Bowfin at Bulldog

20" Stanley Phantom

Rock Lake 7:45-8:10PM
Bulldog Lake 8:20-9:15 PM
GOMH 9:30-10PM

I ended up putting the Armilo on a TD-S because the two Fuego's I have in reserve have issues with the breaks.  I'll be sending 3 reels in to get checked out I guess.

Rock was a bust as usual now. I might of had one bite.  I quickly bailed.

A guy was bringing in a fish a Bulldog, so I went to the Holy Family access.  Right away a fish popped it's head up.  Dogfish didn't even enter my mind.  I had a fish swirl on the Phantom as I was navigating it through some pads.  A couple casts later I got the little puppy at the start of my retrieve.

After that I had a pike hit the Grass Pig and not hook up.  That pike hit the GP four more times biting off the tail, then completely wrecking it.  I cast the Outkast Beaver and the pike took that.

21.5" Outkast Beaver

I had a fish on it the pads briefly on the OB as well, but it got off.

I headed to the GOMH.  The rowdy bullhead fishermen who likes to catch bass was there.  He had gotten a couple bass tonight and a pike.  Nothing was going for me.  The water was up about 4 more inches.  I guess we'll see if it makes a difference.  Somebody left an unopened can of root beer, which I took and a Chatterbait stickbait lure.

Bass Opener Score Card
Bass 2
Pike 3
Dogfish 1

Bulldog, Jenny's, GOMH this Afternoon in the Rain

15.75" Grass Pig

3:15-4:15PM Bulldog
4:35-5:15PM Jenny's
5:25-6:25PM GOMH

Conditions- Mid 60's, light wind out of the E NE, light rain

I didn't want my tackle soaked so I didn't take the Slop Slip out this afternnon.  I was disappointed with the casting distance performance on my TD-Z with the Armilo line.  I think it was mostly the reel.  I'm going to have to get it serviced to get the performance it's capable of giving.  I got a pike at access at Bulldog on an Outkast Beaver (not called a beaver and they no longer offer them).  I went to the Holy Family access and the bass smoked the Grass Pig as I was bringing it through some pads.  Can't fish that way on an open jig head.

I tried going to Rock, but there were people fishing there.  I decided to give Jenny's a try.  The wind made seeing the rice tough.  Still I got at least 5 good hits but I didn't catch anything on the Grass Pig and Spro frog.  I'm guessing they were pike.

At the GOMH, I got 21" toothy on the bubblegum Ebay chatterjig on the NE side.  I think I also had a bite on the Grass Pig.  Had a small toothy follow the Grass Pig in on the SE side.  There was a guy with two gals fishing for orange's on the SW side.  He got a small toothy.  I got hungry, so I went home.

1 Bass
2 Pike

So now I'm at 2 Bass and 2 Pike for Bass Opener weekend.

I decided not to go to Mille Lacs tonight, all my minnows were dead.

2 Hours for 1 Bass On a Tomato at Peavy

14.25" H20 XPress Jerk Shad in "tomato" color

9:40-11:30AM
Conditions- Overcast, slight breeze out of the East, low 60's.

It was a clown show for me again this morning.  Instead of getting up to go fishing at 4AM, I went back to bed.  I woke up at 7:30AM and didn't leave the house until 2 hours later.  Couldn't find the swimbait hooks, which were in deed in the bag I took fishing on Clown Show Night.  I decided not to take the Slop Slip because it could start raining anytime.  I left the house at 9:30 and decided I'd hit Peavy Lake first.  Hey I got a bass.  I also lost one of my bubblegum Ebay chatterjigs on a backlash at the spool.  Just got the one bite.  This spot has potential, how is it that I just discovered the lake has a dock.  Instead of going on to the GOMH, I decided to go home and spool up the Sunline Armilo on the TD-Z and Avid 6'8"M.  It's 2:30PM now and I'll be heading to the GOMH to fish in the light rain in a few minutes.

1 Bass