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#1 Aug-17-23 8:08AM
- hookup
- Patagonian Toothfish
- Registered: Jan-31-12
- Posts: 2348
Hump day humping
Met Leon, Doug, and Jacob at o'dark thirty to float a 5.5 stretch
Everything was perfect - well, almost everything. Fishing was slow. Water was like a bath tub. Bald Eagles were everywhere and what was cool, so were ospreys. They gave the bald eagle all the space they wanted - respect!
Not sure on anyone's numbers, but it was slow. I eked out 5, Leon got a couple, not sure if Jacob was skunked and Doug was the superstar of the day. He down sized and focused on the dinks and ended up getting a 16+" smallie.
Met a guy at the end of the float who was part of the Luthor/Jeff Little crowd who claimed to catch a 30" walleye. Would have loved to see a pix, Interesting yak - big Hobie w/ a torquedo mount and a fortune of YakAttack accessories. He was trying to drag it up a small class I rapid with no success. Thing must have weighed over 100#
Just for perspective, here's a pix of a 25" walleye I got earlier this year. I do know they stock walleye on that section. A 30" one would be impressive and could explain the lack of fish.
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#2 Aug-17-23 9:17AM
- Oubassman
- Northern Snakehead
- From: West Virginia
- Registered: Jan-11-23
- Posts: 125
Re: Hump day humping
It was great fishing with you guys as always, company was great but the fishing left something to be desired 😁😁.
I started trying to make a fluke, bigger swimbait and topwater work with only a few halfhearted strikes from small fish. As George said, downsizing to his secret swimbait, including color, I got some humpday action 🤣. 3 or 4 fairly quickly, including the 16" and a bonus largemouth. Picked up a couple more and also got a couple more, including a couple of 14's, on the good old brown and orange Crankbait. Jacob did end up with the dreaded skunk, as a couple didn't stay hooked.
Highlight was running the ONE RAPID and getting a kayak full of water as I went through the last wave! Cooled me off quickly.
Glad to be out with friends and not working
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#3 Aug-17-23 10:46AM
- drxfish
- Patagonian Toothfish
- From: Sterling
- Registered: Jan-04-14
- Posts: 3023
Re: Hump day humping
Congrats on a good outing with friends!
Always wishin' I was fishin'
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#4 Aug-17-23 6:54PM
- Ernie
- Administrator
- From: Ashburn VA
- Registered: Feb-03-06
- Posts: 15634
Re: Hump day humping
Good job boys!
My 14’ Hobie PA weighed 140lbs naked!
Time to go fishin' again!
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#5 Aug-19-23 8:01AM
- hookup
- Patagonian Toothfish
- Registered: Jan-31-12
- Posts: 2348
Re: Hump day humping
Oubassman wrote:
Highlight was running the ONE RAPID and getting a kayak full of water as I went through the last wave! Cooled me off quickly.
If one doesn't know about that rapid it would be NOT GOOD.
My 14’ Hobie PA weighed 140lbs naked
This was a long one and I'm sure it was heavy with all the accessories he added
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