Late report form Sunday morning on Lake X

[Majja]

Well I was originally planning on going up to Willard on Monday when I woke up at about 5:45 am on Sunday and decided to go fishing. Headed up to Jordanelle. While it is a little bit of a late start I figured what the heck. On the way up there I encounter a very pretty sunrise very pink. (And we all know the old saying.."Red sky at night sailors delight. Red skies in the morning sailor take warning.") As I get to the top of Parleys it is raining on me and I am questioning weather I am just a dedicated angler or an obsessed angler. I get to the PWC ramp and it is beautiful. I start setting up my tube and realize I grabbed Luke 72's pump instead of mine. Mine has the adapter for my valves and his does not. So at this time I am figuring it was a nice drive, when I remember I have duct tape. And if that will not work nothing will. Well I increase the size of the air valve until it seals in the valves and I inflate my tube. Now for issue number 2. I have been having some issues with my sonar and it will not power up, however the Battery showed fully charged on my volt meter before I left, bummer I am fishing blind. Well I launch and head west of the ramp and find the dink Perch. I placed one in the basket to turn into bait and let the rest go. They are hammering white cutterbugs and curly tail grubs. After growing tired of nothing over 6-7 inches I move on and hook into my largest Smallie to date. I would say about 16 inches and man can they pull. He took a nice run on me when I got him close to the tube. On the way back to the ramp I had snagged up in some of the lake infamous structure and broke off. So I reeled in both rods as I was back in the area where the little dink perch were. I started tying on a new dropper on the one rod when I looked over to see my UL bent over with the tip in the water. I grab the rod and lift up and there is about a 12 in Perch on it. I let him go as I was heading in and one fish does not make a meal, so he was granted a stay of execution. All in all it was a great morning; the lake is starting to turn over as it had a lot of small green algae in it all over the place.

I did notice there are a lot of trees starting to change color. Autumn is a coming.
Majja
[signature]

[tlspyder13]

Just goes to show if there is enough will there is usually a way. Too bad you didn't find the big perch but looks like a nice day.
[signature]

[TubeDude]

[cool][#0000ff]The best laid plans...are usually not part of a fishing trip.[/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]At least you got to wave your stick and catch a couple of fishies. [/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]Fishing without sonar on Jordanelle...especially for perch...is like fishing blind. It can make a world of difference.[/#0000ff]
[signature]

[Majja]

Yea it was sorely missed. I kept looking over at nothing.
[signature]

[TubeDude]

[cool][#0000ff]I have been totally dependent upon sonar for over 20 years. During that time there have only been two or three times when my unit or battery malfunctioned and I had to rely on my knowledge of the water, basic prospecting techniques and luck. Fortunately, I was never blanked due to lack of underwater "eyes", but I felt handicapped even if I was catching fish. It is instinctive to keep looking at the sonar just to maintain your equilibrium and you feel deprived if there is a blank screen.[/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]Most of the spots I fish are familiar enough to me that I could probably muddle through without sonar on most trips. However, I would never think of fishing a new spot without sonar...unless I was fishing surface action or casting to the shoreline.[/#0000ff]
[signature]

[Majja]

That is how I found the perch I stayed and played with just tossing towards shore.
[signature]

[Luke72]

Hey! Gimme my pump back ya bastid []
[signature]