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05-10-2011, 04:55 PM
Hey Viners,
Arrived at 4:30am to find one car. By 6 there was about 8 cars. I launch and head up the west shore to troll. By 7, there was about 5 boats on the whole lake. The water temp. was 68 all day long. The 1st lap around the lake yielded nothing but rain around the dam. It continued to rain lightly for the next 45 minutes. I ended up down in the trees in the flats to soak some mack. After moving around in the trees searching for kitties for several hours and no bites, I'm ready to give it up. I got back out on the lake and dropped the lead core again. About 1/2 way back, I hook up with a 3 pound rainbow. After no more hits, I stopped along the west shore to bait fish some more. By now it's noon and the wind is whipping across the lake pretty good. After an hour of floating a crawler half way across the lake, I'm bored and start trolling again. Soon after setting the lines out, the lead core is getting hit pretty steady. It gets hit probably 15 more times over the next 2 hours. I managed to get only 1 of these to the net though. A mirashad I was trolling on the top nails a 5 pounder (probably my biggest bow this year). The wind was hell this day but it was great having hardly anyone out.
til next time,
tight lines...
Arrived at 4:30am to find one car. By 6 there was about 8 cars. I launch and head up the west shore to troll. By 7, there was about 5 boats on the whole lake. The water temp. was 68 all day long. The 1st lap around the lake yielded nothing but rain around the dam. It continued to rain lightly for the next 45 minutes. I ended up down in the trees in the flats to soak some mack. After moving around in the trees searching for kitties for several hours and no bites, I'm ready to give it up. I got back out on the lake and dropped the lead core again. About 1/2 way back, I hook up with a 3 pound rainbow. After no more hits, I stopped along the west shore to bait fish some more. By now it's noon and the wind is whipping across the lake pretty good. After an hour of floating a crawler half way across the lake, I'm bored and start trolling again. Soon after setting the lines out, the lead core is getting hit pretty steady. It gets hit probably 15 more times over the next 2 hours. I managed to get only 1 of these to the net though. A mirashad I was trolling on the top nails a 5 pounder (probably my biggest bow this year). The wind was hell this day but it was great having hardly anyone out.
til next time,
tight lines...