11-13-2011 Chinese Firedrill At Dusk

[Feathers and Fins]

I saw the weather report said the wind would let up about 4 so i ran out to the lake hoping to get at least 1 hook up but not expecting much if the wind stayed.

At about 3:30 it let up and by 4 was calm in Prairie Creek and for the next two hours I was hooked up to 20lb stripers and Bigger with Whites and Hybrids all over the place. Totaled out on 18 stripers 12 hybrids and 4 whites. Bait of the night was LARGE gizzard shad and Pencil Poppers.

The graph had fish all over the creek on it

Momma always said go big or go home AND BAIT WAS BIG

But big bait = big fish

All in all a great evening and I left the fish biting to come home and cook my lovely wife some striper. But here is how it looked tonight as you can see they busted open

That was the common look in the creek tonight and I had it all to my little self. And the good lord gave me an awesome sunset to go with it.

[wc1063]

Awesome!!!!

[wc1063]

WHERE were they yesterday!!

[Feathers and Fins]

Same place they were today just much harder to come by lol... You watched me catch one of the three i scratched out... I told you if the wind died to be there at all cost, LOL I was and it cost me a trip to the Jewelry store today damit

[wc1063]

Actually, I would stay out of the Jewelry store at all cost!!

[Feathers and Fins]

The prcie we pay sometimes hurts lol...

[fishinSWMO]

Nice!

[jeb]

Some folks actually call PC Cove Sunset Bay.

Glad you had another good day fishing whites. I thought about coming down the hill once the wind stopped blowing yesterday, but never made it.

Kill lots of big stinkys, or is the waterfowl season not open yet?

[Feathers and Fins]

Waterfowl Opens Saturday finally. Ive been seeing a few ducks around. Good numbers of Wood Ducks still and hope the front Wend does not push them out they have been on acorns in the back of coves which = Tasty dinner. The geese are stupid no doubt about it. Probably will shoot ducks down by the dam Saturday morning then head back to PC for striper and drop a couple of geese with with the bow near the swim beach. Stupid things let you drift right next to them and 10ft with my bow is a gimme.

I did see a real nice Buck swimmng across PC last night after dark. 10pt with a nice drop on him, to dark for pics but I know a lot of guys who would be shaking like a leaf in the wind to get a shot on him, But deer are safe from me this year couple kids I know did great on youth season and I got some of the meat so I put away my Tags no reason to kill just to kill. Coons were also out playing last night and 1 huge Beaver that slapped his tail at me a few times. All in all nice time out.

[jeb]

Wonder if that's the same buck that has been at my feeder lately. Probably the nicest buck I've seen since I moved down here 6 years ago. Very tall tines. Pretty rack. I don't hunt deer anymore either. Just fun to see them every night.