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Van_Cleaver
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- May 11, 2007
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Had been under the weather for a bit and needed some therapy. Walked into my favorite spot around 10:30 or so and was shocked there were no bass boats or kayaks out. it was sunny and a little too calm, but as soon as the wind kicked up a little I caught fish; and lots of them. Problem was they were all small, blue gills , golden shiner and a crappie.
Seemed all the better fish were deep so I dropped off my sling pack and waded almost chest deep. Wading wet and it felt pretty good. Now I was covering 50-60 ft out and the extra made a difference. When the breeze and the clouds were working together I had hits almost every cast. When it got flat and sunny it was much slower. No monsters but some solid 8" were ok with me.
The wind died again so I tied on a popper and a bead head ant. Dropped it into the water to see if everything was in order and the popper immediately sank. That's odd I thought as I lifted the rod and a very small crappie that had hit the ant. Predictably the wind kicked up again and I couldn't see the popper but caught a few more on the ant before the sound of thunder made me think walking out might be prudent. That and the fact that I purposely didn't pack lunch knowing it would force me to come home in a somewhat timely fashion. Btw, caught almost everything on an ant sunken. Good time close to home!
Seemed all the better fish were deep so I dropped off my sling pack and waded almost chest deep. Wading wet and it felt pretty good. Now I was covering 50-60 ft out and the extra made a difference. When the breeze and the clouds were working together I had hits almost every cast. When it got flat and sunny it was much slower. No monsters but some solid 8" were ok with me.
The wind died again so I tied on a popper and a bead head ant. Dropped it into the water to see if everything was in order and the popper immediately sank. That's odd I thought as I lifted the rod and a very small crappie that had hit the ant. Predictably the wind kicked up again and I couldn't see the popper but caught a few more on the ant before the sound of thunder made me think walking out might be prudent. That and the fact that I purposely didn't pack lunch knowing it would force me to come home in a somewhat timely fashion. Btw, caught almost everything on an ant sunken. Good time close to home!