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Got out for a solo trip on a tidal inlet. Weather forecast was originally 68 and cloudy with moderate winds. Reality was morning rain, wind, wind and later the sun came out with more wind! I caught a big fish on my first cast, but it was a carp that tried to eat my Kinami Psycho-dad. That was fun on 6lb test! Of course I left my boga grip in the car, so I finally tired it out enough to grab it's fleshy lip and get the hook out, saving one of George's flutter jigs and the bait. I had to anchor to fish at all and cold rain lasted maybe 45 minutes or so.
No more takers at the first stop, so I blew down a bit and tried the chatterbait. A few casts in, I caught a chunky pre-spawn LM in the 2-3 lb range.
My confidence improved, having caught the targeted species in a known pre-spawn/spawning area. I tried chatterbaits, tube and swim bait, but nothing bit.
Tide was coming it and I gradually blew around the shoreline, trying to coax a lunker, but just struggled trying to control the boat with the wind. I finally moved to the only area out of the wind and took a break and ate my lunch.
I tried to fish the emerging milfoil flat with the chatterbait after lunch, but nada. I moved back to the less windy shoreline and worked a tube while blowing/drifting. I finally stuck a slightly larger LM about 3 lbs on the tube.
I worked that shore back up and drifted back a bit, finally sticking a big slab crappie that was over 13", heavy and aggressive.
I only caught one more smaller LM and called it a day, Not exactly relaxing, but caught 3 species and saw some cool birds, including 2 ospreys, a bald eagle and a king fisher.
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You caught fish and you didn't get stuck in the mud. A good day indeed!
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You caught fish and didn't have to work. Good day
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beats working any day. great report!
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Nice mixed bag, thanks for the report.
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Cool trip, thanks for the summary. Seeing wildlife is a nice bonus while fishing; those ospreys and the bald eagle are a great sighting.
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Nice job there. Luv the crappie
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