Gold, No Silver And One Big Snag

8:00PM-2:00AM
Conditions: 62-50 degrees, Cloudy some sprinkles, Windy out of the NW

The plan once again was to check the GOMH and then go to Rock.  That plan changed when Bass Snatcher Chris and the Pull Tab guy were there.  They had gotten a couple of silvers, some jumpers, toothy's, and Chris lost something big he didn't get to see.  He filled me in on what is up with him.  He dropped out of the Snatchers this year.  He had a good size jumper break him off.  Pull Tab guy got a silver.  I snagged something with the Storm WildEye on the SW side.  I could move it thanks to what must be 20lb fireline.  I got it close to shore and the line broke.  I went and foolishly got the Tatula Rod and tried to pull it closer with that.  I broke off at the hook.  I then tried the trailer hook from a spinnerbait.  I broke that off.  Chris had a weighted heavy gauge hook.  I had a new plan and it got the tree close enough to where I could reach it.  I got the Swim Shad and craw tube back.  No sign of the trailer hook. The tree was to heavy for me to move on shore.  Nothing was going on as far as fishing, but there was lots of activity in the tunnel.

Those guys left and I went to the North side.  Current was moving pretty good into Sullivan.  I quickly got a bite and it was a golden bullhead.

18.5" Glow Demon w/minnow

About 5 minutes later the bobber went down and I got another golden.

19" Glow demon

About 10 minutes later I got another golden.

21"

About 5 minutes later I got this bullhead.

  About 5 minutes later I got another golden.

24"

I was packing up to go back to the SE side when Peter W. showed up.  I fished the SE side for about an hour and didn't get a bite.  Peter missed a couple of bullheads.  There was lots of fish activity on the surface.  The current slowed down, so I went and gave the NE side another shot.  I was just about to leave when I got a bite, but I missed it.  Peter left and then I did shortly after he did. 

Fun Evening at the GOMH

First Bullhead of the Evening 15.75"
(I've noticed a lot of the jumpers are skinny this Spring)

Conditions: Partly cloudy to overcast and windy out the NE.  Temps were in the low 60's to mid 50's by the time I left

I arrived at the GOMH at 4PM.  Two guys were on the SW side so I took up the SE side.  I got two bullheads on the pink Cubby with no tail and a minnow.  The two guys left around 5PM so I went over to the SW side.  I had the Cubby bit off by a toothy bullhead.  I then went to the long rod my 8ft UL with T.H.E. Jig.  I got lots of bites but was having a tough time hooking up due to long casts, the wind, and my drag not being set tight enough.  Still I managed to land some jumpin' bullheads. A boat showed up and eventually came in pretty close to the bridge.  No one was on the E side yet and they weren't bothering me.  They didn't catch anything.  At some point  Chris from the Bass Snatchers showed up and told me about the bullheads they got last night.  Joe was with him and fishing on the North side at that point.  Chris went back to fish on the North side and somebody was fishing the SE side.  A cool bearded guy named Josh from SE South Dakota who is working temporarily at the Onamia Hospital came down and fished next to me.  I said he would have to see if his fishing skills were up to par as he hadn't been out in quite a while.  Because of the wind we had issues with our lines crossing and he had to cut his line once while I was fighting a jumpin' bullhead.  He got a silver bullhead within the first 15 minutes of fishing.  Eventually we switched spots, the boat left, a few more people showed up, and the silver bullheads started biting.  Josh was having a good ole time.  I think he ended up being one short of a limit because he was hoping for one last big fish. He caught at least 15 silver bullheads.  I switched to the Cubby rod with a white tail Cubby and  got 1 last good one on that.  I got the 2 for my limit and I think I got 13 total.  Didn't get any fish when I went to the lighted bobber.  At that point the fish had pretty much stopped.  Chris & Joe's friend was kind enough to give me all his minnows as I was down to 5 left.  I left right at 9PM.