07-13-2005, 04:37 PM
Hit Lincoln Beach this morning from 5 am to 7 am. Got a late start cause my buddy who was supposed to pick me up never showed, so I ventured out alone anyway. I got to try out my "new to me" Eagle Cuda 168 fishfinder and the mount I set up for it. Here's the display unit, mounted onto a block of 2x4.
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I did this late at night, so to avoid waking up the baby I cut it with my swiss army knife saw. Man that takes forever to saw a simple 2x4 with such a small blade! lol
I also brought along this trout net. I thought I would show it because it's special to me. I made it in high school wood shop from maple and walnut, then later bought a net and strung it up.
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The water temp was 75 degrees the whole time I was out there. I launched from the south dike on the inside edge, then paddled around and headed south towards Benjamin slough area. Got a couple of bumps on jigs but no solid takers. About halfway out I switched to bait -- a 2way swivel with piece of carp meat below and a worm on the upper hook. I slow trolled it while I paddled out towards the reed edge. Had a hard hit and set the hook hard into a nice scrappy white bass. Stuck him on the string for bait. I stopped and casted jigs in the area for awhile in hopes of locating the school, but no luck so I moved on.
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Up near the reeds the water was only 2.3 feet deep, but I casted out anyway with no weight. Caught 2 small mudders on the worm before I had to head back to get ready for work. No takers on the way back to the car either. Although I was a little disappointed at not getting into any channel cats, it was still a fun morning out on the lake. The only real downside was the ARMY of midges that flew in my ears, up my nose, in my eyes and everywhere else. Apparently DEET has no effect on those buggers. Didn't see any mosquitos though, which was good. Once you get away from the dikes a bit there are a lot less bugs. Left at about 7 so I could get to work.
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I did this late at night, so to avoid waking up the baby I cut it with my swiss army knife saw. Man that takes forever to saw a simple 2x4 with such a small blade! lol
I also brought along this trout net. I thought I would show it because it's special to me. I made it in high school wood shop from maple and walnut, then later bought a net and strung it up.
The water temp was 75 degrees the whole time I was out there. I launched from the south dike on the inside edge, then paddled around and headed south towards Benjamin slough area. Got a couple of bumps on jigs but no solid takers. About halfway out I switched to bait -- a 2way swivel with piece of carp meat below and a worm on the upper hook. I slow trolled it while I paddled out towards the reed edge. Had a hard hit and set the hook hard into a nice scrappy white bass. Stuck him on the string for bait. I stopped and casted jigs in the area for awhile in hopes of locating the school, but no luck so I moved on.
Up near the reeds the water was only 2.3 feet deep, but I casted out anyway with no weight. Caught 2 small mudders on the worm before I had to head back to get ready for work. No takers on the way back to the car either. Although I was a little disappointed at not getting into any channel cats, it was still a fun morning out on the lake. The only real downside was the ARMY of midges that flew in my ears, up my nose, in my eyes and everywhere else. Apparently DEET has no effect on those buggers. Didn't see any mosquitos though, which was good. Once you get away from the dikes a bit there are a lot less bugs. Left at about 7 so I could get to work.
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