Quick outings -- Indian Point

[NebSchmidty]

Made our 10th annual spring trip (a month late) down in record time, thanks to minimal traffic and almost zero road construction.  Got out Saturday evening and then again in 1-3 hour spurts, twice a day since then -- kids have their limits/priorities which seem to be limiting my fishing time a lot more these days.  Been out scavenging within a couple minute ride from the marina in either direction.  I've tried a few different presentations with minimal luck... so have pretty much resorted exclusively to my confidence bait, given the post-frontal cool, stiff north wind, and rising water. 

If it's sunny, you want your 1/8oz ned to be some sort of light and natural color, but with a slight variation (dirt).  If there's clouds, you want red flake and a darker body (gp/red or cali craw).  Your ned rig in aforementioned size/color will usually prefer a slow, methodolical drag... often shining the brightest when you've parked your pole to help one of the three co-anglers in your boat to retrieve their fish, get a snack, or do something else that doesn't allow you the opportunity to remove your own lure from outside of the day's strike zone.  Most bites I'd estimate are coming from 6-16' depth, with boat in 15-22'ish, depending on time of day, temp, and sunlight.  Just outside the trees, or inside usual "old bank line" range seems to be somewhat of a loose marker of where I've been casting as a starting point. If you're a regular, you'll know what sort of terrain is the best target right now.  If you're not a regular, find some gravel flats on/near points.

Most of my pics are on mobile, so I'll have a few pieces of documentary evidence appearing soon.

 

[NebSchmidty]

[NebSchmidty]

And dual, master-angler goggle-eye in the same afternoon... for good measure.  A fitting homage to my wife's late grandfather who was the one to get me hooked on fishing, once upon a time.  "Rockies" were always a bonus catch when targeting crappie and gills in MN.

[m&m]

Make lemonade out of lemons. Nice pictures of healthy fish. 
 

Mike

[pstone]

Nice pictures!    How was launching out of Indian Point?  I'm thinking about putting in there tomorrow.   thanks.

[dwiebenga]

Excellent report.  Thank you for sharing.

[NebSchmidty]

3 hours ago, pstone said:

Nice pictures!    How was launching out of Indian Point?  I'm thinking about putting in there tomorrow.   thanks.

I launched and docked Saturday, but have seen boats going in/out since then... so I'd assume there's enough angle in the lot there to still get your trailer deep enough to launch.  If anything, you may have to deal with some wet toes if the lake level comes up too much overnight and the courtesy dock gets submerged.  I've seen a few guys using it in that condition early morning, before marina staff can get around to re-adjusting it.

[pstone]

Ok, thanks for the update, Neb!   Appreciate you sharing information on your trip.

[garyw]

looks like your wife  has a mini me.