OK Morning at the GOMH and in the Trophy

3.61lbs/17.5" Hack Jig/Craw Fatty

7:30AM-12:30PM GOMH, West Point, Across the Bay Dock, Across the Way Docks and Reeds, F Flat Docks
Conditions: 50-57℉, Mostly Cloudy, ESE Wind, water level falling
Water Temp: 63℉

2.75lb/17.75" Mag Fluke (Disco Violet)

I started at the GOMH and got that anorexic jumper on the SW side on the Magnum Super Fluke.  I think I also got a 16.25" on the craw tube (brown/gp) and a 19.5" toothy on the Pure Poison/Swim Fluke Jr.  The it was time to get in the Trophy.

I think I caught a fish or two at West Point, but don't remember.  I am doing this blog without my notes from the trip, which I misplaced and cannot find.  I then went across the Bay to "the dock".  Unfortunately, it has been mostly taken in at this point.   I caught a 12" bass  on the Whopper Plopper and lost what felt like a very good fish get off that hit the Mag Fluke.  I then went to the point across the way and got a small pike off of a pontoon lift on the Hack Attack Jig/Craw Fatty.

25" Hack/CF

2.64lb/16.75 Mag Fluke

15.5" Mag Fluke

3.15lb/17.25" Mag Fluke

I caught all those fish and a few more in the reeds and off the docks across the way.  I decided to fish on Fall Flat rather than go to Inlet Bay like I planned.  I didn't get any hits in the wind on topwater, but I did get this dink on the Mag Fluke.

9" bass on a 7" Mag Fluke

 I also got the heaviest fish of the trip there on the Hack Attack Jig.  I missed a couple of fish as I was fighting the wind.

16.71lbs for my Best 6

14 Bass
9 Pike

3 Bass Then Turned Into Pike Night

17" Magnum Super Fluke

5:45-7:45PM West Point, NW Bay
Conditions: 64-60℉, Partly Cloudy, W Wind
Water Temp: 64℉

The Vikes lost to the Steelers. Then I watched the Twins beat up on the Blue Jays.  I wasn't feeling quite right, so I got a little later start than I wanted to.  Also I went up to the cabin and talked with Steve for a little while and saw the work he and Todd got done this weekend.

I started at West Point throwing the Magnum Super Fluke on a single 5/0 hook.  I caught 16.25" and the 17" bass there.  I also had one hit that I didn't get. Probably a pike.

I then headed to the NW Bay to the rice patch.  I got a 16.75" bass pretty quickly on the Terminator Frog.  I lost a good hit on the Sprinker knock off.  I then had the tail get bit off 3 times in about 20 minutes; Twice on the same fish.  I then caught 6 pike on the Terminator Frog.  Here is the biggest one.

27" Terminator Frog (Yellow)

I didn't get but one hit at the juice and I missed it.  I should have fished much faster tonight.

8.13lbs for my Bass tonight

3 Bass
7 Pike

GOMH & Channel Inn Bay

4.18lbs/19" Terminator Frog

7:00-12:00 GOMH, West Point, Channel Inn Bay

Conditions:  64℉, Cloudy, Windy WSW, water level about the same

Water Temp: 66℉

15/16??? Brovarney Jig

I didn't have my ruler or the scale with me at the GOMH this morning, because I left them in the boat house when I was there getting water out of the boat last night.  I got out a little later than planned thanks to Lilah walking right past me and peeing in the house when I was holding the leash to take her out.  When I arrived there was a truck at the Grumpy Old Man Hole and two guys fishing frogs on the NE side.  Must be guys who were up for the BASS AOY tourney.  I wish that thought would have clicked with me at the time, but it didn't.  I just thought it odd that there were guys there fishing frogs  Anyway, I caught the one jumper on the SW side.  That was the only bite I got.  I then went over to the other side and talked with one of the guys briefly.  He told me he had missed a fish.  It was kind of windy up on the bridge so I had a hard time hearing what he said.  I was anxious to get out in the Trophy, so I left.

10" Hack Jig/Craw Fatty

I stopped two docks short of West Point.  I missed a hit on the Sprinker knock off in the reeds and got the dink on that first dock.  I missed a couple of hits (SSKO, Hack Jig) at the juice dock and got a 16" on the brown/gp craw tube.  I then was off to the South point of the small island. It seemed to me that it was blowing about 10mph or so.  I didn't get a hit.  I decided to move into Channel Inn Bay where I would be more protected.

16.1" Double Magnum Fluke Rig

Today was the day I finally got around to throwing my brainstorm from last winter, two Magnum Zoom Super Flukes connected on a split ring.  On about the fourth cast I had a good fish nail my contraption, but it got off when it hung me in the pads, bummer.  A little while later as I was fishing in a boat lane I caught the 16 inch fish on the rig.  It was hooked by both hooks.  I think the rig is a success, but something I am not going to risk on Platte/Sullivan, too many hammer handles.  I did have one pike grab the rig a few times.  A little farther in the boat lane I caught a 16.5" on the SSKO.  I then got a 15.75, 16.75, and the 19 on the Terminator in the rice/slop.  I also missed a couple of good bites.  It was now Noon and an hour past when I intended being off the water to head over to the AOY Fest at Casino, so I called it quits.

16.62lbs for my Best 6 This morning

19, 16.75?? (got off as I was boat flipping it), 15.75 Terminator Frog

15.5 Brovarney

16.1 Craw Tube

16.1 Mag Fluke

16.5 SSKO

20 Fluke

20 SSKO

Pre-Fishing Little Boy/Wabedo

Who is that masked man?

10:00-4:00PM Little Boy then Wabedo
Conditions: 80-67℉, Cloudy to Sunny, Calm to mild NW Wind, water level appears to be down.  I think the water temps were in the high 60's with an algae bloom happening on Little Boy.

I arrived just after Alan had bugged out of the access area, oops.  As we were heading out he asked me who I was paired up with for the tournament.  I informed him that he was my boater.  Apparently when I left my message for him the night before I didn't make that clear.  He thought I had found out he was going to be fishing the lakes this day and just wanted to tag along.

We started in Little Boy on a weedline spot.  Didn't get anything there, but there seemed to be activity in the near by super tall and thick reeds.  We then headed to the inlet on the North end.  I had a 36 or so inch muskie follow my Whopper Plopper.  Alan got a quality bass right away in the reeds.  I got a 2lber on a yellow Terminator Frog.  Alan got a couple more bass and I had a couple of blow ups that didn't get the frog.  We then moved to a large reed bed on the West side of the lake.  We picked up some small bass there.  I also lost a good bass that hung me in the reeds and also had what I am assuming was a big muskie do the same.

We then moved farther South and Alan got a couple of more good fish in the reeds.  I had a good sized pike strike the Terminator and got bit off by another one.  Alan eagle eyed where it was on the bottom of the lake, so I got it back.

We then moved on to Wabedo.  Didn't get anything there until we got to the far southern end of the lake.  I got a couple bass out of the pads on the Terminator.  We headed back up close to the channel to LB and I got some pike and my last bass of the day out of the reeds.  We stopped at one more spot on Wabedo, didn't get anything and left.

Here is my weight for the day on the five bass I caught.

Alan had maybe a 13 to 14lb bag I would guess.

I'll be doing a lot of reed fishing next week as I get prepared for this one.

Was the first time ever fishing out of a Phoenix Bass Boat.  Basically I can bring as many rods as I want in that thing with it's open layout on the passenger side.

GOMH Morning/Trophy In The Evening

3.65lbs/18.25" Hack Jig/Craw Fatty (Ok/GP)

9:00-10:00AM GOMH SW
Conditions: 65-70℉, Mostly Sunny, South Wind

17" Craw Tube (Brown/GP)

I missed a hit on the Poison on the NE side.  I got two 14 inch jumpers on the Poison on the SW side.  I got a 15" jumper and a 20" toothy on a Netbait Paca Slim and the 17 incher letting the craw tube just sit.  5 fish was enough to send me home rather than to the Trophy.
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4.18lbs/19.25" Terminator Frog

4:30-8:00PM West Point, Don's Bay, Platte River Inlet Bay
Conditions: 80-72℉, Mostly Sunny, SE Wind turning calm by 6:30PM
Water Temp: 72℉

So I started the evening trip at the GOMH and didn't get a bite.  On the way to West Point, I had a pike steal the tail on the SSKO.  I caught a 15.25" bass on the craw tube at "the dock" and then I pulled the 18" off of it on the Hack Attack Jig.  I retied the jig, but then got hung up on the dock to the
east.  I didn't retie and quickly lost the jig.  I tied on another Hack Jig (Sunfish) with a GP Craw Fatty.  I got a 20" pike off of the tree dock.  I got a 10" bass to the West of the tree.  I then ran a few docks getting some small bass (13,10) on the jig and Super Fluke (12.25"x2).

I then headed to the Inlet Bay.  I got a 16.25, 13.5, and 15.75 off of docks on the Hack Jig.  I then moved into the slop throwing the Terminator Frog.  I got lucky on the first hit as I was adjusting the trolling motor and didn't realize a bass had sucked it down.  It was a 16.25" fish.  I had a good bass come off as I was boat flipping it.  I then got a 16.5"  It was now 7:15 and I was getting ready to move to Double Cane Point when I had a good fish nail the Terminator while I was moving.  The fish got off.  I decided to settle in the area and got a 15.25" and 19.25".  To bad the 19.25 didn't have shoulders.  That was my last bite of the night.

18.01lbs Best 6 Bass for the Day

20 Bass
4 Pike

Morning GOMH/Evening In The Trophy

4.18lbs/18.5" Spro Sprinker K.O.

6:30-7:45AM GOMH NE, SW
Conditions: 54-64℉, Sunny, Light SE Wind, Water Level High

I caught 10 jumpin bullheads and had the bluegill Shower Blows 105 get bit off.  2 (15's) on the Pure Poison and 8 (17.5, 15x4, 14x3) jumpers on the brown/gp craw tube.

17.5" Craw Tube (Brown/GP)

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6:00-8:00PM Green Cabin Bay,  2 Cane Point
Conditions: 79-70℉, Partly Cloudy, SSE Wind
Water Temp: 69℉

18.5" Spro Sprinker KO

I headed to Green Cabin Bay.  Got a couple pike and 15" bass there on the Spro Sprinker.  At 7:15 I headed to Double Cane Point and got 6 bass (18.5, 16.25, 15, 14x2, 13) there on the Sprinker, plus missed a couple.  The 18 incher was a total chub.

15.89lbs Best 6 Bass for the Day

18 Bass
2 Pike

Fishing With Pete

15?? Piranha/Craw Fatty

2:00-5:15PM GOMH, Dock, Our Bay
Conditions: High 70's, Mostly Sunny, Light NW Wind
Water Temp: 70℉

16.75" Whopper Plopper 130 (Bluegill)

Pete and I tried the Culvert and Inlet first.  Didn't get anything.  Pete missed a hit on the Sprinker KO at the NW Sullivan landing.  He then got two decent jumpers at the Grumpy Old Man Hole South side on the Piranha.  I got two small jumpers on a craw tube (brown/GP).  I also missed a few bites.

We then made it to the lake place.  Pete got a 12" bass casting the Piranha.  We then went to West Point.  Pete had a good bass jump off on the Piranha.  We then fished along Jenny's reeds. Pete got a decent sized pike just West of Jenny's.  I got a pike off of an East shoreline dock.  Pete got a few small bass and pike.  I got the 16.75", by the juice dock.

We quit fishing because the Vikings game started at 6:10PM.  They beat Peterson and the Saints pretty handily.

I didn't weigh any fish.
9 Bass
3 Pike

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.

Morning on Platte/Evening in the River

6.50lbs Whopper Plopper

31" Whopper Plopper 130 (Rat Ta Tat)

7:00-11:30AM Double Cane Point, NW Bay
Conditions: 48-61℉, Cloudy, Light SSW Wind
Water Temp: 60℉

16" Spro Sprinker KO

16.75" Mad Maxx (Bluegrass)

I started at Double Cane Point.  Got a couple of bass there but it mostly wasn't happening and the wind was annoying, so I went to the NW Juice.  I got the 16.75" on Maxx and missed a couple.  I threw the Salmo Bass Bug over the flat and got some hammer handles.  As I made my way back to the Juice I got the big pike on the Rat Ta Tat Whopper Plopper 130.  I would have liked to continue fishing as conditions were nice out, but I didn't know when Pete was coming up, so I went in.
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15" Mad Max (Bluegrass)

3:30-6:30PM Platte River, NE Intersecton
Conditons: 73-41degrees, Partly to Mostly Cloudy, ESE Wind
Water Temp: 65 degrees
Mad Maxx 15.75x3, 14.5x3
Maxx 22, 18x3
SSKO 18x2

So I decided to check out the river.  There were some fish there and I dropped the biggest one at the mouth.

I luckily got Maxx back while fishing the SPRO when a pike bit it off.  I got one bass and 1 Pike at the intersection.  I had to get home to get my hair shaved for the wedding.  Pete was there when I got home.

20.32lbs Best 6 Bass with Pike

13.82lbs Best 6 Bass

10 Bass
13 Pike

Good Night In The Trophy

4.23lbs/18.66" Terminator Frog

Conditions: 64-60℉, Partly Cloudy, Light NW Wind turning calm,
Water Temp: 64-61℉

18" Terminator frog

I decided to start at the rice bed in the NW Bay and head to the NW Juice.  I had a couple small pike strike me in the rice.  I put the Terminator Frog towards the shore slop and got the 18 incher there on the yellow Terminator Frog.  I got a 21" pike on the craw tube and that was pretty much it until I got to the rice at the juice.

16.95" Mad Maxx (Bluegrass)

 I got a 16.5" and 16.95" there on Maxx and a 19" pike.  At 7:10PM, I elected to move to Double Cane Point.  I pulled up to the North of the rice/pad point. Boom went the dynamite.

18.66" Terminator Frog

Then I lost a big one in the pads.  Then I caught a 12.75" bass on the Terminator.  Then I caught this beast.

4.67lbs/19.75" Terminator Frog

It may have been the fish I lost, but I don't think so.  That was it for fish on the rice/pad point.  I got up by the point and got a 16.5" and 13.5" on the Terminator Frog and a 16" on a brown/gp craw tube.  Last fish of the night was a 14.9" bass on the Terminator along the eastern shoreline of the point.

20.32lbs for my Best 6 Bass

10 Bass
5 Pike

Got Some Fishing In Before Dinner

Conditions: 60℉, Cloudy, NW Wind

I am in a spun out mental state right now.  It started with me finding out that I wouldn't be able to fish my tournament a week ago.  I tried fighting it it off and had a long day on the water last Wed's.  Probably spent to much time on the water and wore myself out. I still haven't gotten around to blogging that day yet.  I didn't feel much like fishing the next couple of days and didn't.  Then the brothers showed up on Saturday.  Having the nieces around and fishing with Todd lifted my spirits some, but they were headed out by Sunday evening.  I had an OK trip out Sunday night, which I haven't blogged yet either.

When I woke up Monday the water at the house wasn't working and thanks to it being labor day, it won't get looked at until tomorrow/Wed's morning.  Monday was pretty miserable anyway.  With multiple small storms coming through and the cool weather I wasn't into fishing.

I wasn't going to fish today either, but then Mom didn't have dinner ready when we got up to the cabin. I went down front and had a couple pike swat at the Bluegrass Maxx and the Hack Jig with Craw Fatty.  My new Tatula SV is a skipping machine.

3 Pike

With Todd In Morning/By Myself In the Evening

16.5" SSKO (Yellow)

6:30-9:30AM NW Bay
Todd and I put on a miss fest in the morning.  Had the Yellow Spro Sprinker get bit off.  Todd caught the one hammer handle.
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2.35lbs Spro Kicker Frog

16 Pike
5 Bass

Only got 5 Bass Today

I started on Loon Sex Point.  Missed the one hit I got there.  Went to Channel Inn Bay and got bites in the same area I had been getting them in.  Had a big one miss the Kicker Frog with no legs on it.