Friday Night 11/6

[gary2400]

Got to the water around 7:30pm and went above #1. Water was high (709) but dropped to 707 something at 8pm (still high but manageable). I only got a couple of hits on a variety of patterns. The water was cloudy and the moon was rising so I thought I'd try something larger so they could see it better. Tied on a #4 olive pine squirrel with a 1/8 oz split shot that I had clamped to the hook and wrapped in the pattern. Caught 4 bows in a row with the largest being 16". As the moon kept coming up they quit bitting. I went back to smaller stuff with little luck. Left about midnight and I was the only truck in both lots. The fish didn't fight hard and were slow to bite but it was good to be back in the water again.

gary

[Brian K. Shaffer]

Ever try the pine cone ? It's a tungsten conehead on a pine squirrel streamer.

Brian

[gary2400]

Yes Brian I have those and tried those before and after this one and usually have great luck with them. I was just fooling around tying one night and decided to tie a few #4's for fast water or really dark nights and just tinkered with the split shot. I'm sure a jig head would have probably worked just as good. It takes a lot of pine squirrel material to cover a #4 and palmer it up the hook!

[Brian K. Shaffer]

I believe it was Joe who came up with that one.

You guys should see the Pink Lava..... he'd crack up to show it to you.

Brian