MNfisher
02-24-2013, 08:10 PM
Well I proved today that when all conditions seem to be going your way, the fishing can still be VERY tough!
I made my 3rd trip ever to Pickwick today. I have fished there with Alphahawk and have caught fish with him and he has shown me his ways:)
Today was EXTREMELY hard! I fished the boils for a few hours this morning, it produced 1 skipjack. I then went to a point on the lake where we usually catch several species. I fished it for an hour, I caught one 1/2 lb bluegill. I then went to the lock, where there were 4 boats and 13 other guys fishing crappie, in 2 hours I saw 3 crappies caught. We moved down shore a bit and pulled in 2 more skipjack.
I saw across the river that several people had showed up at the boils, across the dam we headed. 2 more hours of fishing and we caught 7,386,385 skipjack. Literally every cast. Which was fun, but BIG whites is what we were after. 17 guys fishing along the riprap, not a white caught. We then tried a point further down river, nothing. Back to above the dam, thought I found them, 5 casts produced a very nice bluegill, a 13 inch smallmouth, Lost a very nice fish, but was fighting slow like a big drum, missed another and one cast in the middle of those was biteless. The next 45 minutes, not a bite.
Headed back to see if the crappie started in the lock, 22 people fishing, watched for 10 minutes, no fish caught, Headed home at 3:30 pm.
Total for the day, 2 nice bluegill, 1 smallie and 7,386,388 skipjack.
Everyone was clueless to where the whites went, last weekend they tore them up....figures.
Well, I still love it there and will be back this spring yet!
I did get some great skipjack jumping pics that I will post soon!
I made my 3rd trip ever to Pickwick today. I have fished there with Alphahawk and have caught fish with him and he has shown me his ways:)
Today was EXTREMELY hard! I fished the boils for a few hours this morning, it produced 1 skipjack. I then went to a point on the lake where we usually catch several species. I fished it for an hour, I caught one 1/2 lb bluegill. I then went to the lock, where there were 4 boats and 13 other guys fishing crappie, in 2 hours I saw 3 crappies caught. We moved down shore a bit and pulled in 2 more skipjack.
I saw across the river that several people had showed up at the boils, across the dam we headed. 2 more hours of fishing and we caught 7,386,385 skipjack. Literally every cast. Which was fun, but BIG whites is what we were after. 17 guys fishing along the riprap, not a white caught. We then tried a point further down river, nothing. Back to above the dam, thought I found them, 5 casts produced a very nice bluegill, a 13 inch smallmouth, Lost a very nice fish, but was fighting slow like a big drum, missed another and one cast in the middle of those was biteless. The next 45 minutes, not a bite.
Headed back to see if the crappie started in the lock, 22 people fishing, watched for 10 minutes, no fish caught, Headed home at 3:30 pm.
Total for the day, 2 nice bluegill, 1 smallie and 7,386,388 skipjack.
Everyone was clueless to where the whites went, last weekend they tore them up....figures.
Well, I still love it there and will be back this spring yet!
I did get some great skipjack jumping pics that I will post soon!