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I had planned to do this trip with Hookup a few weeks back, but he hurt his back. I was afraid to try to take the canoe by myself due to my recent rotator cuff surgery, but I am feeling much better and decided to go by myself today. I had help getting the canoe on the car and basically used a rug and bath rugs to protect the car while I slit it off and on. Worked pretty good and I did not have to lift the canoe fully.
I hit the water about 8:30am and it was in the upper 30's with a forecast of mostly cloudy and high in the upper 50's. Wind was supposed to be 11mph from the South. I started at a warm water inflow and caught a nice LM around 3 lbs on the first cast with hookup's SWM jig and a 4" Keitech finesse swim bait.
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I thought that might be a good sign, but I did not get any more bites in that area, I lost a couple jig lures and the wind was really giving my trouble with boat control. I messed around with different lures (crank baits, tubes, finesse swim bait, jig) and had a slow period. I did catch this large gizzard shad on a tube that it actually ate.
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Finally, just before lunch, I got into a tube bite on the opposite shore. I caught 6 in less than 40 minutes. Nothing huge, but pulled good. I took a couple pictures, but not all.
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I ate lunch and struggled again with the wind. Switched sides to get away from the wind and caught nothing. I finally crossed over again and fished the shore as the wind laid down a bit. Caught 2 on a tube at one spot and one more decent one at the spot I caught the other fish, All bit the tube and had red in their mouths from eating craws I think.
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I quit about 3:30pm and took my time putting the boat back on. All worked out and I was tired and a little sore, but happy to have caught some fish. Ended up with 9 LM total and the shad.
Merry Christmas!
Last edited by drxfish (Dec-22-17 3:52PM)
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Way to go...glad you got out and got 'em!
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Very Nice!
Last edited by Curly (Dec-23-17 5:38AM)
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Good job. Sorry I missed it.
Luv seeing the tube bite turn on
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Nice fish, thanks for the report!
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Nice to see successful fishing reports this time of year! Well done.
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