Pacemaker Fishing Forum

Paul and I had scheduled to fish Beaverdam today but the wind forecast scared us off so we hit the UP.

No wind in the morning and a ton off flying ants everywhere. We sprayed them and more came to the boat.

We started at the point where we saw some activity but it was carp...frolicking around.

We then fished the ledge from end to end.

We needed to get the ants off us so we ran up to the rocks on the MD side. The and followed us. And then, they were gone. Just like that.

The rocks did not produce (except this big stick)...



...so we ledge fished across to VA.

Finally, at one of the last rocks/ledges, Paul hooked up!



Finally, skunk off!

We worked the VA rocks, top and bottom and nothing.

So we decided to gis the boulder filed just off John's island and Paul got bit again (right behind a boulder).



A little further down and he gets a bigger one off a boulder.



So the pattern was slow and low and behind rocks.

We decided to fish the chute and nothing. As we were leaving t go to the next stop, the boat motor hiccuped a few times. Paul could not get the fuel ball tight.

Finally, she got going.

The motor did it again and I was starting to worry so we drifted a little, got hot as all get out (but with a nice stiff breeze) and decided to call it a day.

Before we quit, I took 2  laps around the 2nd island at full speed and everything was OK.

But, when I put the hose on the engine after I got home, I knew the problem was not good. I called Jim Starkey (my boat builder) and he told me to try a few things but to no avail. He said, "I 'll see you when you get here".

BOAT- Break  Out Another G!

The fishing remains slow on the UP with very few bites.