TroutOnly
08-03-2011, 06:57 AM
i finally got a day off to go somewhere,it took a little deciding ,then i choose the dvl ,i had not been there in a while and wanted to do a real recon mission and know whats really up.lately like many of the other lakes in the region the reports always to be fully trusted,they always seem to get blown up bigger than they really are. anyway hit the water ran into stephen who works the dock he told me what hes learned lately,so it let me know what to look for besides my other normal scanning of the graph. i didnt get very far from the dock and got my first couple hits no hookups but that made me feel good cause the moon sign for the feeding wasnt right at all,last week was the time.but i pressed on,went over the first major point and it was hook up only it was a superdink so it was get him off the hook and back into the water.went a little farther and out in the open water i got slammed ,nice schoolie so it was into the deadwell,other wise known as phoungs playhouse, i kept on rolling,i noticed there were schools at the mid 30 ft down range all over the place but other fish right on the surface chasing shad schools broke off there spots on the structure.i got six stripey 3 nice schoolie and three superdinks. in the mix i caught four bass on the troll ,one big one and three, small .during a run over the east dam i found a old bouyline with a seat cusion attached, i had some bait in case of a slow bit only thing was i didnt have any super light tackle for the bluegills or crappie. so it was use the striper gear 12 lb line and big hooks,,,lol,, i threaded crawler bits on the hook and flylined them down , i sat and played withe the little bluegills popping them off the hook and reloading ,i should have taken a pic for trollmiester , he loves those kind of fish,after i got bored i took off and continued the recon, the stripers were out in schools but not very hungry, i tried every kind of trolling known and the were just not interested.after a while i needed a brake to start putting things away and i stopped at teamtrolltoons cat spot,as i was clearing gear one of my rods went bendo ,after a fight it hit the net for a little rest in the livewell a couple pics then back in the water.the surface temp went up to 82 at the end of the day, most of the anglers were off the water by 11 in the morning ,i had my top on the boat so i got a brake from the sun as i trolled around the lake, i never saw a single boil or any splish splash near the backs of the coves ,it very close to breaking wide open, i think by time the striperking event hits it will be on full tilt, so it should make it very interesting to say the least,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,T/O,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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