Hurricane day ... Chick 5/13

[RangerRob]

Fished with ashtrey in the USA Bassin / STNA Division T today on the Chick. We launched from Grasshopper in heavy fog and shot straight across the river into Sale Creek. Our first stop was a channel swing bank loaded with laydowns. Three casts into the day, ashtrey swung our first keeper into the boat. It was all downhill from there. We stayed and made several passes with quite a few fish, but all were just short. ashtrey's keeper fell for a jig, but most of the rest went for a DJW buzzbait or Sammy knock-off (I order the bodies, then hang the hooks and split rings on them ... $4 vs. $20 ... hmmm, what would you do?).

Once the sun climbed, the wind began to blow ... then blow some more ... and then even harder for good measure. We mostly tried staying out of the wind just working jigs into laydowns. We went until almost weigh-in before I caught our second - and last - keeper on a Spotsticker almost within sight of the ramp. Our winner's bag was 9 and change with 4 keepers. flip brought the BF to the scales ... a hefty LM that pushed 5. I know that I personally caught and released 9 lbs of fish that were all between 14.5 and 14.9999999999999999999999 inches long.

Gale force winds aside, it was a beautiful day to be out. Early this AM, ashtrey and I stopped fishing and just watched a doe swim across Sale Creek. I enjoyed seeing everyone and look forward to the fifth and final event of the series next month on the Big G.

 

[jon the fisherman]

I wondered how you guys faired in the wind. Looked to be a nice day if you wanted to fly a kiteemoBigsmile

 

[craazyboutbass]

You should have used a rapala countdownemoBigsmile Shame on you! I got some more of those rapala lures except they were floating and they were about half an inch longer than the ones that I used the other day. Good luck to you on that last event of the division.

 

[RangerRob]

jon the fisherman - 5/13/2006 10:11 PM

Looked to be a nice day if you wanted to fly a kiteemoBigsmile

... or a Ranger! I launched us several times. 20 mph winds + cabin cruisers = bad news...

 

[flip1up]

Yep. I thought it was going to be a great day for us. My first good bite was a 17"+ Smallie that just killed a shad colored flat A crankbait. I believe it was the next throw that the 4+ Largemouth hit the same bait. A couple more just short of the mark and then down hill from there. Its bad when you get the kicker early and cant fill the rest of the limit. We ended up with only 2 more Spots for the day. Great to see everyone again, cant wait to fish Gville next month for our final T of the trail, then to Barkley and Kentucky lakes for the classic. I love those two lakes, and have high expectations in September. Its a drop bite then and I cant wait, I love this game.