TR for the weekend

[JestersHK]

Caught some in the sleet last night jigging by outlet one and up by cable. All dinks... The wind and the sleet put us to bed early, but at least we got a nice warm morning for the tournament! 

 

[Johnsfolly]

Congrats on the fish that you and Seth have caught already! Good luck in the tourney! Can't wait to see some big Taney trout!

[BilletHead]

        What i want to know is have you worn out Seth yet? Maybe he is amped up like you are all the time? If so I am sure this tourney has never seen a pair wound up like an eight day clock .  

   BilletHead

[trythisonemv]

4 hours ago, Johnsfolly said:

I agree the triploids have a washed out bronze coloration and the ones I've seen in photos also have less spotting overrall. They remind me of photos of browns caught in the great lakes.

 

Almost look like Atlantic salmon

[JestersHK]

12 hours ago, BilletHead said:

        What i want to know is have you worn out Seth yet? Maybe he is amped up like you are all the time? If so I am sure this tourney has never seen a pair wound up like an eight day clock .  

   BilletHead

Hahahaha,

He's still kicking buddy.  We just got back in for the day.  I'll drop a report here in a bit once I warm up.  I stunk it up so bad today I might as well worn a banana suit.  Ran an absolute circus out of the bank of the boat...

Seth got 3rd and my buddy Got 1st in the novice division... I won a duck if that tells ya anything :). It's a really nice duck though.  Gonna look great in my office.  A humbling reminder. Lol

 

[JestersHK]

14 hours ago, Johnsfolly said:

Congrats on the fish that you and Seth have caught already! Good luck in the tourney! Can't wait to see some big Taney trout!

No big fish for me this weekend.  Seth caught some nice rainbows today but nothing huge.

I def needed better luck today.  We ate a wave at launch on the back of the boat which lucky for us soaked some of our rods which then froze up on the way up lake.  Braid on my jerkbait rod got the worst of it lol.  From there it was trying to get ice out of reels and had to respool the braid...

I boated one 12 inch trout... That's it for this guy.  Just about anything and everything that could go sideways for me did, but that's just the way it is.  I'd hook a solid fish and watch him pop off at the boat.  I literally had a cloud over me all day.  Snags, lost lures, hot mess of iced line and reels, you name it, it found me lol.

Seth said it was because there's too much light out, and he may be on to something lol.  I am a creature of the night down here usually lol.

Seth and my buddy Brandon both caught fish, but wouldn't say we hammered them.  After all my misfortunes I pretty much quit on the tourney and threw a big x rap monster hunting.

We caught a few trolling the big crank baits but they were all pretty small.  

Just lots and lots of water.  Had to really work to get it down to the bottom.  They were there though, I just couldn't dial in today.  Def still have a ways to go when it comes to boat fishing down here.  

Besides all of that had a blast still, got to be a net boy for Seth, and spent an awesome day on the water.  Phil put on a great tournament for an awesome cause.  If you've never had a post tournament meal from the great folks at Lilley's you are missing out.  A big thanks for all they do.

With the water level where it's at we're skipping night fishing tonight.  Even the holes I know you can fish out of at 4 units are under water, and honestly with the flow it's a bit sketchy...  Not the safest conditions right now. Heck Brandon is already in bed already.  I guess I'll get a good night's rest for once when I'm down here.

Pics are non existent as it was cold this morning after shoveling out there boat.  Seth ran his go pro through and I ran over too so we'll try to get some video up.

 

[Seth]

These were some of the better fish. The first one wasn't picture because I had to wait for my windshield to thaw out before the goPro would actually stick to it. I think I caught five over 15", but nothing over 17.5".  Four were caught between Short Creek to just above Fall Creek and one just below the island near the dam. I lost another one that looked to be in that 17-18" range just below Fall Creek on the south bank. I'd sure like to have those fish during one of the winter tournaments when weight counts! Everything was caught on black/yellow and white/grey 1/8oz jigs.

[Seth]

On 4/7/2018 at 8:40 AM, BilletHead said:

        What i want to know is have you worn out Seth yet? Maybe he is amped up like you are all the time? If so I am sure this tourney has never seen a pair wound up like an eight day clock .  

   BilletHead

I'm just glad I know somebody who is as mad at the trout as me! Actually, I think he is a little more mad at them than me, but I will definitely be giving that night fishing stuff a try when I go back down there. I've done it a few times in the past before I had my own boat, but now I usually just go out on the boat. It's a different deal hooking fish at night.