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Bob and I met up at 7:15a....at Joe's Cafe in Sterling. Breakfast was really good, I highly recommend the place. I had a chorizo burrito....
We splashed the boat round 8:30a....
....it was chilly but not bad.
We went upriver for a bit and tried shoreline, middle, other shoreline and got only 1 suspected bite!
So, we decided to have a quick lunch.
Apparently, lunch time is a good time to fish because I caught 3 fish (14.5, 14 and 13) in a 15 minute span!
Those 2 were FAT chunks and I would have bet (before seeing them) that they were much bigger fish!
We caught 2 more in the same hour and then no more sniffs.
It seemed to stay cold all day. The sun hardly ever peeked out and the wind kicked up a bit to keep us cold.
Theses fish were not in deep holes....
Still, a nice day out trying to figure out cold weather smallies. Water temps were 44-47 all day and the current was running hard. Very few leaves on the surface but tons of them on the bottom.
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Really great to see you got out and caught a few! That's how you do it! Congrats!
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This report was posted before I got home. Another fun day fishing with Ernie. I just fished, Ernie did all of the catching.
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All came on the same bait (as shown), fished at a 45* angle and back off the boat, slowly moved. Lots of suspension time. When it felt like a snag, it was a fish!
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Bob looks REALLY COLD in that 2nd pic!
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I would have guessed that first fish was much bigger than 14.5. Looks like a football.
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Bryan wrote:
I would have guessed that first fish was much bigger than 14.5. Looks like a football.
This is what we have been seeing this year....FAT smallies. They all seem bigger as they are fighting.
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Curly wrote:
Bob looks REALLY COLD in that 2nd pic!
Wasn't too bad at the start, was trying out a new hat/mask. As the hours passed and the breeze picked up I got damn cold. By 2:00 my fingers were so cold it took 5 minutes to tie on a new lure. The heat was on most of the way home.
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I'm proud to say you're finally embracing VA temps and leaving behind your Cuban heritage to brave the cold
Well done
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hookup wrote:
I'm proud to say you're finally embracing VA temps and leaving behind your Cuban heritage to brave the cold
I always complain about the cold but have fished in it for many years! But...once that temp is in the 20's & 30's in the AM, I won't go unless I know it will get to the 40's.
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hookup wrote:
I'm proud to say you're finally embracing VA temps and leaving behind your Cuban heritage to brave the cold
Well done
That literally made me lol. Well done.
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