Couple Fish Off the Dock

Fixing rods today.  Had a knot up the line cut the line and caught the little goober.  I also caught a small perch. Didn' take the pontoon out due to the wind.

Neices Swimmin' and Belle fished for a bit.

2:30-4:30PM Went to the far side of the north end of the big island.  It was windy out of the East.  The three nieces swam and played the lily pad most of the time.  Belle came up and fished when she got out of the water catching a couple of perch. Devin drew pictures and Mal swam until we left.  Getting the pontoon on the lift was easier than Todd thought it would be.

Todd Got Some Sunfish

7:50-8:20PM East of Jenny's
Conditions: 70℉, Partly Cloudy, Calm (Had been very windy all day out of the West)
Water Temp: 72℉

The wood on the trolling motor bracket gave way thankfully while Todd was using the motor, not while I was taking the girls out tubing this afternoon.  If it would have happen then chances are it would be on the bottom of the lake.  Todd was able fairly quickly make a new one and we mounted the 36lb thrust Minn Kota Endura on it that I had sitting in the boat house.  Because it would soon be dark I headed East of Jenny's.  Todd missed a few hits on the Terminator Frog. I had the tail on the SSKO get chewed off on the best strike I got.  I also had a pike break off a craw tube.  There were people up on the porch watching all this happen and adding some encouragement.  We ended up not catching anything.

Todd did get 6 sunfish while fishing off the dock before I took the girls out tubing so it wasn't a skunk for the day.  He found a worm on shore and caught the sunfish lickity split.

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

More Fishing With Todd & The Girls

10.75" SBKO

A thunderstorm prevented Todd and I from getting out at first light.  I went to the GOMH about a half hour after the rain stopped.

12" Armor Worm on Ike's Wacky Head

I caught a bunch of dinks there.  I then went and woke Todd up and we went out for about an hour and a half; That is when the first picture was taken.

19" Pure Poison/Swim Fluke Jr.

14.9" Terminator Frog

16" Mad Maxx

I took Todd out to South Point Small Island for some topwater fishing.  A few small fish lightly hit at the Pompadour.  I then gave Todd a lesson on walking the dog with the Shower Blows knock off.  He had one good blow up miss it, one good one get off and he caught the dink in the very first picture.  We then headed to Loon Sex where we both got a bass on frogs.  The sun came out and we had to head in.

It was a hot day with temps in the upper 80's.  I took the girls tubing for a good portion of the afternoon.  We went to the Mann Cave for pizza.  I took the girls out for another short trip on the tube and then we all headed out fishing.

Mallory 1st on the board

A second after the pike flopped off the spinnerbait

It landed in the boat

Mallory's Sunfish for her dad

Belle's 1st landed fish of the trip

Belle settled down and got in a rhythm getting two pike 

Todd had plenty of blow ups, but didn't land a fish.  Mallory had pity on him and landed a fish just for her Dad.  Isabelle had a good size pike hit on the buzzbait she was fishing subsurface.  I didn't see how big it was.
I caught a total of 4 Pike, Mal got 4 Sunfish, Belle got the Sunfish and was credited with 3 pike.

It really turned into an ideal night for fishing.

The pathetic weight of bass for the day

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.

Less Fishing Today, Got A Nice One After Steve Left

Isabelle and Haley

I didn't get to the lake today until 11:30AM or so.  All the girls caught fish this morning before I got there.  The panfish had pretty much scattered by then.  I did get 2 sunfish.  Steve and I went out for about 45 minutes before he and Kim left.  We spooked some fish, but didn't get a bite.  I went back out after 8PM and hooked a nice bass on a frog in the top of it's head.  The darndest thing.

17.75 Mad Maxx Sweet Revenge

Also had a small pike strike at Maxx. For about 10 minutes fish started hitting stuff all over in the large weed bed I was fishing.  I chased after one fish, but it wouldn't hit my lure.

Another So So Day Fishing With the Family

16" Sweet Revenge Mad Maxx

Girls mostly played in the water, less fishing today

It was a gorgeous day at the lake.  Mostly Sunny, in the 70's, and light winds.  The girls did a little fishing in the morning, and everyone caught sunfish.  I forgot my camera, and once again, having the Polaroid slipped my mind. Steve and I took an unproductive trip in the afternoon to the west.  Steve lost one little bass.  I managed to catch 4 sunfish and 1 crappie off the dock.  Steve and I went out after the cake for my parent's 50th Anniversary was served. "Cut the cake!"  We fished out, and I was still totally clueless about where the pike were at.  I pulled the plug on that and went into the slop. I found a pod of fish tonight.  I missed one and had a pike break off my Spro.  Steve got 2 bass and missed 3 more hits.  He also had a pike break off a fluke, and I lost a Tungsten Sinker when we were still out.