09-30-2015, 10:10 PM
Good day at Lincoln today. It was slow fishin' but it was good fishin'. Started out at about 6 a.m. and had no trouble launching. It was windy during the first hour but settled right down to a nice day after that.
Started our dragging wb in front of the springs... caught 4 or 5 and then the seas calmed so headed for Bird Island. Caught two that I thought for sure would make the 30 inch mark but no matter how I stretched them I could only get 29 inches. One of them was a real toad and I guesstimated his weight at about 12 pounds. Fun to catch.
I was dragging wb up and down the west side of the island and the cats were biting all day. Finally ran out or bait about 1:00 or I would still be out there. Caught some purty green ones and some that were ugly and beat up. I was fishing the mud flats so I'm guessing the scared up cats were going in to the rocky shore in search of grub??
Anyhow, great day. I'll be back first of next week after a brief rest to search for an elk.
Did not see another boat on the water today. If the early winds had not died down I never would have made it to BI. I fish alone so I have to be extra careful... got good, reliable equipment and I use good common sense... well... sometimes I fish in a toon so not a lot of common sense there.[]
No 35 incher today but still plenty of time. Has the water bottomed out?? I never found 6 feet of depth all the way out to BI. Water temp was 67.
Fish on...
BLK
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Started our dragging wb in front of the springs... caught 4 or 5 and then the seas calmed so headed for Bird Island. Caught two that I thought for sure would make the 30 inch mark but no matter how I stretched them I could only get 29 inches. One of them was a real toad and I guesstimated his weight at about 12 pounds. Fun to catch.
I was dragging wb up and down the west side of the island and the cats were biting all day. Finally ran out or bait about 1:00 or I would still be out there. Caught some purty green ones and some that were ugly and beat up. I was fishing the mud flats so I'm guessing the scared up cats were going in to the rocky shore in search of grub??
Anyhow, great day. I'll be back first of next week after a brief rest to search for an elk.
Did not see another boat on the water today. If the early winds had not died down I never would have made it to BI. I fish alone so I have to be extra careful... got good, reliable equipment and I use good common sense... well... sometimes I fish in a toon so not a lot of common sense there.[]
No 35 incher today but still plenty of time. Has the water bottomed out?? I never found 6 feet of depth all the way out to BI. Water temp was 67.
Fish on...
BLK
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