or white underspin..the actual name of that bait excapes me..
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll198/elweirdo/oklahoma%20is%20ok/ratspots.jpg
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll198/elweirdo/oklahoma%20is%20ok/lotsofratstobehad.jpg
worked a new spot..have to say the lake is beautiful
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll198/elweirdo/oklahoma%20is%20ok/greatviews.jpg had a storm on the way ..so only fished for a bit more....
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll198/elweirdo/oklahoma%20is%20ok/dsroboworksinOklahoma.jpg my gal managed a small whiskered fellow on the her
white bait...she did not want to touch it..so..........
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll198/elweirdo/oklahoma%20is%20ok/catonds.jpg had a hoot of a time in Ok..but a week is just to little of time tobe with loved onesand to fish ....I will be back
thanks for looking at my huge post..
EL...
p.s( this computer does not have spell check and i majored in weirdness in school not spelling)