On the March

March 3rd 2005

I am finally getting over my sinus and ear infection and the weather is OK, so I headed out for some evening fishing at "The Hole". Was on the road and out of Bear Trax by 5:15 figuring I would hit the evening bite. Much to my surprize there were two trucks and traps on "The Hole." They were basically sitting right where I would have wanted to go. I didn't want to crowd them and so I went a bit SW and was only in about 21 ft of water.

I was surprized to see solid marks even before I dropped my first minnow. I had a keeper, a couple of good misses and a about 4 smalls immediately. One of the guys was leaving and so I went over and talked to him. He said the fish were thick and aggressive and he even got a good sunfish. He was headed home with a limit of 8"to9" fish. The other guy, I think also had a limit and left. The sun was heading down and I went out and made ramps in their holes. I then got back and nailed a couple of small crappie. I had forgotten my LED headlamp and so I drove back and got it. There was zero bite when I got back in any of the holes. Looks like a day bite????