straw hat Posted July 10, 2012 Posted July 10, 2012 I Fished along a steep bvank in the Hawkers Point area. Found them in 28 to 32'. I caught a total of 4 before the heat got to me. Thay all ranged from 2 to 4 pounds. Not monsters but not bad. Right in the middle of landing one of them I got a bite on one of my other rods. Darn if that cat didn't pull my rod in the wa ter!! I tried dragging the bottom but had no luck. The cats had moved on by noon so I tried drifting minnows for a while. It was getting warm so I decided to go. As I was reeling in my last crappie line I noticed it was heavy and I could feel a light pull like I had a small fish. As it got closer I could tell That I had hooked another line. The line on the rod that had been pulled in the lake!!! I reeled in that other rod, grabbed it, set the hook and the catfish was still on it! I can't beleive I hooked that rig in 30 foot or more of water way out from bank. That was my fourth fish. All in all a good day.
blue79 Posted July 10, 2012 Posted July 10, 2012 Sounds like fun.Glad you got your pole back.Cant wait to get back home and catch some fish.I went out sunday morning and caught a couple little cats but no keepers.Maybe this next weekend.
straw hat Posted July 10, 2012 Author Posted July 10, 2012 OH, I forgot to mention that the water temp was 82 and the water clarity was just over 3 feet.
straw hat Posted July 10, 2012 Author Posted July 10, 2012 I am getting older and my memory fails, I was also going to mention that I saw a million small 3 to 4" bass running the bank. It looks like there will be a good year for recruitment.
SmallyWally Posted July 10, 2012 Posted July 10, 2012 Good, good story. Kindness is the language the blind can see and the deaf can hear.-- Mark Twain
Nwtf gobbler Posted July 10, 2012 Posted July 10, 2012 82 degrees? Did this "cold front" really cool it down that much? Wow!
straw hat Posted July 10, 2012 Author Posted July 10, 2012 You know I was wondering that. It has been 89 and 90 around CC but Hawker point is much further up the lake and it takes a lot more time to heat all that water and the corp is reporting 83 at the dam so I guess it could be right.
Nwtf gobbler Posted July 11, 2012 Posted July 11, 2012 My bad, I forgot you said you were at Hawker. I can see that up there. I am going to CC tomorroe so I will see what it is showing there. Guessing 88-90.
straw hat Posted July 11, 2012 Author Posted July 11, 2012 Good luck tomorrow. With those water temps the bite may be tough. That water is warmer than my bath water!! lol
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