Micky D's in the Morning, Subway in the Evening No Silver Either Trip

18.5" Cubby/Minnow

17"??? Panfish Chatterbait

5:00-7:00AM GOMH NE SW
54℉, Cloudy, 2-6mph S, SE

It was still dark when I arrived.  Quick fished the SE and SW side. No signs of life.  Went to the NE side.  Sign of life, golden bullhead.  I also got a couple of jumpers.  I went back to the SW side after sunrise and no silvers were discovered.  Did get a couple jumpers and a toothy.  I was going to go back to the Northside one more time.  But then a couple of other people showed up and that is where they went.  So I packed up and headed to Micky D's.
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18" Poison/Swim Fluke Jr.

6:15-9:30PM GOMH NE SW
55-62℉, PC, 4-14mph ENE

I arrived at the GOMH and nobody was there.  I went down on the NE side just to see what was up.  I got a couple of nice sized jumpers, but that was it so I quickly moved to the SW side while it was still open. Buckman Dad showed up shortly after that.  I think I had gotten one jumper on the S side before he arrived.  His daughter was up in the car and came down around 8:15PM. I think BD got a jumper and a toothy. And I got a jumper and had a toothy hit my craw tube.  At 8:30 or so Lantern Man showed up with a friend.  I gave up the SW side to them and went to the NE side in search of dogfish.  I got a couple of quick jumpers and a toothy around 9PM.  No dogs.  Some bullhead fishermen took up the NW side.  I couldn't get a bit when I switched to silvers.  I went over to the Southside and they weren't catching much, so I went home to eat my Subway.

Nice Night Fishing Not So Great, Should Have Stayed at the GOMH

10.25" Cubby/Minnow

16" Craw Tube (White)

17" Glow Demon/Minnow

6:30-6:50PM Rock
7:00-9:15PM GOMH NE S Bridge
9:20-10:15PM Bulldog
10:20-1:00 AM GOMH NE SE

50-68℉, PC, Calm

I arrived at the GOMH around 6:30PM.  There was a big pontoon parked close in on the SE side.  An older lady was fishing on the SW side. I didn't see anything get caught. As I was about to leave Lantern Man's son pulled up.  I informed him of when the silvers were showing up.  His buddy jumped down on the SE side pronto which was a great call because he just beat out another guy who showed up.  I then went to Bulldog and the guy with two chicks from last night was back.  I could have gone to the Bog Spot but made the mistake of going to Rock instead.  Nothing at Rock, so I went to go to the bog spot.  The guy and one of the chicks were there. The other chick was stationed at the juice.  I went back to the GOMH and the NE side was open.  Buckman D & D were there. Ella was fishing with the older lady.  LM's son had gotten a few jumpers and the pontoon was still there.  I tried for oranges for a while and didn't get a hit.  A guy in a Stratos came through and told me the water temp was 62℉, dang!  I caught the one jumper shortly after he left. I missed some bites.  The 8:45 PM witching hour came. I wasn't hearing much going on from the Southside.  They were getting a few silvers though.  I got one small silver. At about 9PM I decided to make a move to the Southside. John W. and his girlfriend were on the bridge with some other guy. I fished for a little bit and bounced just after Lantern Man arrived.  I went to Bulldog and missed three straight hits before connecting with a 10-incher.  I called John to let him know I was getting bites.  Then Pete called.  I got back to fishing just before John arrived. I got one little dink crappie and had a couple nibbles. John took off and I went back to the bridge.  Buckman D & D were gone. It was just the Lantern guys. I went down on the NE side and got three quick silvers and a toothy. LM Son left around 11:15PM.  I fished the NE side until about midnight then went to the SE side.  Not much was going on. I think LM got one silver.  A beautiful night though. LM left at 1AM and I left shortly after.

Morning And Beautiful Evening At The GOMH And Bulldog

16.5" Poison/Swim Fluke Jr.

5:30-7:30AM GOMH NE
42℉, PC turning overcast, 10-15mph ENE

I got out later than intended because I was putzing around.  Missed a hit right away in the tube. Then nothing for an hour plus.  I went back to the NE side one last time and caught 6 quick jumpers on the Poison and that was that. I bounced.
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12" Glow Demon/minnow

5" THE Jig

6:30PM-12:00AM Bulldog GOMH NE Bridge SE SW
58-64℉, PC, 0-15NW

I think I started the night at the GOMH. The Buckman Dad and Daughter (Mike and Ella) were back. I hadn't seen them in a few years. Daughter is now a Freshman in college, Amazin! They were getting a few jumpers.  I filled him in on when the silvers showed up last night.   There were people on the SW and the NE side so I bounced to Bulldog.  Not much was going on there.  I caught the one pumpkinseed and one bass.  A guy and two chicks stopped and fished.  He got a small bass out on the Bog Spot. Amazin! I fish this spot for years not knowing people fish just to the South of the access and within a couple days I see two different people fishing there.  I went back to the GOMH and it was only the Dad and Daughter.  I went to the NE side.  There was basically no current.  D & D started getting some silver.  I got a small one and then a boat came through immediately after.  That wrecked my confidence on the Northside, so I went and fished off the Southside of the bridge.  We were all catching them.  I delivered one over to Dad.  He threw my line back in the water and it was immediate fish on with a toothy.  As Dad was trying to wrangle the slimer it broke me off.  He grabbed ahold of it twice, but it managed to steal my Cubby.  They left around 10:30PM.  I stayed until midnight fishing both sides getting more action on the SE side.  I missed a jaint when it went berserk on the SW side.  I also saw a shooting star that lasted about 5 seconds. I called it night at midnight.

Really Slow Night At the GOMH

8" T.H.E. JIg (Blue/Chart)

6:00-11:30PM GOMH SE SW SE SW
Conditions: 65-52℉, Mostly Sunny to Partly Cloudy, Calm to a pretty good NE wind,  water level about the same.

13" 2" Swim Shad

I arrived at the GOMH and there was some on the NE side and a young guy and his girlfriend fishing off the bridge on the South side and there was a boat a ways out on the SE side.  There was more junk on the SW side and more baitfish activity on the SE side so that is where I went.  I got the 13" jumper right away. After about 10 minutes a guy a little older than me and his girl showed up on the SW side.  They started catching jumpers, then toothys, then some silvers.  The boat went just around the point on the SW side and spent the rest of the night there.  I saw them hauling in several fish throughout the evening. After about 35 minutes I went up to the car and got the long rod. I got an orange off to my left.

7" T.H.E. Jig

I got the 8" orange then a guy showed up and started fishing to my left.  I caught a toothy and one more orange.  Getting caught on the junk in the water was a huge problem.  The guy left after getting one silver, a jumper, a toothy, and maybe a couple of oranges.  The guy and lady left at about 8PM.  So I quickly grabbed my stuff and went over to the SW side.

I had a visitor that climbed up the hill going under my rods and commenced to snack on grass.  Silly rodent.

The two guys from the SE side the other night showed up just as I was getting started.  I caught three silvers on THE Jig and missed about 5 bites.  They started getting some silvers and oranges across the way. It came time for me to switched to the lighted bobber.  I missed several hits and got one silver on the Glow Demon.  The Buckman dad and daughter showed up and came down next to me.  It was there first trip of the year and was a bit of a cluster for them tracking down the necessities.  The fish shut off.  The guys on the SE side left so I went back over there.  Nothing.  Lantern Man showed up around around 10:30.  He got a silver on his very first cast.  He then got a bullhead bullhead.  I missed a hit. The Dad left at about 11PM having gotten nothing.  I went back to the SW side and got nothing.  Lantern Man got a couple of small silvers.  I called it quits at 11:30PM.

What a frustrating night, I should have taken the Trophy out.

Just One Shy Of My Crappie Goal

11.5" Glow Demon w/minnow

8:15PM-12:45AM GOMH SW NE
Conditions: 63-59, mostly clear, no wind, slow flow into Sullivan.

The plan was to check out what was going on at the GOMH and then go to Rock.  Nobody was at the GOMH, so I scrapped the plan and fished there.  I had a golden bullhead hit the WildEye Swim Shad, but it got off.  I might of had a small dogfish meekly hit the Horny Toad. I saw the bite and I could see more than half of the Horny Toad the whole time.  I also had a toothy slash at the HT.  I tried the NE side, but saw no signs of fish.  As I went back to the S side the Buckman Dad and Daughter showed up.  They took up the SE side so I went to the SW side.  They caught a silver, then I caught the 11.5" silver.  They caught a silver, then I caught a 11.75" silver.

Lantern Man showed up and I got another 11' silver.  It then slowed down.  LM got a couple of small fish and the Dad and Daughter left at about 10:30PM.  I decided to give the North side a try.  I got bit on the first cast but missed it.  I caught a 10 incher which I gave to LM.  I quickly caught another 10 incher.  I got a non keeper then got a 10.25" after Peter W. showed up.  I got one last non-keeper silver leaving me just one shy of 300 crappies for the year.

While I was packing up Peter got a bullhead.

 

Morning & Evening GOMH Trips

10.25" Glow Demon w/minnow

5:00-7:00AM GOMH SW NE
Conditions: 50-46 degrees, Mostly sunny, calm to light wind out of the S.  No flow through the GOMH

7:30-12:30PM Rock, GOMH SE
Conditions: 60-45 degrees, Mostly clear, Windy to Very Windy NNW

Morning Trip:
In the morning I arrived to no flow at the GOMH and a slick that made fishing difficult because of all the weeds.  I got a couple of jumpers on the SW side.  I was going to leave, but decided to take a shot for a dogfish on the NE side.  I set the hook into something good.  It wasn't a bowfin, unfortunately.

19.5" white craw tube

It was probably a little over 5lbs.  I also got three small snakes.

Evening Trip:
I started at Rock Lake.  Nothing was going, but I got my Poison back.  I left to fish Bulldog, but that guy was there, so I proceeded to the GOMH where nobody was.  Water was flowing into Platte Lake at a pretty good clip and  I nailed a jumpin' bullhead on my first cast on the Swim Shad.  I got a couple more then the Dad from Buckman showed up.  He didn't start fishing right away because he didn't want to break off on a jumper.  I got one more jumper and a toothy.  It was now dark enough so I switched to a lighted bobber.  Lantern Man and his buddy showed up.  He got the first silver of the night. I got 4 or 5 silvers and Buckman Dad got a couple and a toothy.  LM got a couple silvers as well.  Pretty much the same slow bite.  Everybody was gone by midnight.  I stayed until 12:30 getting bupkiss.