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5/20/14 & 5/23/14

5/23/2014

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Both days were almost the same so I'll summarize.

I started out just at first light and put out lines. I went around Hales Ford Bridge and a little beyond but saw nothing so I headed down to Coast Guard point. On Tue I got the first fish at 6:15 at Coast Guard point and Fri it was at 6:20. Both around 25". After that I couldn't get another bite. I did mark a few fish but not as many as last Saturday. Tuesday, I crossed over to the Bedford side and had a big fish on but it somehow found the only snag within a quarter mile and broke off. Rot! So Tue I headed up lake again and trolled from R31 to Grimes. I was marking some scattered fish and passed over three decent schools around R34 but didn't get a bite.

Then I started hop skipping up lake looking and ended up at the courts. I was marking fish and boated two within 15 minutes. Nice 25.5" and 26.5". Then nothing. I still saw fish so I drifted around casting all kinds of stuff (I have a few things on the boat) from top to bottom. No takers.

Friday was a repeat except that after Coast Guard point I went down to the Beacon and made a quick pass through. I marked a few fish but got no takers and then headed up lake again. As I was passing Becky's I noticed several boats working the area so I cruised through looking but I didn't mark a single fish. I don't know what those guys were fishing for. Then up lake was a repeat of Tue but I didn't get any more fish. Oddly enough there were boats fishing just about everywhere.

Ya'll have fun.
Joel
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