Bearplane04

Launched at ER around 6:30 this morning. 36 degree air and something like 58 degree WT. Couldn’t decide where to go first, but the thick fog sorta set my plans for me. Mostly idled up to Roaring River and ended up bouncing around slowly making my way back and ended up staying there the whole trip. I threw the whole tackle box at them this morning and never locked into a pattern. My best three keepers were 2 LM and a good spot on a tube on the bluffs that came bam bam bam. The tube was a fun bite and I wish I could have done more with it. Caught three more on a flat side in the shallows. Caught one on a jig, one on rock crawler, and one on Texas rig sinko. First time I’ve ever zeroed with Ned. Had one on that absolutely obliterated a z-man but lost it. Lost a couple more on the crawler which was weird too. Headed back around 1:00ish with WT around 61. Lots of people in there trolling and scoping. Probably should have run up the lake but oh well. 9 with 3 keepers not the worst day.

Was looking forward to Friday 3/7 for at least a month with a vacation day blocked off on the calendar. But the wind…meh. Decided to hold off till afternoon hoping the wind would back off a little. I launch at eagle rock and usually fish from there up to the James. Ended up going all the way to the James trying to catch some relief from the wind. Lots of dying 2” shad everywhere so as much as I wanted to throw damiki style I couldn’t manage it in the wind. Surprisingly caught 7 on a rock crawler in 10-14 ft on a small flat. 3 keepers were 2 spots and a LM. WT late in the day got up to 51.4 there. Maybe spring is finally almost here.

Thanks for the good report. We got to go yesterday afternoon in the big M area and managed 9 on Ned in 25-35. 7 spots, 1 SM, 1 LM. Caught 18 spots on Ned last Friday but couldn’t report that behind the 90+ report!

I sincerely appreciate the information posted by Mr. Babler and others like Mr. Quillback, Mr. Dutch, and others who have contributed their experience to my benefit. Their information has opened up TR (and surprisingly Beaver) to my little boy and me, allowing us to have fun transitioning to highlands fishing, whereas I was really frustrated going it alone before finding this site. I would presume that my experience and benefit from their generous sharing of information is exactly what this site’s creators envisioned, and I would bet there are many other silent members out there with the same message. Never got a lick of benefit out of a single “that’s not how you catch fish” post. Too bad that last message will likely be lost on the intended audience.

We caught one in the Mont Ne area last spring.