04-11-2013, 03:03 PM
One of my brother in laws is in town from California with the sole intention to be fishing. He took the week off and so did I. He has tons of bigger fish available to him on the Delta but really no Smallies. So that was the sole goal other than just having fun! Fish or no fish, fishing is still better than work [
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Tuesday it certainly was too windy so BPS, Sportsmans Warehouse, Wild Bills Buffalo Wings, etc. We shopped and ate well!
Yesterday, Wednesday, you guess it... WINDY. We were still going no matter what. Dealt with the wind and hit spots that were semi protected. Still got blowed all over the place and really had to work hard on the trolling motor but we got to fish so all that mattered. Around 2-3pm the winds died down to almost zero to make the last several hours much more enjoyable.
The water is trashed though. You can't see 2-3 feet in it which really blowed since the chance to fish on clear pristie water was a big one on his checklist. Hopefully between taking today off and the winds backing off the water cleans up for Friday.
Anyways... Interesting catches. Quite a few firsts and stuff that in general just never happen. Like catching catfish on cranks and senkos or catching a 3-5lb Gizzard on a lipless crank, etc. Plus Chad caught his first Smallie and then the second Smallie was a big'un, at least for Mead, to top off the day. We landed 20 for the day and had to work reallllly hard for them more or less junk fishing. Lots of LMB and SMB plus those oddities.
A couple pictures. Didn't take too many.
Chad's first Smallie. Texas rigged something.
![[Image: LakeMead_04-10-13_001.jpg]](http://www.outlawrc.com/stuff/fishing/LakeMead_04-10-13_001.jpg)
His big Smallie (3 1/2 pounder). Texas rigged something.
Plus a short clip : [url "http://youtu.be/ORjWk8drYrs"]http://youtu.be/ORjWk8drYrs[/url]
![[Image: LakeMead_04-10-13_003.jpg]](http://www.outlawrc.com/stuff/fishing/LakeMead_04-10-13_003.jpg)
This one... Quite the ride. I had my 3XD crank up to the boat, I was at the point of just stopping to reel to lift it out of the water to make another cast and this thing hit. It hit like a FREIGHT train. I was using my MH casting rod so I had plenty of rod but man do those things hit. Plus it was just dead straight under the boat when he hit so my rod just about doubled over. Line was peeling out, I was up against the edge of the boat with the rod in the water since he went straight down/under the boat. What a wild ride for a bit. Then the winds, trying to keep the boat in control, etc. Anyways, just shy of 6 pounds. Biggest cat I have ever caught or seen in person. Scary... Not the first I have caught on a crank. The second.
Chad later on caught a 4 pound Catfish on a motoroil colored Yama Senko. A first for him and the biggest Cat he has ever caught. We both thought for sure he had a Big'un on, in the LMB flavor, but nope...
![[Image: LakeMead_04-10-13_006.jpg]](http://www.outlawrc.com/stuff/fishing/LakeMead_04-10-13_006.jpg)
Then this thing... We were right off the old Overton ramp. For some reason I had grabbed one of Madi's spinning rods and was tossing the 1/4oz lipless that was on it. Not sure if I had ran it into a school of them or what. I can't imagine that thing wanting a crank that is for sure. Heck it's mouth is so small I couldn't put a finger tip in it. Anyways I snagged this big sucker just behind the gills in the side. Right after the hook set we both seen this thing jump at least 3 feet out of the water. What a launch! The fight was partially due to the size plus it was hooked semi in the side so that fish had some advantage. Finally got it to the boat and released. Man those suckers stink! I was all over the soap in the boat to get that stink off me.
![[Image: LakeMead_04-10-13_007.jpg]](http://www.outlawrc.com/stuff/fishing/LakeMead_04-10-13_007.jpg)
The plan was to go again today but we were both too sore and dead tired to do it so taking today off to recover. Going to get the boat all re-organized today and hit it with everything we have tomorrow plus Madi is going to be sick tomorrow and might be able to go fishing with her conditions with her uncle [blush]
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] Tuesday it certainly was too windy so BPS, Sportsmans Warehouse, Wild Bills Buffalo Wings, etc. We shopped and ate well!
Yesterday, Wednesday, you guess it... WINDY. We were still going no matter what. Dealt with the wind and hit spots that were semi protected. Still got blowed all over the place and really had to work hard on the trolling motor but we got to fish so all that mattered. Around 2-3pm the winds died down to almost zero to make the last several hours much more enjoyable.
The water is trashed though. You can't see 2-3 feet in it which really blowed since the chance to fish on clear pristie water was a big one on his checklist. Hopefully between taking today off and the winds backing off the water cleans up for Friday.
Anyways... Interesting catches. Quite a few firsts and stuff that in general just never happen. Like catching catfish on cranks and senkos or catching a 3-5lb Gizzard on a lipless crank, etc. Plus Chad caught his first Smallie and then the second Smallie was a big'un, at least for Mead, to top off the day. We landed 20 for the day and had to work reallllly hard for them more or less junk fishing. Lots of LMB and SMB plus those oddities.
A couple pictures. Didn't take too many.
Chad's first Smallie. Texas rigged something.
His big Smallie (3 1/2 pounder). Texas rigged something.
Plus a short clip : [url "http://youtu.be/ORjWk8drYrs"]http://youtu.be/ORjWk8drYrs[/url]
This one... Quite the ride. I had my 3XD crank up to the boat, I was at the point of just stopping to reel to lift it out of the water to make another cast and this thing hit. It hit like a FREIGHT train. I was using my MH casting rod so I had plenty of rod but man do those things hit. Plus it was just dead straight under the boat when he hit so my rod just about doubled over. Line was peeling out, I was up against the edge of the boat with the rod in the water since he went straight down/under the boat. What a wild ride for a bit. Then the winds, trying to keep the boat in control, etc. Anyways, just shy of 6 pounds. Biggest cat I have ever caught or seen in person. Scary... Not the first I have caught on a crank. The second.
Chad later on caught a 4 pound Catfish on a motoroil colored Yama Senko. A first for him and the biggest Cat he has ever caught. We both thought for sure he had a Big'un on, in the LMB flavor, but nope...
Then this thing... We were right off the old Overton ramp. For some reason I had grabbed one of Madi's spinning rods and was tossing the 1/4oz lipless that was on it. Not sure if I had ran it into a school of them or what. I can't imagine that thing wanting a crank that is for sure. Heck it's mouth is so small I couldn't put a finger tip in it. Anyways I snagged this big sucker just behind the gills in the side. Right after the hook set we both seen this thing jump at least 3 feet out of the water. What a launch! The fight was partially due to the size plus it was hooked semi in the side so that fish had some advantage. Finally got it to the boat and released. Man those suckers stink! I was all over the soap in the boat to get that stink off me.
The plan was to go again today but we were both too sore and dead tired to do it so taking today off to recover. Going to get the boat all re-organized today and hit it with everything we have tomorrow plus Madi is going to be sick tomorrow and might be able to go fishing with her conditions with her uncle [blush]
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