Quillback

Finally found a top water bite today, found it in 2 locations, first one was near a long point with timber, the second was in a little pocket. The fish near the point were over 30-50 FOW and the pocket fish were in 10-15 FOW. They were up on top chasing one inch shad, hard to miss them. Both places they chased for an hour or so, then it died off. Caught them on an Evergreen Shower Blow 100. Mostly spotted bass with a few largemouth. Right before I left, I threw the c-rigged craw across a point by Big M, caught a few on it, including a couple of smallmouth. Had one hard puller that got off. Boated 27 today, with 4 keepers, no outstanding fish size wise, but fun to get on top. They were pretty aggressive today, if they missed it, keep walking that bait and they'd come back for it. Had a couple that knocked the plug 2 feet in the air. I had a couple that spit out 8-10 shad by the boat. Air temp was 85 when I left, love this weather, but looks like a cool-down in the works next week. WT 74

Looks to me like Boby is trying to do too much. Swinging at a lot of pitches out of the strike zone. And the Yankees have a pretty good pitching staff, have to give them credit.

I know several people that have had the surgery and they've all been very happy with the results.

Forgot to add that I got checked by the wardens today at the ramp. First time on Beaver that I have been checked.

I was back today and it wasn't happening. Caught one and only one smallmouth. Briefly hooked a freight train on my wimpy drop shot rod, but it pulled off, I bet it was a striper. However the stripers were not on top today. I can't figure it out, maybe it was the north wind.

Yeah, you hate to hear that.

I'd like to hear how you're doing, FFS or not.

Got the split in NY. I like their chances at the K.

That jig bite was a squirrely one, I take a little pride in being able to detect jig bites, but I bet I had a half dozen at least that I thought were bites, but never reacted to in time. Swung and missed on several and had 4 or 5 throughout the morning that chased the jig back to the boat. Just a funny day, I blame it on the weather. Weather was great, a bit chilly to start but really nice when we left. Did not see a cloud the entire day. We saw several turkeys down by the lake. Thanks for the trip buddy!

Welcome Will! Good to see a young guy joining up, most of us are probably 3 times your age. Ness may be 4 times! Catfish are fun, used to fish for them at night, chicken livers were my go-to bait for them.

I've been wearing bifocals for about 20 years, always have been near sighted, but then needed the bifocal for reading and tying knots. I'm getting cataracts, just a matter of time before I get surgery for that.

Hard to walk away from those 5 lb. browns you've been catching.

I'm all over the place, I'll sometimes go as far up as close to the mouth of the Kings then fish my way back. What few I can catch have been main lake for the most part.

You might want to look at Vancouver Island. You can drive there, 2,000+ miles from here, and you will need to take a ferry to get to the island. Native trout in the streams are all catch and release, so should provide for some good fishing. If you are willing to bushwhack you can get on some pretty remote stuff. I' have fished the saltwater out of Barclay Sound and on the drive there, passed over several streams that looked pretty good. You can search "Vancouver Island trout fishing" for some info.

Launched early - went to a spot I like to fish over by the big island, and saw some scattered stripers chasing shad on top. Threw top waters at them, could not get any to respond. Kept an eye on the sonar screen and kept seeing fish and shad near the bottom in 30 FOW. Said the heck with the top water stuff, tossed a drop shot out there with a fluke and bang, fish on. That fish fought hard, thought it was a striper, but turned out to be a 3 lb. smallie. One strong fish. In the next 15 minutes, caught another keeper sized smallie and a 15" striper, thought I was on to something. HA! Sun popped over the hill and everything ground to a halt. Fished another couple of hours, drop shot, jig, and c-rig at various locations and only caught one 12" smallie. By 1030 I was done. Great weather, and the monarchs were migrating in force, they were flying across the lake, across the parking lot, and I even saw a couple flying over Indian Creek road. WT 75

Local grocery store - Harps - sells meatloaf in the deli. People rave about it, they'll put out 20 of them and they'll be gone in 15 minutes. Couple of weeks ago I broke down and bought one. I can eat meatloaf, but I doubt it would crack the top 100 of my favorite foods. I fell for the hype against my better judgement. It was sort of OK, had a thick coating of some kind of ketchupy red sauce. Cannot figure out how people think it is wonderful meatloaf. They have great fried chicken, I'll stick to that next time I pick up diner there.

5:30 Saturday on TBS.

Pasquantino had a few hits too. The other guys in the lineup need to start hitting.

It was cold to start, truck said it was 43 at the launch. Temp hit 80 on the way home in the afternoon. Low 90's in the forecast the next few days, it still feels like summer. I have noticed that some of the trees are just starting to turn. Fishing for me is still tough, I know of some folks who are doing well, but they are fishing locations a bit too far away for my daytrips. I caught 10 bass, 2 were keepers. Jigs and the Carolina rig. Fish are in 5 - 20 FOW. Seeing some shad balls under the boat and some on top, but the bass aren't messing with them. I'm sure they'll figure it out and start getting after them. WT 75

Yep, I enjoy fishing too. You can still catch them on this lake.

On to New York! Game 1 is Saturday.