8/31/14 Morning Report

[Chillfish]

Plan: head to Coppermine and catch some striper. A series of things going not-as-planned kept me from getting there until just before first light. Began drifting along with some shad behind the boat in about 30' water. Was marking some good fish but no takers until I went over my first point. Got a couple bites immediately on the point, so I started working the area, both with shad on the bottom and with jigging spoons. Immediately jigged up an 18" walleye and lost a bigger one just below the boat which was followed up by about a 14 incher. Also caught a small channel cat and a white bass. The wife managed to catch about a 3lb LM on a shad and jigged up a small striper. There was sporadic surface activity throughout the morning, with some big fish present. I made a cast to a surface feeding fish with my jigging spoon and immediately got bit, only to have it let go, grab it again, let go, grab it again and finaly straighten my split ring and remove the trebble hook. Belive me, I'm still scratching my head as I only had 10lb line on. Either way, I was marking fish constantly, and feel if I had gotten there when planned we would have been much more successful.

[fisherofmen11]

Thanks for the report!