At Jeff's Wedding

I caught the pike on Friday night from shore and I got a rock bass off the dock on Sat.evening after the wedding when I went down with Todd, Kristen and the girls.  Steve and Todd both a got a pike a piece.

Evening Trip With Todd and Mal

6.75" Puddle Jumper (Pink)

8:15-9:15PM Double Ditch or LSB
Conditions: 76℉, Partly Cloudy, Calm, as ideal fishing conditions as I'll ever see.  Man it was nice out.
Water Temp: 80℉

I took little miss sweet thing out for a couple of trips around the big island after dinner.  She decided to stand up on the tube after telling us a dinner that she would never do that, "too scary" she said.  Glad I had the camera in the boat to capture it even if the pics aren't ideal.

7" Puddle Jumper/worm

I took them to Loon Sex Bay.  I lost something small on my first cast.  Todd also missed a hit on his first cast into the slop.  Next cast I got the bluegill in the first pic.  Then Mallory got one (2nd Pic).  I got another small sunny and then this crappie.

7" Puddle Jumper (Pink)

Todd missed another hit in the slop.  I asked Mallory if I should start throwing the frog and she said yes because she wanted to see a big fish get caught.  I had a pike bite on Maxx on about my third cast.  I didn't set the hook and it let go.

17.25"/2.91lbs Mad Maxx Frog (Bluegrass)

I managed to grant Mallory's request. I thought the fish was a a half inch shorter than it turned out to be because there was no body to it.  Todd lost a good one.  I then caught a 12.5".

Mal wanted a picture of it, so we took a selfie.  I think that was the last bass hit of the evening.  Mallory caught one more small sunny.

Mal and Todd ready to head in

2 Bass

1 Pike

1 Crappie

5 or 6 Sunfish

Frog Fishing With Todd Morning & Evening

4.05lbs Terminator Frog

5:40-9:00AM East Of GOMH & Loon Sex Bay
Conditions: 59-74℉ and Humid, Sunny, Calm
Water Temp: 76℉

15.25" Ish's Frog

So I headed out for SPSI first thing.  Todd missed a hit in the pads at the base of the point. That was the only bite we got there this morning.  We moved off the point and started throwing Ploppers, nothing.  I got close enough to the slop East of GOMH that started throwing the Terminator Frog into it.   He missed the first two or 3 bites.  I got a 12" dink which I weighed on the Ish's Frog.  The toad missed Todd's frog the first time.  He caught the fish about 3 minutes later when it absolutely choked it.  Todd then got a 15.25.  I took us to the pads across from SPSI and Todd missed a bite and I had a pike miss me.  We then went to Loon Sex Point where I got the 15.25.  I think Todd missed one.  I might have missed one as well.  I caught a dink across from the point in some light rice.  Belle caught two nice sunfish and took them off herself when we were out.  The key this morning was being in pads.

We quit fishing at 9.  When we got back to the lake place I elected to go home instead of go back out fishing.  It had warmed up to the point that it was to warm to be wearing jeans.

23.75" Ish's Phat Frog (Brown)

7" Some Jig w/Pink Plastic

I came back at 11:30AM and took Belle out tubing for a while.  We came back in and Belle had lunch.  I caught a 8 inch bass I didn't take a picture of on the Puddle Jumper and the pumpkinseed off the dock.  I got the pike from shore at the neighbors to the West.  At about 2PM I took Belle back out tubing as Sherman our neighbor to the East was taking his grand kids out tubing and swimming on their pontoon.  Two of his grand daughters are about the same age as Belle.  When Belle noticed they had stopped tubing she directed me to go over by them and see if she could go swimming with them.  Not only were they fine with that, but they said they would bring Belle back in with them.  That was OK with me because I needed to get some rest.  So I went and told Todd what was up and went back in and went home.  I didn't think to look and see how much gas was left.  That little error ended up costing me fishing time and one wasted trip the next day.

Todd out fishing in the Trophy when I got back to the cabin

  

 There was enough gas left that I took the 3 girls out tubing and swimming for about 25 minutes.

3.21lbs Mad Max (Bluegrass)

8:45-9:15PM East Of Jenny's
Conditions: 78℉, Sunny, Calm
Water Temp: 80℉
Belle decided not to go out with us.  I headed us over towards the spot East of Jenny's where I got the two bass the other night.  I think I had a pike miss my frog at that spot.  However at a spot a little ways down there was a small school.  I got a 15/16 bass all the way to the boat before it jumped off.  I then got a 17.75" bass and Todd got this 16.5"

2.73" Terminator Frog

I then didn't get much of a hook set into another good fish, I'm thinking 17+, that got off and that was it for the school.  Darn that pontoon boat that distracted me and had me thinking about getting the nav lights on when the fish hit.  Had a couple more bites from pike.  The skeeters came out and we were done.  I left the gas tank in the boat, so Todd could use it in the morning if he wanted.  I should have just went and got more gas right then.

Best 6 Bass for the Day

Those two fish I dropped in the evening really hurt our best 6 weight for the day.

9 Bass
4 Pike
3 Sunfish

Topwater With Todd/Slow Evening With the Crew

Early Start This Morning

18.75" Hexa Chinooki (Cotton Candy)

Another Shower Blows Knock Off the Hexa Chinooki

18" SBKO (Black Herring Bone)

16.75" Chinooki

10.5" SBKO 

Todd and I took off just before sunrise and the fish were on the South Point of the Small Island.  The 18.75" was the first fish landed.  I saw it was barely hooked so I boat flipped it, rather than wait for the net. Todd and I then doubled up.  Me with a 16.5" and Todd with a 13.75". Todd then got the 18".  Then I got the 16.75" and we were lucky Todd didn't get a face full of hooks as the Chinooki came unhooked in the net and flew up at him. Todd got 1 last 14.25" on the SP.  He also lost one or two good one's.

We then headed to the South Point of the Big Island.  I caught 15" bass there and Todd missed one that boiled on the Terminator Frog.  Then we went to F Flat and I got a couple of small pike on the Chinooki.  Todd got a small pike on the Shower Blows knock off.  We went to North end of the reeds across the way and Todd got the crappie there on the SBKO.  We fished the reeds a little bit.  I left the Shower Blows box open and it dumped over completely.  Our fishing time was up, so we headed in.  I got the lures untangled and back in the box as Todd got the girls ready to go to the pancake breakfast at mom and Dad's church.

I got home from the pancake breakfast and took a short nap.  Todd called letting me know they got out the big inflatable island, so i could rest a couple of hours longer, which I foolishly didn't do.  Isabelle called for me to come up at about 12:15PM.  I took the girls tubing for a couple of hours.  Then they went and played on the inflatable island and I took a nap on the Trophy.  Mom brought dinner and I took Kaylee back in her car and got gas.  We had brats and hamburgers.  I then took out Belle and Mallory on the inflatable that Dad bought.  Belle didn't care for it.  Mallory liked it. And Sophia didn't try it.

7.5" Puddle Jumper

7" Panfish Tube

17" Terminator Frog

Fishing was slower tonight and we were all pretty exhausted.  Mallory and Belle were bickering with one another.  The hook on the panfish tube broke on a good fish.  Belle didn't catch anything tonight.

Best 6 Bass for Todd and I for the Day, 18.87lbs Stout

Multi-Species Fishing With My Brother Todd, Isabelle, Mallory And Their Friend Sophia

1st Fish of the Night. My Perch on a Panfish Tube of the dock

2nd Fish of the Night a Crappie for me in the Trophy

Mallory's Sunfish 3rd Fish of the Night

Mallory's Pike caught on the Puddle Jumper and a worm

Sophia's 1st Fish a 7" bluegill

Little Miss Mallory's Perch

Todd just before the bass struck. That is the moon above his head.

3.39lbs Terminator Frog

A better pic of it from Todd's Iphone

The Crew (Sophia, Mallory, Belle, and Todd)

Sophia's 1st Ever Crappie 10" Panfish Tube

Todd and the girls  came back up today plus Flash and the girls good friend Sophia.  After two trips out tubing the wind finally settled down and I took the crew out fishing minus Kristen and Flash.

As you can see from the pics in this post the fish were cooperative.  Water Temp was down the 76℉.  It was much cooler today with temps only reaching the Low 70's and we got maybe 1/2 of rain between a couple of brief thunderstorms this morning.  Isabelle did get a pike and crappie. The crappie was a good one that flopped off as she lifted it out of the water and the pike which was 23-24" class slipped out of Todd's hands and into the lake before anyone could get a picture.

Fishin' With Todd & The Girls

7" Puddle Jumper/Worm

8:15-9:25PM Out Front In the Trophy
Conditions: 80℉, Partly Cloudy, Light SE wind
Water Temp: Mid 70's

We got the pontoon boat launched today, but it wasn't ready for prime time.  It only started at full speed in forward and steering directions are reverse from normal were a couple of the major issues.  Dad worked on it while I took the girls out tubing behind the Trophy.  Boat traffic crashed at about 4:30 as people ended there holiday weekend.  At about 6PM I was ready for a break and needed to get more gas, so I went and did that.   We had dinner after I got back.  Todd had put a hole in the tube, so there was no more tubing tonight.  Instead I took Todd and the nieces out fishing.

8" Puddle Jumper/Worm

I took us out to the inside turn on our side of Jenny's reeds. Mallory was the first to catch a fish.  She hooked and landed it all by herself.

Terminator Frog

 Todd had a blow up that missed his frog.  A few casts later he got the pike from a different area.

Isabelle Grace

9" Beetle Spin/Puddle Jumper/Worm

Isabelle didn't want to be left out and wasn't when she landed this crappie.  My memory card was full after I took the picute of her holding the fish.  I had to erase a few pictures to get the final one's of the night.

8" Puddle Jumper/Worm

6.5" Puddle Jumper/Worm

At around 9:10PM I took the boat out from West Point to get a look at the sunset, but there was a thick cloud bank on the horizon so we couldn't see it.  I took the bobber off of 'the snoopy pole" and we got a few gills vertical jigging. A fun time was had by all.