Labor Day On The Upper End

[rps]

Went out early in the fog and ran up river past Beaver. Two small bass on top water. I switched early to walleye hunting. Fished both a slow death rig and a crawler harness on channel edges 12' to channel bottom. Only small bass.

Around 10:30 a wrapped Skeeter (Rigid Industries LED Lights) with two anchor poles came by me headed toward Houseman. Odd, very odd.

Around noon I headed back down lake and stopped at the submerged brush and timber where I caught one yesterday. I managed two today, 20 and 25 inches. I used a trolled reef runner knock off with 175 feet of 10/2 braid from the rod tip (125 feet the way the Precision Trolling counts it) to put the lure 21 feet down.

While I was cleaning the fish we had a disaster at the Holiday Island courtesy dock. Some people loaded two old Goldens and an old Great Pyrenees on a pontoon and went up the hill to help the old grandpa down to the pontoon. The Great Pyrenees jumped the rail for the water but didn't make it. The choke chain had him mostly out of the water. I ran over and finally got the lead untied so the dog could swim at the end of the lead. The folks came back down the hill (slowly) and when the woman (60ish and well fleshed) saw her dog in the water she jumped off the dock to the dog. I don't know what she thought she would do. Arnold Schwarzenegger in his prime could not have lifted that dog out of the water onto the pontoon deck. Anyway, several of us finally dead lifted the dog vertically onto the pontoon deck, but that left the even heavier woman still dog paddling. Well, it seems the pontoon ladder was worse for the wear after a past dock collision. I had to borrow a hammer to reshape the bent ladder pivot so we could deploy it. We finally got the lady back on the boat and grandpa loaded. I returned Alan's hammer and just as I walked up the man was bent and untying the mooring rope. I heard him but his wife did not, "And she wants to know why I don't like to come to the lake anymore."

[Bill Babler]

Those pic's are extremely clear. What gear did you take them with. If that is with an Iphone you did a great job. Thank goodness the Summer Holiday weekends are over for this year. Yippie.

[Jason Essary]

Awesome Job in the dog rescue. I went last night till 4am. Found a dock around midnight that had a dog on it. Apperently someone had locked this big boxer on the dock with the walkway gate to keep it there over night. Poor girl was walking back and forth, pinning her head to the gate and whinning, then back to pacing. Now I dont believe this to be cruel, but I sure dont think its right. Poor old girl was sure unhappy. Seemed like a friendly dog. I debated but could not think of much I could do. She had food and water, so I moved on. Just was unhappy about the situation.

[merc1997 Bo]

awesome job on the rescue. glad you were there and willing to help.

bo

[rps]

Thanks Bill. I used my iphone to take the picture and I use Picasa software to crop, adjust contrast and color, add the water mark and resize for posting. Even a blind pig ....

[Diamond City Fisher]

The Rigid Industries LED Lights pro you saw is probably pre-fishing for the PAA tournament coming up this week-end. Tournament starts Thursday morning out of the State Park.

[rps]

Long way from State Park to Beaver and - I'm sorry - LOTS of big fish water between there and where he was.

[powerdive]

Can tell you're in a much better mood, though, rps. Good job today! You're obviously pulling the smaller Runners, that shallow. No idea what you mean with the 125/175 line out, however.

[rps]

Can tell you're in a much better mood, though, rps. Good job today! You're obviously pulling the smaller Runners, that shallow. No idea what you mean with the 125/175 line out, however.

Precision Trolling measures the line from where the line enters the water. I measure the line from whre it leaves the rod tip. For baits like the Deep Little Ripper, I will have 50 feet +/- out from the rod tip to the water.

[Quillback]

Nice pair of 'eyes. 25" walleye is nothing to sneeze at.