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November Shore Fishin.Low water.
11/4/13 :With wind chill the air temp ranged from low 30's to low 40's. Fished SE end of lake by dam facing the NE wind ,from 10am till 2:30pm .65 fish total ,4 species
SPOT ONE: Best Fish per species ,were 12 " and unbelievably wide Crappie(my favorite fish of the day),10.5" White Perch ,11" Yellow Perch and about an 8" Male Bluegill . Started off with Tandem white Buck tail jig
rig. Immediately caught a Crappie around 11"and a few Yellow Perch .Fingers were cold so I put on mittens over fingerless gloves and searched the shore line for Mussels . Found a huge one .First time fishing with mussels ,worked great ! I tipped the Tandem rig jigs with Mussel bits .My first of three tandems was a Yellow on bottom jig and a white on top . Got two other tandem Yellows later. Experimented, tipping both jigs, and just tipping bottom jig and got several fish on upper jig /untipped , as well as lower jig tipped . Caught 4 species ,Crappie ,Yellow Perch, White Perch and Bluegills .Switched over from white Btails to Chartreuse Btail with 1" Chartreuse twister tails .Kept catching . Switched to and caught a few on the float rig . One Yellow Perch kept for cut bait after no more mussels were found. Perch eye worked great on the float /Jig rig. In the meantime a few casts with a Rattlin' Rap scored zip.
SPOT TWO: Mostly slip floating and the Crappie loved the Squirrel tail/chartreuse twister tail/Perch eye offering . Rip rap with a band of windblown leaves right up against the end of the lake was the ambush point for Crappie and Yellow Perch. Caught about 5 nice heavy and thick Crappie 11" - 13" and then it was all Yellow Perch besides perhaps another Crappie or two . Tried perch roe on tandem rig jigs and caught. the 3rd double came at spot two. A few fish caught on 10th oz. Thunderbolt spoon tipped with perch stomach or flesh. All fish released but I may regret that !
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Comment by John Sheehan on November 4, 2013 at 6:11pm
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Jim ,follow the wind pal , Ha ha! Tooty -the spot on a spot man!
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Comment by DAVID L EITUTIS on November 4, 2013 at 6:08pm
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GREAT SHOT JOHN !!!!!!!!
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Comment by Jim Gronaw on November 4, 2013 at 5:55pm
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I gotta' find me some leaves!
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When the Crappie got hooked they swam right back under that cover of leaves so I assume that's that's where they came from .
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Two great pros give me credit and I appreciate it .Been a tough year for me and this day made everything okay!
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Yes indeed...good call John!
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Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on November 4, 2013 at 4:56pm
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Thanks John....nice job figuring the fish out during irregular conditions.....
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And yes that pic shows todays productive Crappie /Yellow Perch windblown edge/ambush cover .
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2-4' below the brush most of the time fishing here Jeffrey I believe .
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What is the normal water level here John.....just curious....top of the rocks maybe?
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