Small Report From 6-4-14

[nathanhooper]

So I managed to get out for a bit last night. No pictures to show, but I did ok. Would have had 3 walleye in the boat, but one got away right at the boat. I had been pulling him for a while and just did not realize it I guess.

Seems the bite came right at dark and might have lasted for a while but I had to get back home. I managed to pull one small striper in also. I was marking a LOT of fish. More than I have seen before. I can only assume that they were stripers and walleye. They were lines stacked on each other. There were a few big arches alone, but for the most part there were schools of them. I have seen it before there, but never managed to pull anything up. I chalked it up last year to maybe carp or catfish or something, but I am thinking otherwise now. I did get some more hits, but had to call it a night. It was a lightning show to the north and have to wonder if it was stirring the fish up some.

One interesting thing is I did drop my new toy down in the water. I was regretting buying the camera at first when I tried it back up in back of Indian Creek. Could not see a minnow if it was swimming in front of it. Way too cloudy water, at least where I was looking. But then when you get further to the Dam the water clears back up and you can see a good ways with it.

I probably could have caught more fish last night but I was torn between looking for them with the camera and actually fishing... It was one of the main reasons I got it, because of those fish I saw last year on the sonar and some I saw earlier this year that I could not get to bite on anything. I wanted to be able to see exactly what it was I saw on sonar.

So, back to the interesting thing, when I dropped the camera down where I do troll a lot I was able to see the bottom pretty good. I troll here because of the lack of hangups and such...and there are fish of course. On sonar its pretty clean looking, but the camera showed a different world. Lots of big rocks and such. Its interesting because the sonar doesn't really show that. I can only assume that because of the beam width it 'averages' out the bottom structure and is only going to show a big bump if it covers a significant part of the beam.

Another thing that was neat to see was on my last run I had my head lamp on looking over the side and all of a sudden I could see a school of stripers/hybrids swimming not far from the boat. Not sure if I trolled into them or if they were just wondering and came up along side of me as I turned into shore. Either way, they were on the hunt and my baits were way to deep for those guys.

The fish I was seeing were anywhere from 30' up to ?, biggest concentration was when I was in 25' of water. I am sure they were shallow also, but my baits would drag if I got too deep. I would see a lone fish in the 40' range when I ventured out that far. I would catch them when I hit 25'-24' feet of water.

And as far as Indian Creek being a hot spot...well...lets say that I saw maybe one or two other boats...but only for a brief second as they sped by. There are fish there, but if it was so hot I would think I would see at least one guide out there...just sayin.

[Feathers and Fins]

I warned you playing with the camera will cost fishing time lol... Hate to say it but I love seeing the bottom im fishing and going HMMMMM That isn't showing on the graph it really opens your eyes to what is under the surface. Just wait till you get an overly rambunctious smallie who thinks the cam is a craw.

[mic]

Nice report thanks.

[zarraspook]

Great report- lot of data to chew on.......

[wc1063]

Great report, thank you!!

[nathanhooper]

Update to report. Walleye was killer pan fried/cooked in a butter sauce with a slight garlic salt and pepper seasoning. On the top of a nice bed of yellow rice of course.

The striper was noticeably tougher, but good nonetheless.

Think I'll be throwing the stripers back and keeping the eyes. One of these days I'll break my trolling habit and get a mess of bluegill in the pan.

[Luckyj]

Great report!