April 23, 2014

[techo]

We were on the lake about 7 and off by about 1:30. We caught 9 fish. I saw a bunch on the graph that were around 15 feet but we caught all of ours in about 6 feet again. Three on the shaky head and 6 on the green fire tiger square bill. Mostly fished Piney Creek and Buzzard area.

We couldn't fish right today for some reason and it seemed slow. I am not sure if it was the wind change, cooler morning air temps or what. We caught them throughout the week on transition banks and secondary points. I saw boats everywhere from bluff walls to main points to trees. I am not sure if they were having success.

Equipment Notes:

I picked up a Tilley hat last year as grew tired of having the skin cancer cut off every six months. It saved the ears but nose still needs a generous dose of sun block. Highly recommend the comfortable Tilley. It turns out they do in fact float.

It has been a while since I fished much and had trouble with the baitcasters on the smaller baits. I kind of forgot why I quit using the spinning reels and switched to baitcasters.

I appreciate the reports and tips on the forum. It helped to assure a visiting friend had some form of success on the lake. Thanks for sharing the info!

[motoman]

Thanks for the report techo! I'll be down tomorrow for a few days myself and hope to get into them!:-)

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On a side note. I really have grown to love the UV buffs. They look kinda silly, but since I hate sunscreen, (and sunburn worse), they cover up the skin nicely, and are strangely comfortable. And I'm a warm natured guy, so it seemed very counter-intuitive at first. But after having it on a minute, I forget it's there. Did I mention I hate sunscreen?:-)

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I've got a Simms brand and a Breath Like A Fish brand. Both very nice.