Pacemaker Fishing Forum

I decided to get out before the rain to test my motor and fish some.  I ran into Tom at the ramp, who said he has good videos of me from throughout the year.  He may send them to me.

I decided to stay close due to low water level.  I ran inside the islands just to the end of the second one.  I took a picture from there.



The boat started up first pull, but did bog down after running on plane for a minute.  It runs fine at slower speed, but not at on plan to full speed.  Bummer and needs more diagnosis.  I fished the inside of the island with no bites.  Ifinally used the TM to go on the other side across from the ramp.  I tried out there with no luck.  Water was mostly gin clear, except almost to the MD side and some deeper pools.  I ran down to the ledge.  I finally got the skunk off with a dink on my little 2.8 inch swimbait setup.  No pic.

I ran around and fished the open water, but got no bites.  I was heading back up toward the ramp and decided to try around the ledge again.  I finally hooked a good fish with the swimbait.  It was 17.25" and stout, but had a sore with part of the top of it's tail missing.







That got me interested in trying some more and I managed one more 12"er in the same area.  Wind was picking up and my allergies were getting bad, so I headed back in.  I was off the water before 1pm.  Water temps were 55-57 degrees.