Morning At The GOMH

A pretty lackluster sunrise this morning

5:00-8:00AM GOMH NE SW NE
Conditions: 48-58℉, Sunny, NNW Wind, water level falling.

17" Spro 25 (Baby Bass)

Grass Pig nothing, Jerk Shad nothing.  I thought what the heck I'll give the Spro 25 a shot.  Sure enough it caught me a golden bullhead.  I also got a jumper (16.25) and missed a few hits on a clown X-Rap; plus one jumper (15.75) on the black/blue Piranha. It was now after the sun had risen so I switched to the SW side.  They didn't want anything to do with a moving bait and somehow I got the black/blue Piranha snagged in the channel and couldn't get it free and ended up having to break it off, which was depressing.  I ended up getting and missing some jumpers on either a brown/grn pumpkin or junebug craw tube.  I missed close to as many as I caught.  I went back to the NE side and got a jumper on the junebug craw tube and a white Poison/RaZor Shad.

17" Craw Tube (Brown/Grn Pumpkin)

6 Best Jumpers of the Morning

 10 Jumpers
1 Gold

Rainy Morning And Evening

Train Wreck

4:45-8:30AM GOMH NE SW, Sullivan Inlet
Conditions:  60's, light winds out of the SW switching to the NW, humid, some light rain and fog.

I started out throwing the Jerk Shad but after 15 minutes of nothing I switched to a Rippin Rap.  After a couple of cast with that the train wreck happened.  The X-Rap Box is the absolute worst box to have totally flip over.  I had it loaded with baits and it held split rings as well.  I got most of the split rings back.  It probably took me 20 plus minutes to get things sorted out and back in the boxes.

First fish was a 19" toothy on the Spro 25 Crank baby bass color.  Then I got this bullhead on a black/blue craw tube.

15.25" Craw tube

It started to sprinkle and I switched to the SW side where I got this skinny 17.75" jumper.

17.75" D & M Baits Piranha w/Grass Pig Jr. trailer

As I left.

I went to the Inlet and got a 20" pike there on the silver/blue/purple STX and one on the Horny Toad as well on the South side of the culvert.

Rainbow over Bulldog

8:25-8:50PM Bulldog (11" bass on the Piranha and had the Yabbie get bitten off)
8:55-9:05PM Rock (Nothing)
9:15-10:15PM GOMH SW NE
Conditions: Was a hot day now post thunder storm, temps in the 60's, very light S wind, mostly cloudy some lingering sprinkles.

I lost a descent jumper that jumped me off and had a couple of other bumps.  It wasn't happening and the bugs were bothering me so I left.

Morning Trip to the GOMH

I arrived a t just after 5AM.  First fish was a toothy bullhead, second and through 5th were jumpin bullheads.     6th fish was a 15" golden bullhead. I got one more toother and a couple more jumpers before going to the South side.  There I got more jumpin bullheads and a 26" or so inch toothy bullhead.  Unfortunately when I pulled it up on shore it got off and went back in the drink before I could get a picture.  Pretty much everything came on a swamp gas Berkley Havoc Grass Pig, except for a couple of jumpers on the parrot Spro 25 Crank.

Good Morning and Evening at the GOMH

Sunrise at the Grumpy Old Man Hole

This morning I got up a little earlier than normal to try and hit the GOMH for some crappies.  That didn't work out so at 5:00AM I was fishing for gold.  I managed to get two on a Grass Pig.

17"

17.5"

I had an 18" jumpin bullhead just choke my Spro 25 Crank

I got one toothy bullhead.

I did get a couple of small silver bullheads as well.

In the evening I got a late start due to the fact I left without my rods in the car.  I think I got to the GOMH around 9:30PM.  I managed to get 4 golden bullhead and several jumpin bullheads including one 18 to 19 inch sow on a swamp gas Grass Pig.  I got fish from both sides of the bridge in the evening, while it was mostly the North side in the morning.  I didn't have the camera with, so I got these picks of the golden bullheads after I got home.

Good Morning and Evening for Golden Bullheads at the GOMH

This morning I got to the GOMH at 5AM in search of some gold.  I started on the NE side and it wasn't long and I was bringing in my first golden bullhead on a Berkley Powerbait Ripple Shad.

18.5"

 I missed another one and got a couple of jumpin bullheads.  I then went to try the SE side, but only got jumpin bullheads there.  Because it was cloudy and windy blowing into the N side I went back and scored my second golden bullhead of the day.  Here's both of them from this morning.

I did get a couple of toothy bullheads, including one that had a jig in it's mouth.  Here is the one that didn't have the jig.

Here is my biggest jumper of the morning.

17.75

I lost several other really nice jumpin bullheads and a couple that I don't know what they were.

For the evening trip I didn't arrive until 8:30PM and I was pleasantly surprised by the lack of people and withing 20 minutes of me being there all but my friend Joe's buddies were gone.  I started on the NE side and only got a couple of jumpin bullheads.  I then tried the SE side for a while and once again only got jumpin bullheads.  I switched back to the North side and immediately got a golden bullhead on a Spro 25 crank in parrot.

I got my last 2 golden bullheads on the night on a Powerbait Ripple Shad.

16"

17"

I think I missed one or two more.  I gave the fish to Joe's friend and he gave me some minnows.  John W. showed up. He had something big on, probably a pike he said.  I left a little before 10:30PM