Day Began With Hope Then Fizzled In the End

It was about 37℉ when I left for the GOMH at 5:10AM.  It was calm, and the world was awake with birds and frogs singing away.  I thought for sure I would get at least something, but the bullheads were just not around.  I went NE side, SW Side, and back to the NE side after sunrise.  I had a toothy on briefly on a white craw tube on one of my last casts.  I then checked the Platte Public Access where the dock was in.  Then I went to Bulldog, nothing there.  Then I went to Rock.  The Rock Dock was in, and a boat was out fishing.  Didn't get anything there.  Stopped at Bear Trax, and they just gave me what was left of their crappie minnows as it was mostly sticklebacks and one bullhead/catfish.

 I got the Trophy vacuumed out today, the first run anyway.  I didn't get out until after 7PM.  I was surprised no one was at Bulldog.  No fish, that's why. I tried both spots.  I quickly eliminated Rock, then went to the GOMH.  Nobody there either.  I had one toothy follow the Panfish Chatterbait in on the NE side. Probably the same fish from this morning.  That was it for action.  I stayed until 9:30 or so.  I'm a little concerned that I couldn't get a few fish after such a warm sunny day.  Maybe the shallows are warming up to fast? 

No Surprise, Got Skunked

6:00-7:00PM
Conditions: 33 degrees, Cloudy, moderate wind out of the SE

If we didn't have the KIA I wouldn't have gone out today.  34 degrees for a high, really.  Weather man got today wrong by about 8 degrees.  We just cannot buy stable weather now.  I tried at Rock, GOMH, and the Platte Lake access dock.  There was no point in it, no benefit.


On the native netting front from this past weekend:
On LakeStateFishing.com some guy claimed their were photo's of so many crappies and sunnies it was sickening.  I challenged him to produce the photo's.  Funny, he hasn't done that.

I then posted what the Platte Lake Owners Association posted on Facebook at LSF.

From President Dave Bramer: Conservation Officer Paul Kuske wanted to advise Platte Lake the Fond Du Lac Band had been on our lake this past weekend doing a tribal harvest. He stated that he witnessed all of what happened and that he wanted to make sure all of the numbers of fish that were taken were correct. 5 walleye and 50 pike were taken from our lake. The band was also on Sullivan Lake and Long Lake. C. O. Kuske has also advised their associations about the harvest from their lakes. If anyone would like to talk to him about this, C. O. Kuske advises that they call him at 320-745-2023.

I called Kuske today and got the scoop.  Kuske told me the Fond du lac band took 57 pike, 7 walleye, a bullhead or two and a tullibee.  I think that was it, so no bass or bowfin.  The chuckleheads at LSF then claimed Kuske wasn't there, is lying, taking orders to do so from on high at the DNR, and taking bribes from the tribe.  Whatever chuckleheads.

    

Platte Access Dock and the GOMH

Unfortunately I forgot to bring the camera,  would have had some pics.

I arrived at the GOMH just after 7PM and pretty much nothing was going on.  At about 8:15 I decided to take the advice from a drunk from the other night who said crappies bite off the Platte Lake Public Access Dock right before dark.  Now I didn't know whether to believe him, but I thought it was worth a shot.  I get there and  on the very first cast my bobber goes down, but I miss it.  I'm like hmmm, maybe the drunk was on to something.  Next cast bobber goes down and I miss again.  Next cast I hooked into a chunky 18" bass.  That was the last bite I got staying to 9:45.

Then I went back to the GOMH and Lantern Man was there with his daughter and the wind was down to nothing.  They had gotten 5 silver bullheads.  Right away I smacked a slab and thought this might be good.  Didn't get a hit again until about midnight and I missed it.  It was getting to be about 12:15AM and I was just about to give up when I caught another silver bullhead.  I caught 2 more in pretty short order;  all of them were right up on the rocks.  At 12:30 I caught an actual honest to goodness bullhead and decided to call it a night.