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Location: Ft. Wayne Indiana | Wow!!! Fishing has been tough with this cold front, but just like I thought, the fishing picked up once the sun came out. Read on to see what I am talking about...... RIGHT MATT!!!
Water temps: droppped about 8 degrees in a week. High 60's in the morning, lower 70's by later afternoon. Sucker time is getting close!!!
Water clarity: getting better on each lake with several feet visibility.
Lure Selection: Jackpots/Weagles in the morning and Grey Ghost, have been hit once again more than other lures. Squirkos have accounted for a few fish as well.
I have been all over this week fishing the Barbee Chain, Tippy, James and Webster through out the week searching for active fish. Fishing has been pretty slow, but usually picking up one fish day, with a shot and one nicer fish throughout the day. 90% of the action has come from shallow flats.
A monster on Tippy has shown herself about 8 times this week, but hasn't got the hooks in her yet!!! She has followed in Jackpots, Weagles and Grey Ghosts. She has tried to eat, but has been unsuccessful, as of yet..... This is a 50 inch class fish......
The fish have their heads buried in the weeds still, and you literally have the land your lure 12 inches from their face to get them to eat. The flats on Webster have been producing most of my fish, The weeds and inside turns along the northeast side have been great on Tippy, and Little Barbee around the campground is stil producing a fish here and there. SHALLOW SHALLOW SHALLOW. Fish are hitting VERY LIGHT, so be ready as I have lost 9 fish this week. What a HEART BREAKER!!!
NOW FOR THE 14th report.........
I had the pleasure of fishing with my good friend Matt Collins from the Chicago area. We fished out of his Tuffy and gave me a break from running the trolling moter. We headed to Tippy/James and has the BEST worst day of my life.
The day started off cloudy, and top water action was picking up. In the first 30 mintues of fishing we had 2 fish over 40 inches try to eat out lures. Matt was throwing the Jackpot and I was throwing the Weagle. With two nice fish blowing up on our lures, we were pretty excited about the day in front of us....
To make a very, very long story short we had 7 fish try to eat the the lures with 6 getting hooks in to all of them. Out of the 6 fished hooked, all but 1 was over 40, and one PIGGY and got off after about a 8 second battle. 6 fish over 40 inches on, fighting them, getting them to the boat, then off. Both me and Matt were both heatbroken and dumb founded. I have never had that many BIG fish hit and get off since I have picked up my first musky rod.
What could have been a CAREER day of 6 fish over 40 with one in the 46-48 class, turned into a a day of heart break and confusion.
I am sure most of you will not believe this story, but next time you see Matt on the water in his Tuffy, stop him and ask him about the day we had on Tippy/James. It was simply amazing.
You had the land your lure directly on the fishes head to get them to eat, as most strikes came within the first 5 feet of the retrieve. Lure selection really didn't matter much. Jackpots, Weagles, Mag Dawgs, Squirkos, Grey Ghost and Phantom all got hit. This was by far the craziest day I have ever had on the water. All of the fish had just one hook, and usually right in front of their beaks. Some came off after a couple of head shakes, but most of them were to the boat and within seconds of being netted. Boy o boy, we sure did SUCK!!!
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| We succk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Those FR#$%%G green b@$*&^%$s. I can't take this any more. I can't even type. I still had a great time, and it was a nice break for Mike (Kid Catsup). LOL
We'll get 'em next time!
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Location: oswego, il | Been bad for decent fish for us too. In the last 4 saturdays we have caught 19 fish and only one of them has been over 30". We have lost quite a few fish too and the frustrating thing is most all of them were legals. I bet we have lost 10 fish over 36 in those weeks. |
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Location: Ft. Wayne Indiana | Todd, as I was adding up my numbers, I have lost 9-10 fish this week alone, all legals.......... |
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Location: syracuse indiana | well i cant say that . this weekend was good for me. got this one and lost another. and i really didnt put mutch time on the water. i guess u can tell where i got it since u already know . but it does help me living on the water. when i get home its usually on the water i go....good luck guys and keep at it.. mike remember we all have bad days or weekends.. heck last week i lost 3 good fish mid 40's too.. so chear up and remember u will have good staries to tell your kids when u get back to work this week and good luck at ft wayne....bill
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| I lost a mid 40s fish but stuck this nice 42 about an hour later..I might get out for a while tomorrow afternoon..Should be interesting with a 4yr old. :)..
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Location: lansing, il | hey guys look on the bright side of things..... u at least have been out fishing to loose those fish. i cant loose any when im stuck workin. i havnt been on the water since we went out a few weeks ago mike, and the way work is goin, and fall ball starting up, i may not hit water til i get to herbies in sept. ill be sure to make up for lost time once i get there though. hey mike do you know if tony is going to be back up at herbies the week of labor day???? i may buzz ya next week about a few questions i got.
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Location: Monee, Illinois | You are right mike, that big girl blew up on my jackpot. Chris and I had about 15 blow ups that day (Thursday) all huge fish. Chirs boated a 31. I will be back up there tuesday evening and all day on Wendsday. I will let you all know how I did. P.S. Did you like the new rig?
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Location: Ft. Wayne Indiana | Randy and Bill,
Good job on the fish! Wish we could have stuck a couple that we had on! Good job this weekend, and keep up the good work.
Bob, your boat is SWEET! |
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Location: Elkhart, IN | Randy,
Bring lots of snacks and toys. Get some minnows for them to play with and put them in your livewell. Make it fun for them. You won't get in as much fishing but it will pay huge dividends later. I took my daughter out for 8 hours when she was 4. Just make sure you leave when they say they want to leave. Dont burn them out.
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