onthewater102
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Finally got out on the water :wink: Sunday 9-9 for a 3 mile drift with my brother. Second cool day in a row, launched with the air right at 60 degrees, overcast skies with a slight threat of drizzle...PERFECT.
The fish got the memo too, all 53 of them. A simple majority of them came on the pearl zoom superfluke, but they hit buzzbaits and spinnerbaits well too, especially the bigger ones, fish that is - the blade lures were all 1/4 or 3/8oz sized. No real reason to switch out lures as they were very active in each pool we came to. It's nice when they play according to the rule book.
Water temps have fallen quickly, probably in the upper 60's already after we had 4 days of 90+ degree muggy weather last week. The bigger fish all came from the upstream side of the deepest water in the pools like clockwork. As soon as we dropped into each pool it was a race to see who would find the resident piggies first. No real beasties, nothing bigger than 3#, but tight lines all morning long. Even managed to not swamp the little 1032 with both of us and a size 29 trolling motor battery...somehow...
Used polarized motorcycle goggles trying to avoid migraines that always seem to follow time spent fishing possibly brought on by the flickering peripheral light reflected off the water. Seemed to work according to plan, although they look ridiculous.
Some of the fish porn:
The fish got the memo too, all 53 of them. A simple majority of them came on the pearl zoom superfluke, but they hit buzzbaits and spinnerbaits well too, especially the bigger ones, fish that is - the blade lures were all 1/4 or 3/8oz sized. No real reason to switch out lures as they were very active in each pool we came to. It's nice when they play according to the rule book.
Water temps have fallen quickly, probably in the upper 60's already after we had 4 days of 90+ degree muggy weather last week. The bigger fish all came from the upstream side of the deepest water in the pools like clockwork. As soon as we dropped into each pool it was a race to see who would find the resident piggies first. No real beasties, nothing bigger than 3#, but tight lines all morning long. Even managed to not swamp the little 1032 with both of us and a size 29 trolling motor battery...somehow...
Used polarized motorcycle goggles trying to avoid migraines that always seem to follow time spent fishing possibly brought on by the flickering peripheral light reflected off the water. Seemed to work according to plan, although they look ridiculous.
Some of the fish porn:
