The Big Boys Are Gone.....where Do They Go?

[fishinwrench]

Hit all my best spots yesterday evening and tried every trick I know, I caught plenty of 8 inchers (which are big enough to be fun) but didn't get so much as a sniff from the bigger ones(9 to 11 inchers)....and I know they are in there, somewhere. This is the way it goes for me every year (catch the big ones for several weeks...then they disappear until next spring).

Anybody know the trick to staying on the bigger ones ?

You ever notice that Gills always seem to get hooked in such a way that when unhooking them they ALWAYS have a chance to piss on your shirt

[Chris Barclay]

"Hit all my best spots yesterday evening and tried every trick I know, I caught plenty of 8 inchers (which are big enough to be fun) but didn't get so much as a sniff from the bigger ones(9 to 11 inchers)....and I know they are in there, somewhere. This is the way it goes for me every year (catch the big ones for several weeks...then they disappear until next spring).

Anybody know the trick to staying on the bigger ones ?"

I've found that they go deep to the bottom when i can't find them anywhere else. That's not to say tht I've found them recently though.

"You ever notice that Gills always seem to get hooked in such a way that when unhooking them they ALWAYS have a chance to piss on your shirt "

I took my 4 y/o daughter fishing last week for the first time in a while and one of the best parts of the evening was when the fish would pee on me. I remember doing the same when I was a kid.