etaggart
10-24-2012, 06:19 AM
Fished the Pine Knot jetty in the tube Saturday morning. Lots of shore fishers getting in my way ;) but some were actually catching trout in that area off night crawlers and PB. Also saw a couple small bass caught. Since I wasn't able to work the rocks, I tried other tactics, but only picked up a few crappie and two young LMBs. Quit relatively early since it wasn't very productive for me.
Sunday morning I wanted to check out the observatory - what a mistake. Strong breeze early and the wind picked up quickly. More weeds on the shoreline than I've ever seen in years in that area. I had to kick/climb over maybe 50 yards of matted weeds until I got into clear water. Weeds by the observatory were still thick and no luck with the bass. Switched to hunting trout on the fly, but no luck there either - only had a couple taps. Stopped early again as I wasn't looking forward to continuing a fight against the wind and I couldn't find an area to anchor-down that was very interesting.
Oh well!! Still a beautiful weekend and I think trollers and protected shore fishers with bait-and-wait were the most productive.
Cheers,
Eric
Sunday morning I wanted to check out the observatory - what a mistake. Strong breeze early and the wind picked up quickly. More weeds on the shoreline than I've ever seen in years in that area. I had to kick/climb over maybe 50 yards of matted weeds until I got into clear water. Weeds by the observatory were still thick and no luck with the bass. Switched to hunting trout on the fly, but no luck there either - only had a couple taps. Stopped early again as I wasn't looking forward to continuing a fight against the wind and I couldn't find an area to anchor-down that was very interesting.
Oh well!! Still a beautiful weekend and I think trollers and protected shore fishers with bait-and-wait were the most productive.
Cheers,
Eric