Friday, April 9Th

[techo]

I managed to whine enough to have the day off work. A guy at church also was going fishing so we decided to go in his red Gambler. He wanted me to be at his house at 7AM. I worked pretty late Thursday and was at his house at 6:45. I would have liked to be on the water at 6:45, but just plain joyed to be fishing at all!

We put in at Cape Fair and it was foggy. I told him about a place I knew really really close. We both caught shorts within minutes. Mine on an Eakins jig and his on a Rogue. Then my friend said, uhoh....we have a small problem. His trolling motor quit working. I suggested we go to Ulrich's quick and see what the issue was. We went back to the Cape Fair Marina and she recommended a few places.

The Prop Shop guy in Cape Fair grabbed his tester and found out it was the 12-24 volt plug, but he didn't have one. He was really busy and it was very kind of him to figure the issue out for us. So anyway.....off to Ulrich marine where they were very busy. Purchased a plug and changed it ourselves quick.

We were way closer to Aunt's Creek now...... so we put back in there. I think around 10-10:30. We fished some of my regular spots, but didn't catch a thing.

Headed up toward Piney and caught eight more fish with one squeaker keeper and one that went a smidge over 2.5 pounds. I caught the bigger one on a smike jig with a red jig head. My partner caught most of his on a Texas rigged worm. He also caught a couple on a Carolina rigged centipede. I stuck with the jig.

I am not positive on temps as i didn't run the trolling motor much. but I thought I saw water surface temps up to 61 degrees. Most of the fish we caught were in 20-22 feet of water.

We saw some whites boiling the water near a point, but couldn't get them to bite. One of the downsides to fishng out of someone elses boat is that most of your tackle is in your boat.

Off the lake at about 2:30. All in all a good day with a nice guy. I didn't see any orange stickers today. My stickers will be on the water tomorrow, but probably putting in at Cape Fair again.

[snakem]

I managed to whine enough to have the day off work. A guy at church also was going fishing so we decided to go in his red Gambler. He wanted me to be at his house at 7AM. I worked pretty late Thursday and was at his house at 6:45. I would have liked to be on the water at 6:45, but just plain joyed to be fishing at all!

We put in at Cape Fair and it was foggy. I told him about a place I knew really really close. We both caught shorts within minutes. Mine on an Eakins jig and his on a Rogue. Then my friend said, uhoh....we have a small problem. His trolling motor quit working. I suggested we go to Ulrich's quick and see what the issue was. We went back to the Cape Fair Marina and she recommended a few places.

The Prop Shop guy in Cape Fair grabbed his tester and found out it was the 12-24 volt plug, but he didn't have one. He was really busy and it was very kind of him to figure the issue out for us. So anyway.....off to Ulrich marine where they were very busy. Purchased a plug and changed it ourselves quick.

We were way closer to Aunt's Creek now...... so we put back in there. I think around 10-10:30. We fished some of my regular spots, but didn't catch a thing.

Headed up toward Piney and caught eight more fish with one squeaker keeper and one that went a smidge over 2.5 pounds. I caught the bigger one on a smike jig with a red jig head. My partner caught most of his on a Texas rigged worm. He also caught a couple on a Carolina rigged centipede. I stuck with the jig.

I am not positive on temps as i didn't run the trolling motor much. but I thought I saw water surface temps up to 61 degrees. Most of the fish we caught were in 20-22 feet of water.

We saw some whites boiling the water near a point, but couldn't get them to bite. One of the downsides to fishng out of someone elses boat is that most of your tackle is in your boat.

Off the lake at about 2:30. All in all a good day with a nice guy. I didn't see any orange stickers today. My stickers will be on the water tomorrow, but probably putting in at Cape Fair again.

Hey Techo U stay out of my hole cause i ain't been in aints But me and the other half will be putting in at C F also in the am.

Snakem Out.

[dtrs5kprs]

Only orange stickers I have handy are Caldwell target stickers...hate to push my luck with the local riflemen up the James. Oh well, my 521 sort of sticks out, or so I am told by the locals around Kimberling. Guess I'll just wave at one and all, likely they will be lurkers anyway.

Did either of you throw a C-rig at all? Sounds like you found them starting the pulling up, unless you were on bluffs. That thought is pretty nice.

[edwin]

I'll grab some orange tape before I head out today. You guys passed me a few times yesterday in the Gambler...I was fishing solo in a red / silver Bass Cat.

I had some great luck with the grub, 20' of water, retrieving just slow enough to keep it off the bottom. I caught all varities of black bass, a few whites, and even a cat..all on the grub. Best spot went about 3lbs, smallmouth that went 3.6lbs, and the cat was, well, a cat. I catch a handful up shallow after dinner, but nearly all fish were in the 20' range.

[techo]

Nice Pictures. I can see from the dock where you were. A great deal of pressure there today and we didn't fare well there.

Sorry about crowding your area Snakem. I actually fish the James and Cape Fair area more than Aunt's Creek. I just like the ramps down there better. Parking is a mess at Cape Fair!

[edwin]

Funny you mention the pressure...never seen anything like it in Aunts Creek. I was back in the area for a bit this am, had two boats on each point for the cove, a pontoon trolling back and forth in the middle, and a few boats working the banks in and out of the cove...crazy!

Tight lines