10-08-2005, 05:01 PM
What a nice day to skip out of work on. The wind blew most of the day but only lightly. Was in a tube but nothing bad enough to make me get off the lake at Mud Creek. Fished from about 9:30 until 3:30 but not much happening after 1:00. Caught ten or eleven fish all in the 19 to 21 1/2 inch range. Fished tube jigs tipped with a worm. White working the best but the fish were in the 20 ft range. Tried finding fish deeper but no schools that I could find. So back to the 20 ft range I went. Boats in deeper water didn't seem to do anything at all so I think the fish had moved in closer. Tried jigging but only one fish. Must be doing something wrong there. Would cast to shore past the fish and retrieve but most would just follow all the way to the tube. Did catch four though. Best for me seemed to cast out and slow and I do mean slow as the wind was blowing just kind of troll. Most of the bites felt like I had just bumped the bottom. Five or six fish this way. Not a fantastic day for Strawberry but my best. Only saw one fish caught by the boats as they didn't seem to stay anywhere very long.
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