Pacemaker Fishing Forum

Got a call to fish Labor Day with a buddy from KBF.  Since thunderstorms were in the forecast early afternoon we met at o'dark thirty

Started the float with some drizzle but stopped soon.  Drizzled off and on all day.  When the rain came, the fish got active.  Rain stopped, fish stopped biting.

Stuck to a fluke most of the day and had some fantastic blow ups but no luck hooking the big ones.  I got a nasty wind knot in the braid so switched spools.  Mono.  I blame the lack of hooking the big ones on the mono.  That's my story and I'm sticking to it.  Fish were actively hunting.  Buddy hooked one and it easily cleared 3' of water.  It was awesome.

Towards the end of the day went with a silicone/bucktail jig with a craw trailer and started hooking up deep.  Lot's of dinks and tail biters which shows the health of the river

Buddy ended up with the biggest fish of the day



And we both had nice action on the fat averages all day long



Glad to see the rain on the way home.  Rivers need water bad!