A Fishing Report for a Change

Not very many reports have been posted lately; so here goes… I got on the water yesterday around 9:30 AM, and Shipwreck texted that he was wearing them out upriver; so I headed up to join him. As usually happens when I go to someone else’s fish, I didn’t do squat after an hour of pulling; so I moved back down. I found a point that was holding fish in 20-25 feet of water, and it was on for about an hour. Planers, downrod, and cork all did the job. I caught several 26 inch fish that were so fat I don’t know how they were swimming. That bite stopped and I moved down to the Gap area where I put out a spread over deep water. The day ended with some perch on planers and a fat 23 incher on a cork. All total I caught 11. I then ended the trip with a visit with Rick K.-- fresh off his Mexican fishing adventure. Good times!

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Good job. I might try this week sometime, but I haven’t really been in the mood to fish lately. Still good to read about someone catching them.

-The size of a fish is directly proportional to the time between when it’s lost and the story is told. - Me
-What’s the best eating fish, you ask? I’ve found that for a lot people, its the ones that they happen to be able to catch, clean, and cook. - My Dad
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May I ask what the water temp is? Fishing in a kayak this time of year, safety is a big factor, so…

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Sea Hunt BX22 Br
WS Tarpon 140

Water temp was 47 Saturday I have seen it as low as 44 this year.i will go ahead and give my report for Friday and Saturday fished buffalo Friday it was covered in bait put out 6 boards 1 freeline and 2 dwn Rds fishing with gizzards the fish would just pull the boards down I would start reeling and they would turn the bait loose. I then put stinger hooks on all my bait started catching quality fish left buffalo and went to lil Saluda area picked up a few more fat quality fish. Fished Saturday with the same set up without stinger hooks started in the little Saluda area and was done by 1230 caught 10 keepers Saturday and 13 keepers Friday along with 2 shorts the size was from 8 to 12 pdrs with 2 of them measuring 29 and 30 inches most of the fish were released brought 5 home to eat also caught 4 good size largemouths

Sounds like a fun day on the water. I took this weekend off from fishing. Hope to be going next Saturday morning.

A couple of guys in a largemouth tournament told me the water temp was 46. Too cold to risk getting hypothermia.

Water was 47-48 up around Barstow. By afternoon when I got around Billy Dreher, I got a reading at 51 and change. Still, it’s pretty doggone cold to be fishing in a kayak.

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