Tuesday Nov 20. Started at the crack of dawn and worked my way up river. I didn't see much until I got to Moorman's. There were fish there but no biters. Different cranks and rigs at different speeds did nothing. Eased up to the trestle and got a small 21". Nice but no cigar. Headed back down and worked the M-TC stretch. Boffo, another small 17". All the fish so far were down 30ft+. No breakers and nothing up chasing anything. All this takes time so its nearing 1pm when I get back to the TC. Just thinking about quitting when I ran over a BIG school of fish dragging 3 A-rigs at the time. Whammo! TWO on at once! I cleared the third line and did the dance with the other two. I actually landed both fish, a pretty pair of 27". Cruised aroung there for another hour. Didn't find that big school again but saw many smaller schools. But still no more takers. Tons of fun.
Friday Nov 23. Started at the crack of dawn and worked my way up river. (where have I heard this before?). Checked IC and HR but saw nothing. I did find fish at Beaver Dam. Set out the lines and looped around the mouth and channel with no bites so I started up the creek. (new boat came with a paddle) I was seeing fish all the way and also seeing quite a few boats. My hunch was right. Fish here. But none of the fish wanted cranks nor rigs. I saw at least one fish boated, looked about 20" and the guy was actually weighing it! Another guy said he got 4 but no real size. I would have used bait too but the pump on my bait tank is not working. Big fix this weekend. I left BC and ran up to the TC. There were fish there but all down about 40+. Nothing I did would convince them to come up to bite. Rats. Ended up a fairly nice day. Guess I'll have to keep trying. Belated Happy Thanksgiving to all. I joined my youngest daughter and her in-laws in Farmville. I got stuffed more than the turkey. The wine was good too. Later. Joel
Friday Nov 23. Started at the crack of dawn and worked my way up river. (where have I heard this before?). Checked IC and HR but saw nothing. I did find fish at Beaver Dam. Set out the lines and looped around the mouth and channel with no bites so I started up the creek. (new boat came with a paddle) I was seeing fish all the way and also seeing quite a few boats. My hunch was right. Fish here. But none of the fish wanted cranks nor rigs. I saw at least one fish boated, looked about 20" and the guy was actually weighing it! Another guy said he got 4 but no real size. I would have used bait too but the pump on my bait tank is not working. Big fix this weekend. I left BC and ran up to the TC. There were fish there but all down about 40+. Nothing I did would convince them to come up to bite. Rats. Ended up a fairly nice day. Guess I'll have to keep trying. Belated Happy Thanksgiving to all. I joined my youngest daughter and her in-laws in Farmville. I got stuffed more than the turkey. The wine was good too. Later. Joel
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