Aunts Creek Today 4/16/11

[Bill Babler]

That is just about as cold as I ever want to be. Air temps at launch this morn. 39 and wind howling with 35 mph gusts. Picked up the boys in the back of Aunts and had about 15 fish in 2 hrs.

Tried to get out of the creek, and the waves and spray just were miserable. Decided to call it a day and do it again tomorrow afternoon in the warmer weathers. Spinner and shaky head were the deal, if you could keep the bow out of your line to feel the bite. All LM today and 10 were keeps, up to 4 pounds. Pretty good 2 hrs. Twice as many keepers as I had yesterday. I bet some braver souls really caught them today.

Trout for me in the morning and then back to Aunts creek to fish the bass trip in the afternoon.

Good Luck

[Jason Essary]

Bill, are you burning the blade, slow rolling it or what. Thanks.

[Donna G]

We slept in. Didn't get on the water until around noon. Launched at Big M. Champ188 can give the finer details, but after some attempts with the blade up shallow he decided to look out a bit thinking the front may have pushed them deeper. Sure 'nuf, 40+ fish LM and spots with a meanmouth or two dragging a football jig on flat to slight incline gravel and small chunk rock points leading into spawning pockets. 6-7 keepers, I think. Champ said the world is off it's axis when Babler's up close with a blade and we're sitting in 20-25 ft of water dragging.

[Bill Babler]

That does seem strange. Hey, Donna, at least I'm not up on the bank crankin that Red Eye Shad. Still kickin myself in the tail for not getting on that deal earlier. Huge mistake on my part when you can cull 3 fish in the last hour, plus throw a 6 and a half pounder in the boat, on a bait, I knew I should have been using all day. What a dumbass.

Lots of others this weekend said they moved out. They were just hammering that blade in Aunts yesterday morning, if we could keep it in the water. Had one go around the weathervane on the top of a 20 slip dock, another richoet off the face of a cabin that was about 80 yrds. off the lake, and get hung in a picket fence and another that I believe is still in orbit. $21 dollars worth of Wareagle blades later, we went to a shaky head.

Good Luck

[Champ188]

Thanks for the Monday morning laugh, Bill. Would love to see the property owner's expression when he mows down that fence line and finds a shiny new War Eagle blade hanging on his fence.

[Donna G]

That does seem strange.

They were just hammering that blade in Aunts yesterday morning, if we could keep it in the water.

Aunt's Creek? Is that in Viola?

[techo]

Aunt's Creek? Is that in Viola?

All signs seem to point to it!

[TRRANGER]

All signs seem to point to it!

Poor techo,they seem to give you a pretty hard time. I think they are just jealous of the fish catchin machine us nixa boys are

TR

[techo]

Its good fun. We are quite the family here! We will be out all next week from Aunt's to Cape Fair in a red/white Skeeter with a faded orange OAF sticker on the motor. I will be the guy laughing on the front of the boat! My partner is a long time friend coming down from Minnesota. He will be stuck on the bottom, in a tree, wrapped around the trolling motor or stuck in the back of my shirt laughing just as hard.

[Donna G]

Yep, like family. Techo you should try wearing a disguise when visiting your favorite creek. It might throw off the intruders. Sorry we won't be able to follow you around this weekend. We're headed to Bull Shoals Friday for a few days. Definitely packing the rain gear. Let it pour!