troutgnat Posted May 13, 2010 Posted May 13, 2010 Gentlemen, Hit the water and was the throwing the Red-Fin at daybreak. Had a blast! To be honest I had never done the Red-Fin thing before, always been a spook or sammy guy. Now I know what I have been missing! I just bought some the night before, didn't even have time to change the hooks out so I just took out the file and put one hell of an edge on them and they worked just fine( but I will be changing out those nasty saltwater hooks later). Anyway, tried two main lake points right off the bat to know avail. I moved off to one side of the point next to a cut with pole timber off of it and had 3 keeps(1 ea. species), waking it back close to the pole timber. Caught a number of other fish here and there before the wind picked up and sun broke. To the grub I went. I know everyone lately has been saying fish the longest flatest main lake points you can find so I did. I tried shallow, I tried deep but couldn't get bit on the point, even with the wind beating into it. The pattern that worked for me was to find a mainlake point with good wind and if I moved off to one side or the either of the point; preferably the windward side and if it had any structure to it, either dock close by, pole timber and/or a cut I'd work the grub down the bank and get bit. Finally at the end of the day I did get on one windy point and again barely off to the side of it I got into a bunch of quality fish but broke two off and missed numerous others while trying to maintain boat control. The wind got the better of me and with two near dead batt's I couldn't do much. Well once again not a bad day on the Rock. Best smallie of the day would've gone between 3 and 4 lbs. Darren Sadler "Fishing is an Education...Often the fish 'school' me, yet I do not complain. I just keep going to class!"
techo Posted May 13, 2010 Posted May 13, 2010 Wow! That is a great report. You write well. Made me feellike I was there figuring it out myself. I wish I couldfigure out the grub a bit more. Congrats on the fun day. Tim Carpenter
motoman Posted May 13, 2010 Posted May 13, 2010 Yup, thanks trout. Excellent detail. Very helpful! - Out of curiosity, did you throw any other topwater/wake baits besides those mentioned?
troutgnat Posted May 13, 2010 Author Posted May 13, 2010 Yup, thanks trout. Excellent detail. Very helpful! - Out of curiosity, did you throw any other topwater/wake baits besides those mentioned? Moto, I did throw the spook jr. in bone color on points and the same water but no luck. They clearly wanted that wake of the redfin. BTW, it was a 5" smokey joe jointed with no dressed treble. I did throw the fluke threw some pole timber after graphing some suspended kentuckies and boated one keeper and a couple of shorts. Darren Sadler "Fishing is an Education...Often the fish 'school' me, yet I do not complain. I just keep going to class!"
motoman Posted May 13, 2010 Posted May 13, 2010 Moto, I did throw the spook jr. in bone color on points and the same water but no luck. They clearly wanted that wake of the redfin. BTW, it was a 5" smokey joe jointed with no dressed treble. I did throw the fluke threw some pole timber after graphing some suspended kentuckies and boated one keeper and a couple of shorts. - Even better, thanks again!
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