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Kind of late on the reports but better late than never. Had a chance to make a quick stop on Thursday. The short short version: fish near the reeds or submerged grass with t -rigged plastics. Best bet was a pumpkin seed BBH. Got 5 in no time, largest went just under 5 lbs, most were just in the slot. Threw in a few perch and a white bass to add to the mix.
Was really looking forward to spend a longer time this weekend but the wind did not cooperate. Eventually made it out there late Saturday morning and ended up hiding from the wind more than fishing where I wanted. So this is where it gets interesting. On the intake side I notice a boat mid lake that appeared to be targeting whites/hybrids so I paid them no attention. As I was about to move from where I was something told me go check them out since I thought i saw someone wave once or twice. Now I really didn't want to go to mid lake at this point because the wind was pretty strong and every now and then it would be even stronger. But I did so, slowly.
Sure enough I get there and there's a couple and their teenage son in an old tri hull with an old johnson 55 that died and won't start. Had the wife jump over in my jon to help with the weight distibution but then the wind picked up like crazy so we couldn't get a tow rope going. The tri hull got blown into thick grass near the reeds unbelievably fast so I couldn't get next to them. After one or two passes the husband manages to toss a rope to me and just held it and pulled them out to deeper water where we stopped and secured the rope. It was then a slow and bumpy ride back. Needless to say everyone had life jackets on and i had a knife ready to cut the tow rope if i had to. I was amazed at how the wind kicked up and even a little worried about how we would fare at the ramp but thankfully the wind died down for a few minutes just as we got near the ramp so that was a nice break.
So the story behind the stranded boaters. First boat they owned, bought recently on craigslist for $750
May still turn out to be a decent deal. The boat itself was in decent shape but they had these rusty metal tanks that I suspect to be the culprit. poor dude could not even back his truck down the ramp in a straight line. When we got back they even offered me some cash but I did what i hope anyone would have done for me.
Got skunked on Saturday but I figure there was a different reason I went out.
Was really looking forward to spend a longer time this weekend but the wind did not cooperate. Eventually made it out there late Saturday morning and ended up hiding from the wind more than fishing where I wanted. So this is where it gets interesting. On the intake side I notice a boat mid lake that appeared to be targeting whites/hybrids so I paid them no attention. As I was about to move from where I was something told me go check them out since I thought i saw someone wave once or twice. Now I really didn't want to go to mid lake at this point because the wind was pretty strong and every now and then it would be even stronger. But I did so, slowly.
Sure enough I get there and there's a couple and their teenage son in an old tri hull with an old johnson 55 that died and won't start. Had the wife jump over in my jon to help with the weight distibution but then the wind picked up like crazy so we couldn't get a tow rope going. The tri hull got blown into thick grass near the reeds unbelievably fast so I couldn't get next to them. After one or two passes the husband manages to toss a rope to me and just held it and pulled them out to deeper water where we stopped and secured the rope. It was then a slow and bumpy ride back. Needless to say everyone had life jackets on and i had a knife ready to cut the tow rope if i had to. I was amazed at how the wind kicked up and even a little worried about how we would fare at the ramp but thankfully the wind died down for a few minutes just as we got near the ramp so that was a nice break.
So the story behind the stranded boaters. First boat they owned, bought recently on craigslist for $750
May still turn out to be a decent deal. The boat itself was in decent shape but they had these rusty metal tanks that I suspect to be the culprit. poor dude could not even back his truck down the ramp in a straight line. When we got back they even offered me some cash but I did what i hope anyone would have done for me.Got skunked on Saturday but I figure there was a different reason I went out.
