Allen Morgan's Blog – September 2012 Archive (2)

Headed out this morning, first full day of my 2-week vacation.  I had three goals that I wanted to accomplish today:

1)       Catch some minnows to take home for use as bait.

2)      Catch some Shad, again, for bait.

3)      Catch some Skipjack, to process into cut bait for catfish.

I knew it was going to be LOW, as I’ve been watching the level on the internet.

BOY, was it low! I haven’t seen it this low in awhile.  Walking out, I…

I decided to go up to Keystone Dam and throw out some of the cut Skipjack Herring I have, and see if any cats were feeling hungry.  I didn’t know how the bite was going to be, as there was no water moving, and we had a cold front come through the day before.

I rigged and baited one of my surf rods.  I tossed that bait up near the turbines, and set the clicker.  I then baited up a smaller rod that had a float rig on it.  I knew from previous experience that I can at least play…