03-16-2010, 11:34 PM
[cool][#0000ff]I honestly cannot remember the last time I did not get a single bite in over 5 hours of serious fishing. Well, now I can. It was today on Willard.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Wildcat94, toadly and myself launched tube and toons about 8:30 at the north marina ramp. Completely clear as far as we could see in all directions. There was some rotten ice crowding the shoreline in front of the campgrounds...and a piece right in front of the north marina area. That's it.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Water temp was only 38.2 at launch and about 2 degrees warmer when we came in. COOOOOOL. We all threw plastics and dragged minnows and crawlers. None of us admitted to a bite. Nasty. Did not see many blips on sonar either.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Talked to a couple of boaters and neither of them scored either. One of them was Crankem's son, Mike. We were reminiscing about him getting trapped in the shifting ice when we met up there last year. Much more open this year. But no fish.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I did not come home empty handed. I found a brand new kayak paddle. Still had the $31 price tag on it. I also found a somewhat waterlogged mallard decoy. I propped it on the front of my apron. Didn't help bring in either fish or ducks.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Glassy calm all morning. A light cold westerly breeze started up just after 11. Standard. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I'm through with pioneering this year. I will get more interested when somebody else reports catching some fish.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The upside? No water skiers, no jet skis, no bugs.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Wildcat94, toadly and myself launched tube and toons about 8:30 at the north marina ramp. Completely clear as far as we could see in all directions. There was some rotten ice crowding the shoreline in front of the campgrounds...and a piece right in front of the north marina area. That's it.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Water temp was only 38.2 at launch and about 2 degrees warmer when we came in. COOOOOOL. We all threw plastics and dragged minnows and crawlers. None of us admitted to a bite. Nasty. Did not see many blips on sonar either.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Talked to a couple of boaters and neither of them scored either. One of them was Crankem's son, Mike. We were reminiscing about him getting trapped in the shifting ice when we met up there last year. Much more open this year. But no fish.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I did not come home empty handed. I found a brand new kayak paddle. Still had the $31 price tag on it. I also found a somewhat waterlogged mallard decoy. I propped it on the front of my apron. Didn't help bring in either fish or ducks.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Glassy calm all morning. A light cold westerly breeze started up just after 11. Standard. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I'm through with pioneering this year. I will get more interested when somebody else reports catching some fish.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The upside? No water skiers, no jet skis, no bugs.[/#0000ff]
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