Saturday, May 06, 2023

Double Extended Trip At The GOMH

 

19.5" Rocket Shad

3:00-7:45PM GOMH SW
48-51℉, Cloudy some drizzle, 5-10mph NE
Water is very high falling

Todd dropped off the pontoon today. I went to the lake place and got a rake and a landing net. I cleared some dead fish and slop before fishing. Somebody had a minnow trap hanging from the SW corner of the culvert. I got a couple of 4lb jumpin' bullheads to start. A mom and gram showed up with two boys to teach them magnet fishing. They each caught something. After they left, some teens showed up. I broke off the Wing It Bobber rig about a yard above the bobber when I was fighting a fish that felt like a panfish. I saw the bobber and caught the rig on my first cast; it was out there quite a way. The teens applauded me when I landed a 3lb jumper. They left. Federal Ammo Dave showed up with his posse and started on the N bridge. I got a couple of Gator Bullheads and lost a big Orange Bullhead that I thought was a bass by the way it pulled; the big gill dove under a small dead dogfish and into the cattails and got off. Dave's posse came to the S side of the bridge as it started to rumble in the distance. One of Dave's guys got a silver as I was packing up. I was gone before it began to rain. I shot my report video when I got home from the car in the rain. It was a short storm. The power went off at the lake place. I noticed on the radar that the heavy stuff missed us but bullseyed on P/S.



Tuesday, May 02, 2023

DNF

 Was a nice day, but Mom got a late start for shopping in Brainerd,  Steve had a track meet tonight, and the Eos isn't road ready/not insured yet. Mom fell on her face at Walmart and so Dad and I had to go up to retrieve her. I didn't get home until after 11 PM. Decided to scrap the night trip I was going to take when Mom got home.

I will be out at sunrise, if not before. 

Have no clue if the area docks were put in today or not.

I did find the trailer hitch, got the trolling motor battery connector replaced, and got the boat starting battery to take a charge; I had a weak connection at first that made me think the battery was dead.