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8/27/14

8/27/2014

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Still getting out at the crack of dawn. I ran down to Betty and Becky's creeks for a quick hunt. I only saw a few scattered fish in the creeks but more showed up at the mouths and beyond. No schools, just 1s, 2s, and 3s and no bites. So I worked the outside past the condos and the island point and humps. Still only a few scattered.

I kept moving down lake criss-crossing to both sides all the way to R25. Nada. So I ran down to the S curve. I made a lap around there and results were the same, scattered and small numbers. As I finished the lap I noticed boats working over by Turtle Island and went to investigate.

I only saw 1 or 2 fish boated and trolled around the group looking. I did find a school a little way away from the boats but no takers on the crankbaits so I switched over to the super Alabama rigs so I could get deeper. Some fish were up 40-50ft but many more were down 80-100. I would even stop the boat when I marked fish to let the rigs drop down.

Still nothing. Hard to believe. I worked that area for at least an hour, periodically marking the deep schools but couldn't get a bite. But for August it was a really great day on the water.

Later Joel
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