01-13-2020, 01:15 AM
I'm jealous of both of you. We went to get some jumbos and the best I could do was a 10.5"er. Still good enough to give me a 2" bump on perch. What I really liked about fishing there is that we caught fish of all sizes, from 4" up to the big toads. Those little guys will make great single-serving cat bait.
I was having a pretty mediocre day and was getting bored of staring at the flasher willing some fish to rise up off the bottom; every time I turned around Brett was reeling in another one. I couldn't stand it so I went over and asked what he was doing. He shared his secret and my catch rate zoomed up. And Shawn shared one of his setups with a Kastmaster and pink ant. I also switched to a perch-colored Hali. Those two plus Brett's treatment kept me jumping. The fish wanted some jigging but then I'd be unhooking one and the tip of my deadstick would start jumping. It was hard to quit. Brett said that he was going to catch 40 and stop. His 40th was his 12"er!
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I was having a pretty mediocre day and was getting bored of staring at the flasher willing some fish to rise up off the bottom; every time I turned around Brett was reeling in another one. I couldn't stand it so I went over and asked what he was doing. He shared his secret and my catch rate zoomed up. And Shawn shared one of his setups with a Kastmaster and pink ant. I also switched to a perch-colored Hali. Those two plus Brett's treatment kept me jumping. The fish wanted some jigging but then I'd be unhooking one and the tip of my deadstick would start jumping. It was hard to quit. Brett said that he was going to catch 40 and stop. His 40th was his 12"er!
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The older I get the more I would rather be considered a good man than a good fisherman.