07-17-2004, 04:15 PM
[size 1] Took Sparky and my tube to the Nelle yesterday. Went early and quit at about 2 pm just as the rain started to come in. Had a moderate day. Fished a little different area on the North West end. Didn't really find the smallies but caught about 5 ranging from about 11 to 13 1/2 in about 8-12 ft,. Water temp. was 72 deg. early and 74 deg. late. Lost the biggest at the tube, my guess was about 15-16 in. Caught them on an emerald pulse worm. Caught a lot of perch, mostly small but kept several decent sized for dinner. Tried to size up to get away from the perch and only caught a few more perch and no bass.
Of course one good reason for not doing that well may be Sparky. He's doing more and more pestering by visiting and swimming around me for extended periods of time. That's ok. though, that's just part of the enjoyment of my best friend. I haven't been to the Nelle for a while and need to relocate where the bass are. Once again, I was reminded why I like to fish for smalles! There are very few fish, if any that put up a better fight. They out fight largies by a good bit. The only fish I can think that can compete are maybe wipers and blues. If the blues were the same size I think that they may out fight smallies.
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Of course one good reason for not doing that well may be Sparky. He's doing more and more pestering by visiting and swimming around me for extended periods of time. That's ok. though, that's just part of the enjoyment of my best friend. I haven't been to the Nelle for a while and need to relocate where the bass are. Once again, I was reminded why I like to fish for smalles! There are very few fish, if any that put up a better fight. They out fight largies by a good bit. The only fish I can think that can compete are maybe wipers and blues. If the blues were the same size I think that they may out fight smallies.
Leaky [/size]
