4/10 Silver Season Begins, Rock Dock Not In

 

10.5" BT Demon/Minnow

Not Today

6:30-7:00 PM Rock Lake

7:30-11:30 PM GOMH NE, SE, SW

35-40℉, Cloudy/PC, Calm

Water Low

It was a cooler-than-forecast day with some drizzle.

I got to the Rock access and realised I had forgotten to put the minnows in the car, buzzkill; I was not a happy camper. I fished until 7PM, then headed home to get the minnows. Rock Dock not in.

I got the minnows, then immediately headed back North. A guy and gal were fishing on the SW side and bridge when I got there. He said he hadn't caught anything. I fished on the NE side for maybe 15 minutes, then switched to the SE side. He caught a nice jumpin bullhead. I was going to switch to my lighted bobber rod when the first silver bullhead of 2025 showed up (10.75). I did switch to the lighted bobber rod. They left at maybe 8:30. I texted Peter W a little after 9 PM after I missed a bite. Shortly after that, I caught fish number 2, just as I was going to switch to the SW sides. Peter showed up by 9:30. I caught my last fish of the night about a half hour after Peter arrived. I struggled to detect bites between my wonky bobber and the light bites.  At about 10:45, I switched to the SW side with Peter. He left a little after 11. I planned to call it quits at 11:30 PM if I didn't get any more bites. Right before 11:30, I put a cast to close to the Beaver Dam and got hung up. I got my lighted bobber back but broke off the Glow Demon. I did 6 laps and didn't get out of there until 1 AM. It was getting foggy. I didn't shine anything. When I was fishing on the SW side after Peter left, I had a muskrat beelining for my lighted bobber from the south. I could see it coming because of the bright moonlight.  I reeled up, and it just kept the same coarse after lighted bobber until. I reeled up all the way, and only then did it give up on its quest to get that glowing red thing.

3Crip 

4/6 DNF

 I took Dad to Urgent Care in Onamia to get his back pain looked into. We didn't get out of there until after 7pm. So, just like yesterday, daylight ran out before my duties as a son did. 

4/5 DNF

 I drove into the cities to pick up Mom at Jeff's. We didn't get back until 7:50pm, so by the time Mom was settled in, it was dark. No trip to fish for me. 

4/4 Rock & GOMH

 

6:40-7:20pm Rock

7:40-8:20pm GOMH SW

36-38℉, Cloudy w/drizzle and light rain, 0-1mph

Rock Lake Ice Off!

Checked North Platte Lake Drive in the slush before heading down. Ice is holding strong on the North end of Platte. Had off and on drizzle as I fished. No bites. I didn't have time to try everything I wanted. Ice still on Bulldog.

Moved through baits rapid-fire, no bites. I did 4 laps, and it started raining, so I thought I better get home to check the window. It was just about to the point that water would start coming in when I arrived. Lucky break. It was reckless of me to be away for so long after I witnessed how wet it was everywhere tonight.

Skunked 

4/3 at Rock and GOMH

 

 

Me with My New Glasses at Rock

Woodpecker at Rock Lake

Immature Eagle at Bulldog Lake

E of GOMH

Muskrat at Rock

7:00-7:25 Rock Lake

7:50-8:20pm GOMH SW

40℉, MC, 0-3mph

If nobody had gone down to Rock and blazed a trail through the snow, I wasn't going to go down, but somebody did, so I did. I stopped at Bulldog first, and there was an immature eagle that flew into a tree just as I pulled up. Still quite a bit of ice on Bulldog. When I stopped at the Rock Access, I could hear a woodpecker pecking away close by. I took a video and a couple of pictures. When I got out of the car, there was a muskrat swimming by. I didn't get any bites. I'd say under 10% of Rock has ice now.

There was still ice in Our Bay and down by the GOMH the GOMH; I didn't even waste my time driving on North Platte. I shoveled the SW sidewalk so I wouldn't fall. Unusual light refraction tonight because of the clouds at sunset. There were these three swans that appeared pearlish, peach, pink. I didn't get any bites. I did five slow laps in boats and a full lap when I shined fish at the end. I thought I had dropped my headlamp at the GOMH, but it was really in my walking shoe; I just saw it sitting there at 2:30 in the morning.

Skunked 

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DNF

 

4/1 Rock and GOMH Skunk

 

5:45-5:50pm Rock Lake

6:00-6:30PM GOMH SW

33℉, Cloudy w/snow, 8-10mph ENE

I fished for a few minutes in the wind and snow then said "Hell to dah nah.". Ice is still on Rock and Bulldog.

Ice was still on the North end of Platte and in our bay. Just a little bit of ice left E of GOMH. The SE Bay in Sullivan has ice in it as well. I fished for half an hour and called it quits biteless. I did one lap and checked the NE Access of Sully on the way home.

Skunked