04-22-2009, 09:45 PM
[cool][#0000ff]Fellow BFT tuber LloydE came out of hibernation this week. As he rubbed his sleepy eyes he invited himself to join me at Willard this morning.
We launched about 6:30 AM. Clear, calm, 50 degree air temp and a "toenail clipping" moon above the pink sky of sunrise. Dirty water coming into the inlet. 49 degrees inside the channel, warming quickly to 54 outside...eventually to 58 about noon when we came in. Water much cleaner away from the inlet channel.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]We both started by dragging a minnow on one rod and pitching plastics on the second rod. Lloyd started to holler WOW. WOW. WOW. WOW. about 7 AM. Never knew one person could say wow in so many different languages and at so many octaves. A 4 pound wiper was whackin' him around pretty good...but he eventually scooped it in his wimpy little net.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]There seems to be such a thing as the "first fish jinx". Been there myself. The guy who scores first sometimes blanks the rest of the day. Almost worked out that way for Lloyd. We covered a whole lotta water during the next five hours without him putting another fish in his basket. Thankfully, he scored a couple of quick "cookie cutter" kitties just before we came in so he had some dinner fixins. Actually, that porky wiper would be a complete meal for Lloyd and his wife.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I got couple of whacks on plastics, but did not hook anything for about an hour. Finally, I startet catching catfish. Lost what I am sure was a wiper after one big wide sweep and the hook pulled out. But, I did get about a dozen kitties. Kept a half dozen for dining. Got one on a "wiper bling crankbait I made for wipers. Silly catfish.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Saw a couple of other BFTers going out in their boats. Guessing that late afternoon should do well with the warming temps. Good luck guys. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Lloyd and I had flat surface and no wind all morning, until the customary westerlies started blowing about 10:30. Then, they calmed and it began to blow a bit briskly from the east...just enough to make it too much work to kick back up the channel.[/#0000ff]
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We launched about 6:30 AM. Clear, calm, 50 degree air temp and a "toenail clipping" moon above the pink sky of sunrise. Dirty water coming into the inlet. 49 degrees inside the channel, warming quickly to 54 outside...eventually to 58 about noon when we came in. Water much cleaner away from the inlet channel.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]We both started by dragging a minnow on one rod and pitching plastics on the second rod. Lloyd started to holler WOW. WOW. WOW. WOW. about 7 AM. Never knew one person could say wow in so many different languages and at so many octaves. A 4 pound wiper was whackin' him around pretty good...but he eventually scooped it in his wimpy little net.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]There seems to be such a thing as the "first fish jinx". Been there myself. The guy who scores first sometimes blanks the rest of the day. Almost worked out that way for Lloyd. We covered a whole lotta water during the next five hours without him putting another fish in his basket. Thankfully, he scored a couple of quick "cookie cutter" kitties just before we came in so he had some dinner fixins. Actually, that porky wiper would be a complete meal for Lloyd and his wife.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I got couple of whacks on plastics, but did not hook anything for about an hour. Finally, I startet catching catfish. Lost what I am sure was a wiper after one big wide sweep and the hook pulled out. But, I did get about a dozen kitties. Kept a half dozen for dining. Got one on a "wiper bling crankbait I made for wipers. Silly catfish.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Saw a couple of other BFTers going out in their boats. Guessing that late afternoon should do well with the warming temps. Good luck guys. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Lloyd and I had flat surface and no wind all morning, until the customary westerlies started blowing about 10:30. Then, they calmed and it began to blow a bit briskly from the east...just enough to make it too much work to kick back up the channel.[/#0000ff]
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