snag
01-27-2009, 01:41 PM
I made a solo trip Sunday to do a little swim bait fishing. The conditions were great but when it begins to blow, you spend half the time with a hand on the throttle/wheel to keep a pontoon in position. Don’t get me wrong, I’m complaining, it still beats the hell out of working, LOL.
I hit numerous points, dam faces, etc… throughout the day with various swim baits. I missed killer explosion on the Hudd while working it near the surface over some structure, Dang, that one was a toad! Had several followers but just could not get them to commit.
In the last twenty minutes of the day and I finally connected with something solid…Whew! Hate that skunk smell. I worked for a while trying to get the fish to swim off but I was running late so, I “crammed” her into the live well, (Great, now she comes alive, LOL). Louie at the dock took a quick photo (missed the tail, lol) and off she went to fight another day.
Sure would have been sweet to get the stripers but greenies are fun to catch too.
I could not believe this fish actually tweaked and partially straightened the back hook on the Triple Trout (There mounted to swivels!). Granted the TT was tied to 70lb braid but I was still surprised a fish this small could do any damage to the hook.
Tight lines all have a good one!
I hit numerous points, dam faces, etc… throughout the day with various swim baits. I missed killer explosion on the Hudd while working it near the surface over some structure, Dang, that one was a toad! Had several followers but just could not get them to commit.
In the last twenty minutes of the day and I finally connected with something solid…Whew! Hate that skunk smell. I worked for a while trying to get the fish to swim off but I was running late so, I “crammed” her into the live well, (Great, now she comes alive, LOL). Louie at the dock took a quick photo (missed the tail, lol) and off she went to fight another day.
Sure would have been sweet to get the stripers but greenies are fun to catch too.
I could not believe this fish actually tweaked and partially straightened the back hook on the Triple Trout (There mounted to swivels!). Granted the TT was tied to 70lb braid but I was still surprised a fish this small could do any damage to the hook.
Tight lines all have a good one!