fished eagle rock area today

[merc1997 Bo]

put in at eagle rock this afternoon mainly there because of the wind.  was really out on a r&d trip.  took my old buddy norman boles.  he is the best tube fisherman that i know.  we threw two models.  one was a 3/16 Pro Series head inserted into a 4" tube and the other was the 1/8 Crappie Jig with the 4" tube stuck on the back of the jig, not inserted.  the 1/8 Crappie Jig was winner.  the 3/16 fell too fast.  we were fishing them on 10 lb. test hi-vis yellow spider wire.  even with the horrible wind, we caught 8 keeps -- 7 lmg and one big brownie (3 1/2).  all the lmg's were 2 1/2 to 2 3/4.  the main lake was better if we could find a fishable strip with the right combination of rock and gravel.  bites were 6 to 10 ft.  

norm has always been one to insert the jig head in a tube.  so, he was certainly surprised to see they bit the tube quite well just stuck up behind the jig head.  i did fish the doodle some, but just caught some shorts.  the better ones liked the tube better.

our bit upstream shut down around 4 and i noticed the water temps dropped.  guess they let some water go out of beaver.  water surf temps were right around 60 most places.

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[Quillback]

Point taken on the tube, I'll have to give it a shot.