HawgZWylde
05-30-2013, 08:37 AM
On the water and at our first spot by 5:45 am. It was cloudy and cool today and the water surface temps had dropped by as much as 10 degrees in some areas from the week before and the water level is still dropping steadily. Lots of moss and algae in some areas and fairly clear in others with a good 8-10ft visibility. Wind was off and on all day and became steady and strong at the end of the day.
Started at the point throwing a blade and worked our way down the bank, at the first transition BAM, big hit on the blade, fish fought violently, got it to within 20' of the boat when, in spite of me shoving my rod tip down in the water, she managed to jump and shake the blade out. She looked like a solid 4lber. Kept moving down the bank and at the next transition, hit this nice post spawn 6-3. She wadded the blade and in an attempt to straighten it out, it broke. 1 blade down. Tied on a new blade and caught 4 more fish at this spot, a 2lber, 2 3lbers, and a solid 4lber.
http://i1303.photobucket.com/albums/ag145/Hawgz_Wylde/5-8-2013002_zpsce0c5bc9.jpg (http://s1303.photobucket.com/user/Hawgz_Wylde/media/5-8-2013002_zpsce0c5bc9.jpg.html)
Shot across the lake to our next spot picking off 2-3lb keepers every so often working the banks and slow rolling the blade over tree and bush tops in around 15ft of water. At this point it was mid-morning and we headed out from this bank to a hump that has now, due to dropping water levels, come into play and while slow rolling the blade over the top of the hump got slammed by this 6+lb pig.
http://i1303.photobucket.com/albums/ag145/Hawgz_Wylde/fishing039_zpsdf353ccf.jpg (http://s1303.photobucket.com/user/Hawgz_Wylde/media/fishing039_zpsdf353ccf.jpg.html)
Another violent fighter and yet another wadded blade that when I attempted to straighten out, broke. Gaaahh, 2 blades down. Tied on another blade and caught a few more keepers here then the blade bite just shut down. We kept moving and at this point I was switching between a blade and a t-rig. Stuck several more dinks and small 1 1/2lbers on the t-rig but nothing of size. Spent the rest of the day bouncing from spot to spot picking off some keepers and dinks. The wind picked up pretty good but the blade bite did not for us, caught a few more dinks and 2-3 lbers on plastics. Stayed until closing and we were the last boat out. It was a grind but if you keep moving you can catch a bunch of fish. The fish are in transition due to post spawn and dropping water levels so keep moving, cast A LOT, and you will have a great day...
Question, how do you reduce the size of pics. Why do some come out so much bigger than others?
Started at the point throwing a blade and worked our way down the bank, at the first transition BAM, big hit on the blade, fish fought violently, got it to within 20' of the boat when, in spite of me shoving my rod tip down in the water, she managed to jump and shake the blade out. She looked like a solid 4lber. Kept moving down the bank and at the next transition, hit this nice post spawn 6-3. She wadded the blade and in an attempt to straighten it out, it broke. 1 blade down. Tied on a new blade and caught 4 more fish at this spot, a 2lber, 2 3lbers, and a solid 4lber.
http://i1303.photobucket.com/albums/ag145/Hawgz_Wylde/5-8-2013002_zpsce0c5bc9.jpg (http://s1303.photobucket.com/user/Hawgz_Wylde/media/5-8-2013002_zpsce0c5bc9.jpg.html)
Shot across the lake to our next spot picking off 2-3lb keepers every so often working the banks and slow rolling the blade over tree and bush tops in around 15ft of water. At this point it was mid-morning and we headed out from this bank to a hump that has now, due to dropping water levels, come into play and while slow rolling the blade over the top of the hump got slammed by this 6+lb pig.
http://i1303.photobucket.com/albums/ag145/Hawgz_Wylde/fishing039_zpsdf353ccf.jpg (http://s1303.photobucket.com/user/Hawgz_Wylde/media/fishing039_zpsdf353ccf.jpg.html)
Another violent fighter and yet another wadded blade that when I attempted to straighten out, broke. Gaaahh, 2 blades down. Tied on another blade and caught a few more keepers here then the blade bite just shut down. We kept moving and at this point I was switching between a blade and a t-rig. Stuck several more dinks and small 1 1/2lbers on the t-rig but nothing of size. Spent the rest of the day bouncing from spot to spot picking off some keepers and dinks. The wind picked up pretty good but the blade bite did not for us, caught a few more dinks and 2-3 lbers on plastics. Stayed until closing and we were the last boat out. It was a grind but if you keep moving you can catch a bunch of fish. The fish are in transition due to post spawn and dropping water levels so keep moving, cast A LOT, and you will have a great day...
Question, how do you reduce the size of pics. Why do some come out so much bigger than others?