Ham and 24/7, I'm almost back!

[mixermarkb]

Well, I finally got to make a cast. Got on the water about 11:00 after dealing with some dumb boat owner issues. Tough day for me, but ended with a 17" smallie and a 14" spot, both on the ARig. Lost three fish on a wart, just couldn't get the deal done. I think I just wasn't setting the hook fast and hard enough.

anyway, things got a lot better for me late with a little more breeze and the start of some cloud cover. Found both my fish about 1/2 to 3/4 back in coon creek, one ok a channel swing and one on a secondary point. 

Water temps consistently 49-50 about everywhere I went, with a pretty good stain in the area around theodosia and clear down the lake. 

A little more wind and clouds and a fisherman who knew what he was doing (unlike me right now) could really catch them. I agree with everyone else, it's gonna be an early spring unless we at a real, real cold snap.

[Ham]

Tough to know what's happening when you haven't been able to go in a long, long time. 

Glad you got out. You caught more than I did today.

[mixermarkb]

I shouldn't have been stubborn and left all the spinning rods in STL. I was seeing a lot of fish on the graph, a dropshot or grub or even the ned probably could have gotten a lot more bites in the flat calm/high skies that most of the day was. I just didn't want to fish that way today, was hoping for a big fish. 

Oh, and my shoulder is REALLY feeling the whole not fishing since May thing! Holy crap it hurts! Lol 

[Fish24/7]

sweet man,  you got to go ! hey Mark about those fish you were seeing were they suspended high? suspended off bottom? tight to the bottom? half way down? spread out? Lately I've really been struggling fishing from the bank. The last 2 trips I've caught a total of 3. 

 

[Fish24/7]

just ignore this question Mark I already talked to you about it yesterday 

[mixermarkb]

I was ignoring it anyway