Morning/Evening GOMH (Rock Blog Link)

12.75" 1-3oz Cubby/Minnow 

12.75" 1-4ozs Cubby

19.5" Poison

14" Poison

4:50-7:00AM GOMH NE SW SE
38-35℉, PC, 0-4mph ENE

I got there when it was still dark. Unfortunately, no silvers were around.  I did get the gold and a couple of jumpers on the NE side.  And nothing but a few jumpers on the S side.  Pierz teacher came down for a bit.
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Slop Slip Inaugural Trip
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8:00-10:00PM GOMH SE
55-57℉, PC, 0-4mph wsw

Lantern Man's son and a buddy were fishing the SW side when I got there.  They had gotten a few jumpers.  A small jumper was the first my first bite. Then I got two slabber bullheads in a row.  Brett started getting them. I broke off the 2" Swim Shad on a cattail and had to fish it off.  LM showed up.  I broke off a crappie when I was taking it off, costing me time when they were biting.  Both LM and I landed a couple and missed a few.  They were getting more bites on the SW side. I left at 10PM because I needed to get some sleep.

Not An Ideal Day For Me

15" Cubby/Minnow

Dad checking the plugs

So I got the muffs hooked up to the motor and it ran pretty good no knocking.  So we put her back in the lake, the knocking was back.  So we put her back on the trailer.  Next step, find a marine mechanic.  When we got back home mom wanted to go to Susie's in Pierz, so I drove.  We got back around 8PM.  I didn't get to Bulldog until 8:30

8:30-8:50PM Bulldog
9:10-10:30PM BSing at the Bridge With Bullhead Jim from Buckman
10:30-1AM GOMH NE SW
47-63℉, PC to Overcast light rain when I left, 3-17 ESE to SW

So I wanted to check and see if the sunnies were in at Bulldog yet. No, but I did catch a couple of bass.  There was some baitfish activity as well.  I then went to Steve's to drop off the knives.   Then it was off to the GOMH.  Lantern Man and D-I-L were on the SE side and his son and a couple of guys from Harding were on the SW. And a Bullhead fisherman was by his lonesome down on the NE side.  I struck up a conversation with the guy that went on for 45 minutes or so.  His name was Jim and he is a true man of the land. Hunting, fishing, gardening, trapping you name it.  He has a true passion for hunting dogs which was very interesting for me to learn about.  His latest pup Patti, named for his deceased wife, just had 12 pups; 7 Golds and 5 Blacks.   Eventually, we moved over to the Southside where I introduced him to Scott and they talked hunting for a bit.  After Jim left around 10:30 I moved the Kia to my spot and went down on the NE side.  I got a 9.5" pretty quickly which Lantern Man's son gladly took. I gave it to Brett's wife who met me up at the road.  We introduced ourselves.  We may have briefly conversed about how the fishing at some time, but I don't remember it. LM's son got two or three goldens and a 14.25" pound and a half silver bullhead along with a mess of other silvers tonight.  They were stacked up on the SW side with the way the wind was.  By the time Brett left at midnight, they were either shut down or mostly caught.  I got one 11" on a giant stickleback. LM got a couple of shorts.  We left at 1AM when it started to sprinkle.

3 silver bullheads

Still No Silver Tonight

17.75" X-Rap Size 6 (Firetiger)

7:00-9:30PM GOMH SE
52-49℉, Cloudy to Partly Cloudy, 3-8mph S
High

Lantern Man's son along with his two girls was fishing down on the SW side when I arrived.  All he had gotten was some jumpin' bullheads.  That would be all I would get at well.  Lantern Man joined them around 9PM.  Didn't see a single silver get caught except for maybe in that boat. They definitely pulled in some kind of panfish.  If it's not too windy tomorrow I may take the Trophy out.  As I was putting my stuff in the car Pete called and Peter W. showed up.  Heard back from Peter at 11PM that nobody caught anything.  Hopefully, tomorrow will be warm like they are forecasting and that will bring the silvers back.  If not, it's a week until Opener.