Jordenelle report 7-8-04

[hustler898]

Tubed the Rockcliff area from 7:00pm till dark. Had a conference call with Senkonate and went out to investigate his top secret honeyhole. I tell you that spot is so secret even the fish don't know it exists[laugh]. Got out to the general area and marked pods of fish scattered about. Would fish the pods and get tormented by, what else, Perch. Lots of 10' deep water out there!!!

After a while of that decided to check out my local Honey hole. Fished it for a while and Zippo!!! It seems that the water has receded so much that all the fish holding structure is now high and dry and the shallow areas are choked with weeds. The bright side is now I know why I was catching largemouth and Smallies from that particular spot.

Did manage to catch two tiny Smallies near the old road and had an encounter with a Moose. I was nearly 100 yards fom shore and a moose was walking the bank on the North side. A father and son were walking on the perimeter trail towards thier fishing hole. Once the Moose got a look at them he decided to take a swim and it seems like he planned on using my tube as a means of flotation. He just headed straight towards me grunting the whole way. I decide I wasn't having that so I moved away. The moose decided to follow me for a bit. He altered his path to intersect mine. I just stood my ground and splashed a bit to drive him off. Interesting encounter to say the least.

Water temperature was a balmy 73 degrees when I arrived and 70 when I left.
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[TheNails]

Deb and I went up and fished today from 6:00 to 3:30. Covered a lot of new ground because the fish weren't where they were last time I fished up there. I think they are in transition to their summer areas, we did catch fish on bluff walls in water down to 24 feet. Lots of perch, but we just let them niggle the bait without setting the hook and eventually we would get a strike from a bass. Caught the largest (3lb 9oz) on a dropshot robo worm about 14 feet down. Caught a good one on a spinner bait, couple on a rattle bait (lipless crank), medium diving crank, tube, senko. The best was the dropshot, but nothing was really hot. The real fishing has begun....Nails
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[tomegun]

[#804000][size 2]I got a sharp stick if you call what we did today real fishing(ugh). I told huntN that was you out there today. We got some top water action for few hours. We got on the water just before you did(we were first on). Went huntin' for a lost Lucky Craft and then went to Deb's secret 5lber place east of my honeyhole. Thats where topwater action was. We didn't get to the honeyhole til 10:00am. By then the wind was blowing a little too hard, but I made huntN deal with it for about 45 mins. I saw you at the noll, when we were coming back from senkonate's secret tubing place(don't you love the names I have for places). Nuthin' worth bragging about cept for the new perch tossing game. How high and how far can a perch fly until it hits the rocks(other critters have to eat too).[/size][/#804000]
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[PREDATOR]

Did you get that lucky craft tomegun?

I just about grabbed it for you tuesday, but figured rather than get that wet, I would let you have at it. It was just a tad deeper than I was willing to go.

I did see it there though. There should have been a senko about five feet to the north of it.[sly] Now that I think about it, that area may be one to use caution in. It seems to be prime for claiming lures.
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[hustler898]

At least you got a few! Funny you mention robo worms the FX series sculpins and leech are my favorite for dropshoting. They always seem to catch fish when nothing else will work. What colors do you like?
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[TheNails]

Speaking of a lost Lucky Craft, I lost an lv100 today. Wouldn't be so bad, cept I have to figure the fish per dollar spent on the lure. Let's see, it was NEW, caught 2 runts and half a fish (1 pounder) on it..........calculating..........I figure I got 1 real fish on it so it was only 15 bucks for 1 fish. Somehow, I don't think I got enough mileage out of that crank. On Debs 5lbr place, she got a good 2 + on a white spinner bait today. Man the win....... was terrible all day. I did see you guys blast by headed for the ramp, and I thought I saw you earlier fishing Debs secret place when we went south. Seems to me that the fish are inbetween. We tried a spot that has been producing for us every time out this year and didn't scare a fish! We have a perch game too.....if your fishing partner isn't paying attention, PERCH SLAP! By the way, how did your trip on the Snake work out? Nails
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