Weekend Report - 111514

[J-Doc]

Yakfm and I braved the elements for a very brief run out on the lake. I saw one Ranger boat scooting (and I mean scooting) across the lake. That's the only traffic we saw. Must have been due to the game? Or the fact that it's flippin' cold outside.

We tried our luck briefly in one area and saw fish but most were down on the bottom and you can troll that area all day long and maybe get one or two so we tried another area where I had been told were lots of fish arcs on the graph recently. That area panned out and the first spot we went to I found fish in the middle of a cut and relating to bait. Tried a dock, not takers. Tried a couple of brush piles, nothing. Went back to my marks and we were able to stay on fish without a lot of boat drift so that was to our advantage.

Not expecting to catch anything in only a 2-3hr trip or have a lot of luck with post cold front conditions and having such a short trip, I was excited to catch this little guy. I was going for crappie but catching this rascal on an 8ft B&M crappie pole was a real hoot. Just a 1/16oz jig and a small swimbait worked off the bottom.

Best part is..........I beat ole' "hot-stick" (Yakfm) and that will probably never ever happen again!

So I'm taking full pleasure and full bragging right opportunities. Seeing how rare of an opportunity it is. LOL!

The formula for a great day on the lake right now is as follows:

[Great coffee + Good Friends] x [Warm gear + wool socks] divided by bragging rights (squared) = a good trip

In the end, it's the experience of it all and not how many or how big.

I know we would have caught more but it started sleeting and we needed to be off water and loaded before dark. I just wish I had gone out sooner. We might have found a pattern with better fish. Still.......it's a good day and I'm looking forward to more.

NOTE:
A ruler was used in the making of this photo. All bragging rights are at the sole discretion of the user known as J-Doc and all that entitles. Any imbelishemnet or question of the size of this fish is without question and should be accepted as unaltered fact and no photoshop was used in the making of this photo. It's a tiny little 12.5" bass and nothing else. It's by no means a bragging fish as there are 10,000 more like them in Beaver Lake however the bragging rights are still implied and sole expressed by J-Doc as he did in fact beat YAKFM on this date of 11/15/2014.

[YAKFM]

LMAO at the note at the bottom. Good to get out of the house even if it was a short trip. Next time we go I'm dipping your baits in banana oil.

[J-Doc]

Spoken by the man who actually caught a banana while trolling. As if that's even possible.....and you found a way. Lol

The one banana in the entire lake and you caught it.

Come to think of it, it explains why my side scan east working yesterday. You got a hex on you. Go fish in Feathers&Fins boat again before you get in my boat again. Lol!!

[Feathers and Fins]

HEY leave my boat alone what it ever do to you

[fishinwrench]

Sheeze, that boat is so clean it's obnoxious.

Do you allow your partners to fart in it, or do you rush them to the bank?

[YAKFM]

Spoken by the man who actually caught a banana while trolling. As if that's even possible.....and you found a way. Lol

The one banana in the entire lake and you caught it.

Come to think of it, it explains why my side scan east working yesterday. You got a hex on you. Go fish in Feathers&Fins boat again before you get in my boat again. Lol!!

That banana was bigger than your bass. I especially liked the Bill Dance routine with that wet noodle rod you had him on. Lol.

[J-Doc]

Sheeze, that boat is so clean it's obnoxious.

Do you allow your partners to fart in it, or do you rush them to the bank?

Farts are only allowed while standing. Never on the seats or carpet.

And yes she stays clean. I freaked when I got a muddy footprint on the carpet and cleaned it immediately. Lol

[J-Doc]

That banana was bigger than your bass. I especially liked the Bill Dance routine with that wet noodle rod you had him on. Lol.

It's an 8ft B&M graphite jig pole. For crappie. Yep, I had to set the hook VERY well. That bass hit the jig so hard I reacted out of reflex. Then the rod bent over like one of those chrome trucker girls on a mudflap. Lol!!

[fishinwrench]

So.....no world famous chili shore lunches?

[J-Doc]

Oh I could do that. I've done it in my old boat. Chili will wash out in case of spills. Lol!!