Spectacular Sunrise And Low Key Evening Trip

18" X-Rap size 6 (Firetiger)

17.5" X-Rap size 6 (Firetiger)

Bulldog Lake 16" Panfish Chatterbait

5:50-8:00AM GOMH NE SW
40-42℉, Mostly Cloudy, 3mph NW
High falling

When I looked out the window this morning I could tell it was probably going to be a pretty good sunrise at the Grumpy Old Man Hole this morning and boy was it.  Just spectacular.  Too bad there was a bit of a breeze to cut down on the water mirroring. I caught a few jumpers and a toothy on the Swim Shad.  The paddle tail got bit off and I still got a couple jumpers on it.  That's a first.  I wasn't getting any silvers so I switched to the SW side.  All I got there was the one 18" jumper.  I tried putting on the Purple Shad 2" Storm Swim Shad and got bit off on the first cast so with that result I left at 8AM.

I went to the dentist in St. Cloud because last night my gums got really irritated and the swelling started again which had me concerned.  The dentist decided to take me off of the amoxicillin I was on and put me on penicillin.  Hopefully, that gets things under control so I can have the tooth extracted next Monday.

7:15-7:45 Bulldog Lake
8:00-10:00PM GOMH NE SW
58-48℉, Partly Cloudy, 2-5mph NE
After a long day on the road, I wasn't totally gung ho for fishing, but I went.  I started at Bulldog and got a bass.  That was the only bite I got, so I left after 20 minutes.  Surprisingly, no one was at the GOMH so I started on the NE side.  There was a bit of a wind blowing in and no fish, so I was out of there pretty quickly.  I went down on the SW side.  I got 14"jumper, 20" toothy and 20.5" golden bullhead on the Purple Shad Storm Swim Shad.  I think that color is going to be a winner.  I caught an 11.5" silver bullhead on the Cubby minnow combo.  CO A-Net showed up after dark and checked my license again.  Didn't get a bite once it got dark.  Stayed until 10PM because it was nice out. 

GOMH Morning And Evening Again

10" Cubby/minnow

29" Crawtube (White)

18.25" Cubby/Minnow

18.25" Cubby/Minnow

7:30-12:30PM GOMH SW SE
36-41℉, Cloudy, Calm
Water High

I didn't wake up right away, but I did eventually.  Was pleasantly surprised that no one was there.  I started on the SW side and wasn't getting much.  I went up on the bridge and popped the silver while fishing on the SE side, so I moved my stuff over there. The Asian guys showed up for about an hour and then left when no silvers would show themselves.  I got the toothy while trying for dogfish.  The only bite I got on the crawtube.  I would occasionally catch a jumpin' bullhead. I did have a small jumpin' bullhead run straight into the cattails, somehow I got it out.  I did try for oranges for a bit, but just got one small jumper on T.H.E. Jig;  After I landed the fish I thought the better of what I was doing.  Didn't want to lose my jig and Rocket Bobber.   It was nice out and nobody showed up to fish so I just stayed there until Dad called wanting the car.
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11.75" Cubby/Minnow

 7:00-11:00PM GOMH SE
50-34℉, Mostly Sunny, 0-4mph NW
Water High

I arrived at the GOMH as Peter W. was spooling up.  There was one other car there. A guy and chick fishing on the SW and SE sides. After talking for a couple of minutes I went down on the NE side.  Peter joined from the bridge and immediately caught a jumper.  His first open water fish of the year.  It was apparent things weren't happening on this side so I went and fished off the bridge on the SE side.  The guy said they had been getting a few jumpers and one small golden. The gal who was fishing on the SW side would occasionally bring in a jumper and one nice orange.  The guy caught 1 jumper.   Peter joined me. The Foul-Mouthed Grumpy Old Man showed up said it was too cold and left.  I brought in a couple of jumpers.  Another older guy showed up just to talk.  Four guys showed up. Peter left and the new Conservation Officer for the area showed up (CO A-Net) and checked licenses.  Right as A-Net showed up one of the 4 guys caught the first silver off of the bridge on the SW side.  The guy went over to fish the SW side.  I went down on the SE side.  The one guy started landing a silver every couple of minutes.  I started getting some alternating keepers and non-keepers.  The guy and girl only landed a couple.  It got dark enough that I switched to the lighted bobber Glow Demon rod, but the fish had shut off.  Everybody left.  I was going to pull up stakes, but right then Lantern Man showed up. I figured if he started smashing them I would just go and join him and stayed put.  It was dead.  LM missed a couple of bites.  He got a fish around 10:30PM or so.  At about 10:40 we both got one.  That was it.  I got cold and was hungry and left a little after 11PM