09-09-2022, 02:08 AM
(This post was last modified: 09-09-2022, 02:18 AM by Piscophilic.)
Hey Lynn,
Good to hear you got out and had some fun even if you aren't catching any more 30's than I am lately. You do have one by your name though
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I haven't posted a report yet but Jon and I were out again Monday AM. We did fine, but as you said it was slower than normal for this time of year. I did get to net a 32" cat, just under 14 lbs. You guessed it, Jon caught it. He would have been leading the contest by now, but I can't talk him into joining. Only saving grace for me is he's in my boat, using my stuff and bait. I feel like the law of averages should catch up sometime. Maybe after the contest though.
A mutual friend of ours told Jon that it would jinx him if he joined the contest. When he told me on Monday that he believed that, I said: "Well, if you get jinxed, that means I could catch one of the big ones."
As for the whites, 3 or 4 weeks ago we got 5 one morning on the stinger hooks of my cat rigs. Since then we have used the same methods in the same and other locations and not gotten any. On Monday I switched out a cat rod for an ultralight for an hour or so. I hooked one big fish, carp or cat, and one smaller fish. Jon saw the action of the rod and said "You finally got a white." Guess what, out of the water comes a 9" crappie. We were at least half a mile from any brush out in open lake and I get a crappie. To punctuate the luck part of my day, as I lift it into the boat it hits the gunwale and falls back in the lake
It almost seems like there has been another round of losses on the WB front. I haven't seen any floaters so I'm looking for other explanations. I'm wondering if the few remaining ones are just feeding on midges and larvae and not interested in larger offerings. I know you and I have both seen times when they were midging and ignored almost anything we threw at them.
Maybe I'm just overly optimistic, but I like that scenario better than a second wave of losses.
Good to hear you got out and had some fun even if you aren't catching any more 30's than I am lately. You do have one by your name though
. I haven't posted a report yet but Jon and I were out again Monday AM. We did fine, but as you said it was slower than normal for this time of year. I did get to net a 32" cat, just under 14 lbs. You guessed it, Jon caught it. He would have been leading the contest by now, but I can't talk him into joining. Only saving grace for me is he's in my boat, using my stuff and bait. I feel like the law of averages should catch up sometime. Maybe after the contest though.
A mutual friend of ours told Jon that it would jinx him if he joined the contest. When he told me on Monday that he believed that, I said: "Well, if you get jinxed, that means I could catch one of the big ones."
As for the whites, 3 or 4 weeks ago we got 5 one morning on the stinger hooks of my cat rigs. Since then we have used the same methods in the same and other locations and not gotten any. On Monday I switched out a cat rod for an ultralight for an hour or so. I hooked one big fish, carp or cat, and one smaller fish. Jon saw the action of the rod and said "You finally got a white." Guess what, out of the water comes a 9" crappie. We were at least half a mile from any brush out in open lake and I get a crappie. To punctuate the luck part of my day, as I lift it into the boat it hits the gunwale and falls back in the lake
It almost seems like there has been another round of losses on the WB front. I haven't seen any floaters so I'm looking for other explanations. I'm wondering if the few remaining ones are just feeding on midges and larvae and not interested in larger offerings. I know you and I have both seen times when they were midging and ignored almost anything we threw at them.
Maybe I'm just overly optimistic, but I like that scenario better than a second wave of losses.