3/9/13 Blowin' Away the Skunk

[DMS]

We were hoping for seasonally nice days like the last 3 Saturday's but got the snot pounded out of us by the wind. Beautiful snow on the mountains and some moments of sun, but days like this gives me practice anchoring. Ended up anchoring 4X before we got a couple nibblers and we stuck two of them (one for Lulu and one for me). Saw Jim and Jorge and they got a few too.
Jim lost a rod overboard, so before we left I tried to snare it back for him by his spot with my "saver tool", but the wind kept trying to blow us aground.
Our fish were 3.5 and 4# and finally had enough. I was able to get the anchor set on 3 of the 4, but basically the blowing kept pushing me out of the position I was trying to get.
We were back at the dock by 1 and left Jorge still waiting for more action.
The water was still around 51/52 degrees.

It was a fun day, but glad to be out of the wind.

DMS

[cutbait]

Good report.

Somedays is best spent waiting it out for better weather

[MikesOcean]

Still great job out there! The tough days are great by humbling us. Sometimes we learn the most on those days.

[DMS]

Good report.

Somedays is best spent waiting it out for better weather

True, but the trick is knowing before you get out there. AND I have to confess that I am a fishaholic. completely hooked. We gave the 2 stripers to 2 friends and they were so happy and impressed at the two slimers.

[trail blazer]

Nice try DMS,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Beat the skunk too,,,,,,,NICE!

My 1st day off il be back up there myself,,,,,,,hopefully this week

[Bassfan]

Jim lost a rod overboard, so before we left I tried to snare it back for him by his spot with my "saver tool", but the wind kept trying to blow us aground.
DMS

Thanks for the effort Dan. That was my best and favorite rod and I appreciate that you tried. Its a bit of needle in a haystack now but someday somebody will reel in thinking they have a branch and find a great rod instead.

[flyhigh123]

It was good seeing you Jim in the morning. Dms, I didn't see you but will try to say hello at the mid. I picked up a season pass there finally.

It was a terrible day of crazy winds. Must have been blowing at 30-40+ gusts.

I fished all over the lake. Was forced to fish a few places I haven't been as the main lake by the damn was so crazy.

Anchoring was very difficult but as you said wit was great practice.

The waves by the damn were around 1-2 feet chops at one point. I tried to anchor but it got real unsafe real fast as water was coming over my transom, so I moved.

Ended the day with 3 keepers.

I lost my hat as well.

Ill be at the mid in either 2 or 3 weeks.

[DMS]

Thanks for the effort Dan. That was my best and favorite rod and I appreciate that you tried. Its a bit of needle in a haystack now but someday somebody will reel in thinking they have a branch and find a great rod instead.

I think if the wind was less I probably could have snared it back. Its not so deep there. Any FNN's out there that SCUBA that would try to help out? Once, when I was a kid, I caught a modest fish that had a line in its mouth. I pulled on the line and felt something... kept pulling and fished in a rod and reel. Not really much of a rig, and the rod had a broken guide. I don't remember exactly what we did, but my dad really wanted to return it to the original owner. I thought that the rod was not much to write home about and I had no way to ever figure out who owned it. Back then, we didn't have designer rods so much... just Mitchell 300's with some generic spinning rods. I actually still have my first spinning rod and reel, but don't really use it anymore.
another time I was salmon fishing with my neighbor. He hooked a fish and when he got his line in, there was a line wrapped and snagged on his hook. There was a fish pulling back though and hand over hand would have broken off, so we beached and he backed up until we found the end of the wrapped line and its hook was snagged on some other line which we found was attached to a foul hooked salmon... probably an 18#'er. So a line snags a loose line that snagged another line with a snagged fish. We released the fish since it was foul hooked and I'm still laughing about it today.

[DMS]

Nice try DMS,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Beat the skunk too,,,,,,,NICE!

My 1st day off il be back up there myself,,,,,,,hopefully this week

Go get 'em TB... you are due.

[TroutOnly]

PATIENCE GRASSHOPPER WAIT FOR THE NICE DAY THEN ITS TIME TO SLAY,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,THAT WILL BE TOMMOROW WHEN NOBODYS THERE,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,JUST ME AND MY FRESH DINES,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,t/o,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,BETTER WEATHER COMING NEXT SAT DAN,,,,,JIM LOSE TWO MORE TO THE LAKE AND YOU WILL BE UP THERE WITH ME, IVE JUST ALWAYS TOOK IT AS A OFFERING TO POSIEDON,,,,,,,,,,