Pickwick 6-30-2014
Went to Pickwick hoping to get into some white bass...stripers. They had generators 3...5....and 6 going. That is not conducive to good bank fishing on generator side. I cooked in those rocks for over 2 hours hoping all that action going on in the middle of the river would come my way...or hoping generator number one would come on. Neither one happened. The striper and whites were busting top water at boil number three though boil number five. There were two boats out at boil number three cat-fishing and they were filling their boats up with nice cats...a fish on every cast. I moved to a point down river hoping to get in some action but after that walk down those rocks and another hour of casting it was no go. Hiked out of there and went up to the park on the lake and caught some 6-7 inch Gills......not quite what I was looking for.....so I loaded up and drove over to lock side. Sat in those rocks for almost 2 hours hoping for anything. Even though I was taking plenty of fluids I started feeling sick to my stomach and from my years of experience working in Saudi I knew it was time to get out of the heat. I made one last cast and got a hit on a Bison Trout Magnet. When I set the hook I thought I was hung...then the fish realized it was hooked. I caught a nice...very chunky... 17 inch large mouth. He gave a great battle on the 2# test line. Took a couple of pics and up that long sidewalk I headed. Wednesday looks like the day to bank fish according to water release schedule. Will hit it again somewhere tomorrow.
Regards
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