Pacemaker Fishing Forum

After icing up and recovering from yesterday. I got to bed early and was up and ready by 6:00am.  Got on the water about 6:25am and was the first boat in.  Really nice morning in the low 60's.  I decided to just use the Trolling motor to get to my starting spot,  I threw the Whopper Plopper and after a while got this strong 15.5" smallie.


It was good to get the skunk out early with a decent fish on topwater.  I floated down a bit and decided to anchor above a ledge.  I threw the Whopper Plopper up to the area, but decided to throw a Chug Bug for the first cast.  I threw it just above the ledge and popped it once and a big smallie jumped out of the water and took it down. FISH ON!  It was a large fish, but I did not know exactly hoe big until I got it in.




I measured it and it was 20".  Second C-class in two days and both on topwater!  I was pumped!  I revived the fish for a second and she swam off strong.

The fog rolled in heavy and the wind was blowing upriver.  I thought it would help the fishing, but it was pretty slow.   I worked the ledge over good and managed maybe two small ones on a grub.  I started floating and caught maybe one more.  I noticed a second ledge down river a bit, so I set up and anchored again.  This time I threw the Whopper Plopper and a big smallie jumped and attached the lure, but just missed for a hook set.  It was the exact same pattern.  you only got one shot though, and I missed her.  I worked the ledge over good and caught two smaller fish on the Whopper Plopper and went around to work the back side.  I got one or two little ones off the back with a grub.  I probably spent over two hours on those two ledges before moving on.

The fog started to clear and I caught a couple on a grub and one better fish on a swim bait.  Maybe 13+"

I fished for a little while and then ate my lunch before deciding to run up river.  The sun had come out strong and I hadn't even started the motor.  I ran up and the water was very low and clear.  There were a bunch of people out (fishing, paddle boarding, kayaking) and I see a very strange site.  Two ladies swimming down the middle of the river between me and a couple other fishermen.  They must have been training for a triathlon.  Very strange for that area and not very safe.

I ran up and tried a speed craw in a small SWM jig,  The water was really clear and I could see everything.  I somehow ended up catching two little ones before deciding to head in.  I got back about 1:20pm with maybe 11 fish total.  The ramp was open for once, which was a nice ending to a beautiful day on the water and my last hurrah before surgery.

Last edited by drxfish (Sep-17-17 11:34AM)