05-16-2007, 02:22 PM
Tube, that sounds like the day that Leaky and I had on the water yesterday by the airport. Leaky didn't catch up with me to get bait until late in the day and actually stuck it out with nightcrawlers all day. I used your carp meat and when I saw a big carp ball in the open, I actually dragged an empty jighead through a couple of them and snagged up some fresh bait. That butchering carp on the tube thing is sure a messy ordeal. [cool] But the cats certainly liked the meat... I got two around five pounds and one smaller one. I also wound up with a decent white bass and a HUGE mudcat. I haven't ever caught a mud that big. Leaky caught all mudcats, one white bass (I think) and a carp. For some reason, I missed a lot of fish early in the morning.... no bites until 9 when Leaky showed up. I lost a few jigheads to the weeds also... seemed like cattails were key early on and then the afternoon bite was anywhere along the weedline.... I certainly expected faster action, but I guess with all the wind action, they were just barely getting back to the whole "weedline" routine. I'll post up a report and some pics when I get home from the Depot tonight.
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