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With the river getting low, I decided to chase greenies.  I got out early and the full moon was beautiful over the lake.  There are always  lots of shad surfacing and bass busting on them in front of the ramp.  I made a few casts, but no bites.



I ran downlake to a cove and tried some cranks before switching to a tiny swimbait.  I caught 2 small LM.  I moved around the cove after that and caught one more LM that was about 12-14 inches long, but super skinny.  Looked like maybe it was sick.  There were so many birds around.  Different woodpeckers were working some dead trees and a bunch of Bluejays were moving through.  Ospreys, Herons and Cormorants were working the waters.  I made one cast with the swimbait and felt a hit, when I pulled back, the line cut clean.  It was probably a snakehead.  I moved around the cove, but no more bites.

I ran further downlake to another cove I like.  I worked it for a while and just caught one tiny bass.  Ended up eating my sandwich back there.  I decided to move out to the main lake and drift with the wind.  The wind was blowing me at and angle, but toward the shore.  I was mostly throwing crankbaits and finally caught a decent fish on a Rapala DT Thug.  He hit on as the crank was coming back up and was 15.25".





I had to run back to take my daughter to an appointment.  When I was running, I noticed my engine was bogging down.  I thought it was maybe leaves in the prop, but that was not it.  I kept running and it kept happening.  I tried opening the air low on the gas, checked the gas hose and it was peeing, so nothing there.  It ran better at a little over half speed, so I limped back.  I was off the water a little before 2pm.  Nicw day on the lake, but slow fishing.

Last edited by drxfish (Oct-22-21 5:01AM)