cast4bass
Well-known member
SSo now I know my New Year's resolution. It was a beautiful day today. There was a flotilla in CFP like the Spanish Armada about to launch an attack on the British. So since the air temp was nice and the lake was smooth I decided to run some gas out of the boat and head North. I thought I might find some birds somewhere. I ran pass the Nuke plants and noted the water temp there is 58 but nothing happening in the boils. I stopped at the entrance to Possum Creek and did not mark any fish but noted two boats fishing outside the entrance. I ran to Grasshopper and fished a bluff. There was a net set where I wanted to fish and I had to navigate around it. I am glad I stopped short of the bluff because those small floats supporting those commercial nets are awful hard to see. They should make them use a flag type buoy to mark those things!! Nothing happening on the bluff and I did mark some fish but could not get a bite. Ran to 60 bridge and motored around but could not find any fish on the side scan or sonar. Well what the heck - it is beautiful and I am this far already - ran another few miles pass Richard's Lake on my chart. Looks like a good spring and summer fishing hole. Now I have no idea what to do cause I aint been this far and don't even know where to begin - I feel like Ferris Buellar - Anyone? Anyone? Can anyone tell me about this part of the river??? I go a llittle further and fish some rocky shoreline but nothing. I did mark a little bait. Decide to head back as I put in around 2pm and now it is 3:30 and I have a 40 minute run back. On way back I decide to stop at a beautiful rocky bluff. Water temp is 48-49 and bluff falls off to 31 FOW. I throw a jig and walk it down the bluff and something picks it up - I set the hook and I am in the fight of my life. I figure it must be a smallie cause it is going crazy. It runs around the length of the boat. I see it and it is huge as it darts back under the boat. I think about swinging it aboard and then I figure maybe I should use the net. I work the fish to the back of the boat where the net is cinched diown. I see the fish flash again and it shoots under the boat again. Now I am in the back of the boat and reach for the net and the fish darts under the boat and comes unbuttoned emoBang emoBang Are you kidding me!! I have wanted to boat a big smallie all year and the best I could do was 4lbs during the summer. Now this fish had to be 5+ maybe 6+ - It looked big in the water and pulled harder than any bass I ever hooked. So I figure maybe lightning can strike twice and work the area for another 20 minutes when BAM! I hook up again and this fish feels even bigger but could be the same one - I have a ton of line out and it starts coming to the surface - I point the rod down to try to keep the fish from jumping and --- the dag gone hook pulls free. emoBang emoBang I stick around another 15 minutes even rigging a float and fly but cant get lightning to strike three times. Oh well - I Know where you live fish and I'll BE BAACK! So my New Year's resolution is to catch that fish!
