Ham Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 I fished with troutgnat out of Oakland Sunday from 0700 until 1800. I've fished with troutgnat before. He's a good guy and a very experienced fisherman. He's a good stick and can fish a lot of different ways. We had varying amounts of clouds all day and more wind than predicted. Lots of stuff should have worked. Started out throwing topwaters and gave that an hour and never got bit. I guess I picked a bad area. We moved and caught a fish on the first cast. I guess I picked a better spot. That turned out to be a pattern. Move and catch a fish on the first cast. We did that eight times. We used various soft plastics on jigheads in a wide variety of colors. We caught all three species of bass. We also caught a walleye just under 20 inches and lost another walleye that size at boatside when we were trying to hand grab him into the boat. I choose not to bring a net because a) it's in the way all day long I wasn't planning on catching fish I'd need a net for. Again, my bad. We made a lot of small moves through out the day, but used less than 6 gallons of gas all day. We used my drift sock a lot and fished with the wind. The wind always blows and it always cheats. We took turns at the front of the boat. Pretty good day on the water. Water temps were 69'-72'. water colored varied depending on how much the wind was pounding a shore. We caught a LOT of fish. I had 65. I think I had 3 panfish; the rest of my fish were bass. It seemed like troutgnat was catching them tit for tat with me, but I don't keep up with other people's fish numbers. We caught mostly smallies. Not too many > 15 inches long. We had a couple of limits of keeper largemouth bass. We only had a few spotted bass all day. I'd bet the house that the boat had over 110 fish. We did not fish main lake stuff, but I bet that would have worked. Our fishing was better when we were close to the main lake in a creek or hollow. Smallies were definitely feeding on shad. If I had half a brain, I would have tried a lipless crankbait or a spy bait or a jerkbait or something. But we caught them pretty good anyway. Take this information and go catch a ton. Every Saint has a past, every Sinner has a future. On Instagram @hamneedstofish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish24/7 Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 awesome day ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmes Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 Nice report Thanks for the info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ham Posted May 13, 2014 Author Share Posted May 13, 2014 We left at 6 pm because I wanted to spend a little time with my baby momma. We clearly left them biting as we both hooked (and sadly lost) fish on our last cast of the day. Every Saint has a past, every Sinner has a future. On Instagram @hamneedstofish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamond City Fisher Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 Thanks for the report......sounds like it's time.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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