AFTERNOON ON THE CHICK ...3-17

[Tr19]

Me and RangerRob went out after the Yardsale in is new boat . Man thats a sweet ride ! Anyway we put in at Grasshopper and headed down river and started fishing main river pockets . The water temp. was 53 and the wind was blowning pretty bad . We picked up a couple of small ones on cranksbaits before we decided to try to find some calmed water . Headed to the back of Sale Creek and fished the back of the pockets . Water temp. was 56 here. First one came on a chartruese and white spinnerbait that was in the 3.5 to 4 lb. range . Then we hit a little spot that produced several bass including another keeper , all on rattetraps in a shad color in about 5 feet of water . Moved to a rocky bank and caught 2 on shakyheads before the wind blew us off the lake . Ended with about 14 bass with 2 being keepers . By the way Ranger Rob caught a drum on a rattletrap . Never seen that before ! Thanks for the fishing trip Rob ! I had a blast !

 

[Fishin Fool]

Glad to hear you and Rob did well. That is one nice boat he has there, but I am surprised it will float with the lures he has aboard! Dang I thought I was bad! There has to be some help out there somewhere for this! Good work guys!

 

[Tr19]

Fishin Fool , there isn't a cure for this addiction .We are lure junkies !!

 

[RangerRob]

Hey FF - why for do you think I proposed the CFF Yard Sale? The Ranger needed to "loose some weight!!"

The funniest part of the day was that twice, Tr19 decided to "test" a couple of his new balsa beauties. Two-first casts, two bass ... I'd say they work just fine! But then I must confess that the first cast I ever made w/ one of Tr19's crankbaits resulted in a bass hanging from each treble. "Testing" Tr19's crankbaits is always a hoot ... and - as Bill Dance would say - mighty productive.

It was a good day, but blustery. Every time we made a move to dodge the wind, it came looking for us. TT made sure we were feed well before leaving the Yard Sale ... many, many thanks TT.

 

[Fishin Fool]

His crankbaits are works of art RR! I have got to get some ordered. Mike was showing his off in Huddle House like it was a crown jewel or something! Made me kinda jealous if the truth be known. You know how that goes; can't have one fishing partner with more stuff than the other! Seriously I've got to stop, BUT not before I pick up some of those cranks!emoEvil

 

[HarrisBasser]

I like to see dudes like you guys hang tough and fight the weather and bust out some nice fish.Alot of people dont think fishing is a tuff sport,but those same people couldnt hang on a day when it cold and windy.Those people would give up.

 

[RangerRob]

Don't kid yourself HarrisBasser. It's not that Tr19 and I are tough ... it's just that we don't have a life! emoLaugh

We were running low on daylight and my hands had had all of the cool wind that they could take when I told Tr19, "screw this." I had the Minn Kota on high and still couldn't keep us on that last spot any longer ... and our Spotstickers were getting thumped. emoAngry