Skunked On Halloween

I did a little fishing today.  At the GOMH, nothing. Rock Lake, nothing and Rock Dock out.  Lake Place Dock, nothing. Water Temp 38℉.  I ran the motor for a while to get Sea Foam in the system.  Taking the boat and dock out tomorrow in the snow.

Calm Cold Evening (Last Bass of 2017)

18.75" Hack Attack Jig/Craw Fatty

5:30-6:30PM Platte Late F Flat in the Trophy
Conditions: 36-34℉, Partly Cloudy, Light SW Wind
Water Temp: 40℉

This was my last successful tirp in the Trophy for 2017.  If youcan call 1 fish a success.  At least it was a good one.  Dang Winter arrived early this year.

Low Winds = Fishing

14.5" Bubble Walker (White)

2:45-6:45PM Across from PA, Chuck's Pt, Double Cane Pt., F Flat
Conditions: 55-48℉, Partly Cloudy, NW N NE Light Wind/Calm,
Water Temp: 50-48℉

Finally a nice night for me to go fishing.  If the long term forecast is correct this weekend may be it for me in the Trophy.  I started out at West Point and didn't get a hit.  I then went into the hay field across from the Platte Public Access.  Nothing was going on there.  I finally got a hit on the Horny Toad around the cattails in the reeds, but missed it. 

22" Craw Tube (b/b)

I had a pike boil on the Horny Toad, but not hook up. I got it on a Blue Bruiser Craw Tube.  I got one more small pike on the Horny Toad.  I then headed to Chuck's Point.  Had one small pike after the Horny Toad there and that was it.  I then headed to Double Cane Point.  A fish gave it's position away sending me North into the bay.

25.5" Bubble Walker

   I got my biggest pike of the night on the Bubble Walker and a couple of small one's as well.  I got a couple more small pike as I went in the hay along the point on the Horny Toad.  I wasn't getting any bass and wind had switched out of the East so I headed to F Flat.  There I got a couple of 14" bass on consecutive casts and a couple of pike as well on the Bubble Walker.

2 Bass
9 Pike

A Trip Out To F Flat

16.75" Fleet Farm Spinnerbait

5:30-7:00PM F Flat
Conditions: 60-58℉, Partly Cloudy, SWSSE Wind
Water Temp: 52℉

15.25" Fleet Spin

The Vikes beat the Ravens today. Defense is looking good.  Steve needed to take the Soul in to the cities to pick up Mack.  So I transferred my stuff into the Aerostar and helped Steve pick up a little bit.  Had about 2/3rds of an inch of rain in the boat from last night.  I didn't get anything at West Point.  I then headed to the West side of F Flat.  Unfortunately I can't make out where the reeds are as they are all cut off.  I drifted in over the top of them. Up towards shore I got my first bass of the night (15.25).  I didn't get anything else until I got out front of the flags.  I picked up two dinks and a 13 incher.  I got the biggest one of the night over by the white thing.  I missed one that knocked slack in the line over there as well.  No luck on topwater.

5 Bass

Ironman Mission Lakes

I screwed up when I went to crop this pic, no back up.

Fished one of Smitty's Ironman's with Snatcher Chuck. We came in about 5th or 6th Place out of about 13 teams or so.  It was windy and cool.  Jig bite was the deal for us.  I think big bass was a 6lber.   I only contributed one fish to our bag.  Between the two of us we got about 17 bass and 4 pike.

It's kind of hard to remember details seeing as how I am writing this on March 4th 2018.

Off the Dock/GOMH

8" BPS Spinnerbait/Gifted Grub

Got the dock pulled in a bit today.  I took the nieces out for a short boat ride.  Dang wind.  I got one bass off the dock and lost a pike.  On the way home I stopped at the GOMH.  I got the one toothy and missed a decent jumper.  I had to get my tackle organized for tomorrows tournament with Chuck Steinbauer at Mission Lakes, so I didn't take the Trophy out.

Found Some On F Flat

15.75" Mils Fleet Farm Spinnerbait/Swim Fluke/Gifted Grub (B/W/R)

3:35-3:50PM GOMH
4:30-7:00PM Out Front, F Flat
7:40-8:00PM GOMH
Conditions: 72-67℉, Partly Cloudy, S Wind
Water Temp: 53-51℉

I didn't get a hit at the GOMH.

I started at West POint and worked my way East.  I got two small pike in front of Jim's.  I had a Sprinker Tail and Hack Jig get bit off in the reeds.  At about 6PM I headed to F Flat.  I should have gone there sooner.  I missed the first bite I had.  I then got into a school of bass out front of the white thing catching 5 of them (15.75x2, 15, 13, 9.66) on the Fleet Farm Spinnerbait.  I also got a small pike.  MY last bass (13.25) of the night came on the Piranha.

I tried the GOMH again and didn't get a hit.

9.30lbs Best 6 Bass

6 Bass
3 Pike

Plans Change, Dang Wind

3.54lbs/17.75" Piranha/Craw Fatty (June/B/B)

8:30-9:00AM GOM
9:00-9:30AM Rock Dock
10:00-11:30AM West Point. East of Jenny's,  SPSI
4:00-7:00PM Loon Flat
Conditions: 48-64℉, Partly Cloudy, Light to Heavy Wind SW W
Water Temp: 52℉

16" Piranha/Grub (Chart)

I got one jumper at the GOMH on the Piranha. I also missed a hit on the Real Deal Craw.

21" Piranha/Grub (Chart)

I got one pike at the Rock Dock. I took my sweet time getting out in the Trophy.  I got two bass at West Point.  A 11.5 incher on the white Bubble Walker and a 13.66 incher on a chart Rippin' Rap.

Juvenile Loon Checking Me Out 

 
I then went and fish the inside turn and point over by Jenny's.  Didn't get a bit.  Then I headed to South Point of the Small Island.  Nothing going on there.  I got a phone call, but the phone was out of juice.  I headed in just in case Dad needed to use the car.  Turns out it was Snatcher Chuck asking me to fish a tournament with him on Mission Lakes this Saturday.
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17.1" Fleet Farm Spinnerbait/Swim Fluke/Gifted Grub

The plan was to head across to the West side of the lake, but the waves at the North narrows made me turn back.  I got soaked too.  I pulled up on Loon Flat and spent the whole evening there.

I got the melanistic bass as soon as I switched the the spinnerbait.  I quickly got a 8.5" dink and pike. I then had probably 5 fish hit the spinnerbait and not hook up.  I got one more pike on the spinnerbait and a small one on a 3/4oz Red Eye Shad.

17.75" Piranha/Craw Fatty

And the big bass of the day was my last bite of the night.

 

11.15lbs Best 6 Bass for the Day

7 Bass

4 Pike

I Tried The River, It Came Up Pike (Mostly)

16.25" Piranha/Craw Fatty (June/O Craw)

4:40-8:00PM West Point, River, Intersection NE, GOMHIT NE
Conditions: 70-66℉. Partly Cloudy, SW Wind, Water level falling
Water Temp: 54-51℉

I started at West Point and I think I missed a hit on the Real Deal Craw.  Couldn't get it to hit again, so maybe it wasn't a bite. Who knows.  I then went straight to the River.  Didn't have a bite at the mouth.  Not a good sign.  I was maybe about 50 feet into the river when the bass bit on the Piranha.  That was the only bass I caught tonight.  I got 5 pike in the river and missed a couple hits as well.  The wind died down some and I headed out of the river to the NE of the intersection.  Didn't get a hit outside and just one inside the reeds that I missed.  I then went and parked at the GOMH.  I had what I think was a small pike get off when I went to life it in the boat.  It was to dark for me to see and I didn't have my headlamp on at the time.  It bit on the Grass Pig.  It might have been golden, who knows.  Was fairly disappointed I didn't get at least one golden.  It looks like no rain this week until Sat, when we might get a thunder storm.  I would really like to see the water level drop by about a foot from where it is at presently.

No Much Ventured and Nothing Was Gained

6:30-6:50 GOMH
7:00-7:15 Rock Dock
7:30-8:00PM GOMH

I should have gone to Rock first as the wind was enough out of the West that it was pretty calm.  By the time I got there it was really too dark.

Didn't get a hit at the GOMH and almost lost the Big Wig Jig in the rocks while vertical jigging off the bridge.

I was too lazy to go out in the Trophy tonight as I only would have had about an hour and a half to fish.

Post Vikings Victory Fishing

3.88lbs/18.75" Piranha/Craw Fatty (June/O-Craw)

4:10-4:30PM GOMH
5:00-7:00PM Loon Sex Point, Loon Flat
7:40-8:10PM GOMH
Conditions: 48-46℉, Partly Cloudy, W Wind
Water Temp: 51℉

Barr knocked Rodgers out of the game and the Vikes went on to win 23-10.  Looks like #12 is out for the season.  I listened to Vent Line for a little while before heading out.  I quickly fished the GOMH and didn't get a hit.

I had to drain maybe 3/4 of an inch out of the boat.  I started at West Point and had one hit that I missed.  I then went to Loon Sex Point and got a couple pike there on the black Mills Fleet Farm Spinnerbait.  With the wind not backing off I headed to Loon Flat.  I got 4 pike and the 1 bass (3.88) there on the Piranha/Craw Fatty.  It was semi-protected on Loon Flat.  There was no surface activity at all.  Might be because of the cool temps.

19.5" Grass Pig (Swamp Gas)

I got the one golden bullhead at the GOMH on the Grass Pig.

1 Bass
1 Gold
6 Pike

OK Day On the Water

3.50lb/18" Herbs Dilly (Silver/White)

7:30-8:30 GOMH SW
9:00-4:00 West Point, F Flat, Reeds Across the Way, Docks Across the Bay
Conditions: 35-55℉, Mostly Cloudy, Light to Breezy out of the  NNE
Water Temp: 53℉

3.02/17.75" Big Bite Baits Real Deal Craw

I didn't get a bite on the NE side.  I got one toothy and one nice jumper on the SW side on the Big Bite Baits Real Deal Craw.  That was it at the GOMH.

12.75" Jenko Big Wig Jig (Gizzard Shad)

I started out at West Point.  I got one bass (12.75) there on the Jenko Fishing Big Wig Magnum Jig and two (10.25, 15.5) on the Real Deal Craw.  I then headed to F Flat.

15.25" R2S Bubble Walker

I got this bass right away on the Bubble Popper up by shore.  I then got a small pike casting out.  While I was letting the fish tire itself out next to the boat I noticed the line was frayed a little bit about 6" up the line.  It didn't look serious so I lifted the fish up to me.  While I was waiting for my chance to grab the fish without getting hooked the line snapped and the fish fell back into the lake.  I was not a happy camper at my stupidity for letting that happen.  I looked for the lure for about 15 minutes, but the bait never resurfaced.  Easy come easy go.

3.02lb/17.25" Pop Max KO

So I put on the bubblegum Pop Max knock off and pretty quickly got a good one on that.  I also got a 12.75.  The wind came up and the topwater bite died.  I got one small pike on the Big Wig.

I then headed to reeds across the way which was in more protected water working North to South.   Not a whole lot was happening in the reeds.  When I was coming to the division between the two beds I got a 16.66" on the Herb's Dilly Buzzbait.

16.5" Hack Jig/Craw Fatty (GP/Chart/GP)

I got this 16.5 on the South side of the divide.  Pretty much in the middle of the bed I got two 13 inchers on consecutive casts.  I thought I might have found 'em, but it wasn't to be.  I worked my way around the point and got the big one of the day on the Herb's Dilly off of a dock that was still in the water.

18" Herb's Dilly

I got a couple more bass (13.5'x2,11) off of docks on the Real Deal Craw.  I also missed so hits.  Then it was back to flogging the water.  I didn't realize how windy it had gotten until I headed in.  The Wind was really humming out of the North.

16.79lbs for my Best 6 Bass

15 Bass
5 Pike