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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 Tony Livingston on November 5, 2013 at 11:07am: You haven't earned your BG stripes until you're out fishing, and have to stop after every other cast and clear the ice from your rod guides so your line will travel through without stopping.......

It is my humble opinion that a BG caught while enduring such conditions should be worth one-and-a-half times as much as a similar sized one caught during warmer weather........we need a correction factor for "miserable weather bluegills"!

Comment by John Sheehan on November 5, 2013 at 10:09am: Glad you're getting out later in the year Tooty and extending your season .No wonder you are not used to dressing right for this weather when fishing !Lol .See my 'How to dress for cold water fishing pic '.Study it .Next we'll get you on the ice!

Comment by DAVID L EITUTIS on November 5, 2013 at 9:14am: JUST THINK JOHN if you hadn't gotten all dressed up , had your pic taken, and then went to the pond you never would have gotten all the fish in your photos !!!!!!!!!!!! Actually it's the latest I've ever fished in the year yet and I was inspired by Tony on here . I"m not done for the year here yet either and once the snow starts blowing I'll be in the shop making bugs and napping in the recliner.........

Comment by John Sheehan on November 4, 2013 at 8:01pm: Well Tooty ,it was a moment of inspiration and luck .

Comment by John Sheehan on November 4, 2013 at 7:59pm: May stink bad in warm weather but not today for me .It was cold !

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on November 4, 2013 at 7:17pm: Done it once or twice, got bites. Stuff stinks but the fish like it!

Comment by DAVID L EITUTIS on November 4, 2013 at 6:19pm: WHAT AN IDEA !!!!! ALWAYS GOTTA BE THINKIN IF YA WANT TO CATCH FISH JOHN. GREAT JOB AND WOULD HAVE NEVER THOUGHT TO TRY IT EITHER.......

Comment by John Sheehan on November 4, 2013 at 5:47pm: Leo ,used pieces of cut mussel on my tandem jig rig .

Comment by John Sheehan on November 4, 2013 at 5:46pm: Leo, I found the two mussels on the exposed shoreline under lowered water conditions before the raccoons thankfully ! Jim , this was a moment of dire inspiration as I had no natural bait with me . Never expected such a fantastic day of fishing ,just wanted to get out .The mussel connection was huge!