Saturday Morning... A Lil Late

[Troy Gregg]

Hey guys and gals, I managed to make it out saturday mornin for some much needed time on the water. I set out with two goals in mind... 1.) to get a new graph set up and zoned in 2.) to try out my homemade jigs and skirts

I launched out of mill creek and pulled up on a spot to tune in the new graph.... Looked out deep and lucked out. I sat right on top of a school of KY's while I tuned the graph and caught three with one being a keeper. These fish were over 45ft running around 35ft. I messed around with the drop shot and a spoon for about 30 minutes playing with the graph mostly. I left these deep fish biting and went on the hunt for jig fish. The fish I found with the jig were anywhere from 10ft out to about 16ft and I did throw a wiggle wart for a lil while with no luck, but I didn't try real hard either .

I made a couple different styles and colors and switched em up quite a bit just seeing if they would perform like I hoped they would. I have to say I was pretty impressed with myself. I didn't have huge numbers or a big fish and I called it in before noon, but I did have a great day on the lake. I ended up with 8 fish total and 5 of them being keepers and they weighed around 13.5lbs.

its not much info but I hope it helps

[eric1978]

I didn't have huge numbers or a big fish

Uh...what? That's a big smallie in my book. Are you from Tennessee or up north or something?

[Whack'emGood]

Hey Troy.

Thanks for the report.

I can identify... I have just started making my own jigs also-- Eakins style, round-head with horizontal eye.

There's nothing like catching fish on your own jigs.

Whack'em

[Troy Gregg]

Uh...what? That's a big smallie in my book. Are you from Tennessee or up north or something?

No, Im from right here and I didn't say I didn't have any nice fish That smallie was a lil over 3lbs just a nice fish and definately a hard fighter but not like the 4 and 5 lbers that are in the Rock

Whack' em, I am making football heads and a flippin style head... and your right there is nothing like catching fish on your own jigs

[eric1978]

No, Im from right here and I didn't say I didn't have any nice fish That smallie was a lil over 3lbs just a nice fish and definately a hard fighter but not like the 4 and 5 lbers that are in the Rock

I know, I was just pokin' ya a little. I'm used to river smallies and any time I catch a fish that size it qualifies as "big." You guys down at TR are spoiled.

[Troy Gregg]

I know, I was just pokin' ya a little. I'm used to river smallies and any time I catch a fish that size it qualifies as "big." You guys down at TR are spoiled.

We are fortunate to have one heck of a fishery but I dunno about spoiled, that might be a bit of a stretch Definately fortunate to have such a wonderful fishery

[NGAP42]

HEY TROY

YOU WOULD PROBABLY CATCH MORE AND BIGGER FISH IF YOU HAD A GOOD HAT ON

HA HA

TIM

[eric1978]

HEY TROY

YOU WOULD PROBABLY CATCH MORE AND BIGGER FISH IF YOU HAD A GOOD HAT ON

HA HA

TIM

No way, man. The older and uglier the hat, the better it fishes. I grab the rattiest old torn up thing I can find if I feel like I need some luck.

[bigredbirdfan]

Where is the paint coming from?

[Troy Gregg]

HEY TROY

YOU WOULD PROBABLY CATCH MORE AND BIGGER FISH IF YOU HAD A GOOD HAT ON

HA HA

TIM

Ha Ha your funny Tim , I bet we could get an interesting gallery of everyones lucky hat.