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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 5, 2013 at 10:06am
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Oh, I was hankering to go fishing Tooty ,after a relentless weekend of gigging .(Music gigging not frog gigging )Glad you and Jim Gronaw got a kick out of the pic . I mean it when I say your post was the inspiration for this pic . I knew you had to be cold with those thin pants .These felt line pants are the best for my needs.
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Comment by DAVID L EITUTIS on November 5, 2013 at 9:09am
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PRICELESS PIC JOHN ..........
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You inspired it tooty .That's why I had my wife photo me before I went fishin'.
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MAN JOHN THAT'S THE OUTFIT I SHOULD HAVE WORE YESTERDAY !!!!!!!
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Ha ha ,Jim this was inspired by Tooty's post yesterday .I don't have an Oriole hat . Tooty, it was cold for about an hour fishin but the other 3 and 1/2 were comfortable .Of course I raided my ice fishin' apparel early this year .
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Comment by Jim Gronaw on November 4, 2013 at 5:34pm
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This is one of the coolest photos ever of ANY BBG member!
The only thing I would change is the ski cap.
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Comment by Leo Nguyen on November 4, 2013 at 4:56pm
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Errrr..16 rods..I think the term we should use is, "Spiderman fishing"
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Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on November 4, 2013 at 4:43pm
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You done good John.....I have 16 telescopics on my boat right now not to mention spin casting, fly rods and spares.....
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heh heh .Only two produced but I hate wondering if I should have brought another .
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I don't think you look cozy enough. Definitely need more rods.
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