rps Posted June 24, 2010 Posted June 24, 2010 I cleared the buoys at Holiday Island at 5:12 AM. I wanted to fish the flat points and bluffs between Eagle Rock and Rock Creek so I scurried up there. I didn't want to waste the good time of day. Boy did I waste gas driving fast and far. I put one dink in the boat. I missed one blow up. That was it. I backed off and fished a jig on the Viney Creek Point. Although I marked fish, I did not have the secret. The fish I marked were on both bluff edge sides at the drop off from 25 to deep. Maybe I should give up and learn to drop shot. By 8:30 I was disgusted and began to troll for walleye. So far this year, that has not been a great success, but today I caught 4 fish and lost a good one. Two of the four in the boat were keepers, one 18.5 and one 26.5. Both fish were in stick ups between 20 and 25 feet down. I used this to catch this Anyone find a topwater bite?
rangerman Posted June 25, 2010 Posted June 25, 2010 RPS is the man.....did you get to see how big the one you lost was. Is it worth me going up there and fishing for it. He, he. Good job.
rps Posted June 25, 2010 Author Posted June 25, 2010 The one who used a tree to assist its escape "felt" halfway between the small keeper and the big girl.
Martin Posted June 25, 2010 Posted June 25, 2010 Nicely done !! A 26.5 inch walleye is a VERY nice fish. I can't quite tell from the photo, is there a split ring and snap on the wart, or just a snap??
rps Posted June 25, 2010 Author Posted June 25, 2010 Nicely done !! A 26.5 inch walleye is a VERY nice fish. I can't quite tell from the photo, is there a split ring and snap on the wart, or just a snap?? That is an "original" series which means it has a snap. Long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away the warts had a different connector, but even before Normark (Rapala) bought Storm, they had switched to the snap. It is not an original color, but I have done well on TR with chartreuse and with purple so I figured a combination was worth a try.
rps Posted June 25, 2010 Author Posted June 25, 2010 Do you suppose they would call that color Table Rock Tiger Shad?
dtrs5kprs Posted June 25, 2010 Posted June 25, 2010 Awesome toothy fish! Almost a few too many of those things being caught for my tastes. Wart is purple tiger, I believe.
rangerman Posted June 25, 2010 Posted June 25, 2010 Its your fish RPS you can call the color of the wart anything you want......Oh yeah, aren't those the first eyes in the new rig. If it is, thats the way to break her in.
rps Posted June 25, 2010 Author Posted June 25, 2010 Fished in the heat today, 6/25, from noon to 4. Caught two keeper fish, an 18 inch walleye and a 22 inch sauger. When I hooked the sauger I thought I had a really big fish, and then was confused when I netted him. Then I remembered the White River system held saugers. I hadn't caught one since the 70's when I used to fish for stripers below Keystone Dam outside of Tulsa. When I loaded at the marina I put three bags of ice in a dry live well. The slurry kept the fish fine. I'm glad I caught some as I would have felt foolish emptying unused ice water. The fish hit lures traveling at 25-26 feet, in or near brush/stickups in water 30-40 feet deep. Both hit after a change of speed caused by nicking brush. Rangerman: Yes the Thursday walleyes were the first for the new boat. I've done well on bass but until yesterday I had been shut out for keeper walleye.
Quillback Posted June 27, 2010 Posted June 27, 2010 A sauger! Wow, I did not know they were in TR. 22 inches is a respectable sauger.
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