Skunked Again Tonight

 

 

Thunderstorms did not develop today in our area. It was primarily occasional light rain with a hefty ENE wind. It was only in the low 40s for most of the day. Bulldog was slightly more open, same with Rock. Ice was pulling away in a bunch more places on Platte. With the warm temps and high winds and rain, I don't see the ice on Platte making it through the weekend. Don't know if I'll be able to get to work on the boat this weekend or not due to the rain. Would really like to have Trophy in Rock Lake no later than Wednesday.

I took two trips to the GOMH tonight. I took the lake tour during the first one after getting the low beam situation taken care of. The first one I only fished for about half an hour. A guy stopped to talk during the first trip. He remembered meeting me over at Rock Lake. We talked for maybe 5-minutes. He said he would be back next week if it warms up and drove a white pickup. Had an Osprey fly over the bridge, then went around Eagle Perch Point about 20-feet off the ground. Very Cool. Also had a low-flying trumpeter swan fly over to Sully tonight. As I was packing to leave on Trip 1. A second smaller loon joined the one that had been swimming over by Intersection Point. They swam around and around one another while dipping their heads underwater, presumably looking for baitfish. Never seen that before. Maybe it was a mating thing.

I stayed until after dark the second trip, hoping some silver bullheads might show up. Nope. Skunked again.

Morning Trip, New Garmin Fishfinder, Motor Problem and GOMH

13" 1lb 5oz

5:50-7:20AM GOMH NE, SW, SE
33-30℉, MC, 4mph ENE

I decided to give the GOMH a go this morning.  I got skunked, but the loons were calling when I got there.  An eagle watched over the scene.  An Osprey flew over and redwing and other assorted birds were doing their thing.  I got to Bear Trax and they were almost out of minnows so I held off until the afternoon.

The Scotty Transducer Arm and Mount came in the mail today.  So I got that put together and headed to the lake sometime before 4PM, stopping to get screws and minnows at Bear Trax.  I took my sweet time replacing a rod holder and fliping another one and getting that Scotty Mounting Bracket on.  When I was all loaded I headed for Sullivan a little after 5PM.  I discovered when running I will want to tilt up the transducer because it catches water at full speed.  I thought maybe on plane it would be out of the water but it's not.  When I got around the small island I noticed a knocking sound.  I continued on to the GOMH.  A guy fishing on the SW side asked for the water temp.  I put the transducer back in the water. 47.20℉.  I fished for little ways in the intersection without success.  It was 6:15 or so I decided to head for F Flat.  The knocking in the motor prevented that.  I called Dad and asked him to get the trailer and pull me out at the Platte Lake Access. Bummer Deal.  I think it might be the lower unit, but not sure.  When I removed the lower unit oil I didn't notice any metal shavings.

8:45-10:45PM GOMH NE SE
40-55℉, PC, 0-6mph NE
47℉ Water

John W. was fishing the SE side and his girlfriend was on the SW side. I watched him catch a 23/24 golden as we were shooting the breeze.  That was my cue to go down on the NE side.  I got the 13" 1lb 5oz silver bullhead first.  I took the picture and threw it back. Lantern Man arrived.  After John left I got a 10.75" which I gave to Lantern Man.  I wasn't having any action and the wind came up so I went down on the SE side. I only got one silver there.  At 10:45PM I had enough.  Lantern Man wasn't getting anything either.

Viking picked WR Justin Jefferson LSU and CB Jeff Gladney TCU.  I hope Jefferson works out better than Treadwell.