Morning GOMH Trip

Christmas Lake Guy Gets a Nice Jumper

6:00-9:30AM
Conditions: Sporadic sprinkles, cloudy, wind out of the E SE, on the cool side with temps in the mid 40's.

I thought more rain was going to make this into just a quick morning trip but it just sprinkled for brief periods.  I got a couple jumpin' bullheads when Local Walleye Guy showed up.  Despite being out in his boat numerous times he hadn't caught a crappie yet. Sure enough he got two silvers and a jumper before he got cold and left.  While he was still there I got a small toothy on T.H.E. Jig w/ minnow on my long panfish rod.  I had a big jumper jump me off on THE Jig, about 10 minutes before Christmas Lake Guy and his daughter showed up.  They fished for about half an hour in which time he caught that 4lber in the picture and I got a 14" on THE Jig.  After they left I fished for about another half hour missing one bite.  I was cold now so I was getting my stuff ready to go two guys in T-shirts showed up to fish.  I thought they were nuts.  I got in the car and it wouldn't start.  I got confused if the noise it was making was from the battery being low or not.  I thought maybe the starter had gone out with the clicking noise it made.  I couldn't call my parents who were at Church.  As I was thinking what I should do the two guys were leaving after only being there for 15 minutes.  I asked them if they lived to the South, which they did and they took me home.  Turns out it was just a low battery, not sure if I left the lights on or what.  Nobody was fishing when we fetched it.  

No Silvers or Dogfish

Not the dogfsh I was hoping for.
(17.5" White Crawtube) 

6:00-7:30AM
Conditions: Sunny, 46 degrees, breezy out of the NE

I was up and the sun was coming up, so I went back to the GOMH.  I actually went to the GOMH, Bulldog, Bear Trax for more minnows and back to the GOMH.  On the first trip to the GOMH the only bite I got was the fish in the picture (NE side).  I tried for silvers first, but they were gone.  I did see a couple of really small orange bullheads along the rocks. Amazingly I didn't get a single jumper on the S side the first trip.  I got the 17.5 incher on the NE side.  Bulldog was dead.  I went back to the GOMH again and got a couple more jumpers, but on the SE side this time.  As I was packing up to leave Christmas Lake Guy showed up pulling his boat.  I filled him in on how I did last night and this morning.  He told me that the ramps on Sullivan haven't been fixed yet and the docks aren't in yet.  I just assumed since Rock Lake was done that Sullivan was as well.  I really hope they get on that before Opener.