Slip’s 2015 LOGS, STATUS AND STRATEGIES… 2ND HALF EDITION

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... postings concerning the second half season of fishing 2015

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20150806 - got some gaps to fill on my mapping

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20150805 - you know its going to be a bad day of panfishing when you scour your local shore fishing haunt and come up short... and all you have to show for your efforts is a lone short SMB. blaming it on the high pressure system following the storm front.

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20150806~Wixom Lake… I set off today to finish some sonar mapping gaps in my Wixom Lake topographical survey. While paddling thru the course I noticed a sand bar surrounded by eel grass beds. I noticed a large saucer shaped fish idling and moving forward slowly. This panfish visually scaled over 10”. I let the kayak pass slowly with the wind to within casting distance of the fish. I paused , cracked a beer and took a small breather to collect my wits. I adjusted the float stop knot to about 18” for a 2-0’ depth of water where the fish resided. One cast and let the bobber rest moments later it disappeared set the hook and a heavy fish was battling. After a short combat I tried to ease the fish in with my left hand and it shook the hook at the boat … it was all of 10+ inches of P’Seed. I was stunned and then dispirited. The Master Angler P’Seed disappeared into the shadows. I casted a few more times along the weed edge with the newly formed Bush Whacker Rig and set the hooks into another sizable panfish. I was astounded to see which appeared to be a Master Angler sized B’Gill. After securing into the Kayak the fish just measured .3 inches short…. WHAT!!!! What a great looking fish! I had a hard time releasing that fish! It took a few moments for me to realize the string of events that just occured!

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20150806 - Here is a picture of a fish that greatly reminded me of the B'Gill i caught today...it was caught at Five Lakes Drop shotting a night crawler bit in over 20-0 FOW under completely different circumstances. Today's fish was caught Bush whacking the weeds in less than 3-0 FOW while last years fish was caught in a different lake 22-0 ' deep without a weed in sight. So fish deep.. fish shallow and everywhere in between!

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checking "My Fishing Advisor Pro" against the (3) fish caught/nearly caught lined up perfectly with an increase in activity level at 6:00 p.m.

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20150807 - looks like a great day for B'Gill Fishing till 20:00 then drops off like a rock. i find myself consulting daily with the FISH ADVISORY PRO"

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20150807 ~ All i know is i should be on that spot for that missed Master Angler sized P'Seed somewhere between 16:00 and 20:00 p.m.

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20150807 ~ Wixom Lake ... "Fishing The Shallow Slop"

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20150807-Wixom Lake…. I had about 2hrs to fish including travel time before the rain will hit. So I decided to switch game plans from deeper weed edges to the shallow slop bite with slip bobbers set to 8 -12 inches. Accurate casts and pitches to gaps and pockets in the weed slop, lily pads and floating debris. A great exercise for kayak fishing. Caught a few B’Gills up to eight inches and a bonus upper 20’s class Northern Pike.

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 Selfie Blooper!

While fishing the slop and weed gaps I heard commotion from preds working the shallows and sending baitfish scurrying to the surface causing quite the commotion. my little tiny hook holding a 3/8” long gulp pink waxie sitting under a small thill pro float just feet from the bank in 1-6’ FOW got slammed by a huge pred. huge in the way anything fights the big fight on a MUL spinning rig . the only thing giving an edge in my favor was the 6-0# braid between me and the Pike. The Northern fought a commanding battle running a few circles around the kayak towing me around a bit. The weeds were being cut at the stalks by the braid like a huge weed whacker. Weeds were building up on the line and I thought for sure this fish would be lost. Somehow luck on my side I managed to land the beast and the battle ensued on board the kayak. Gotta love these Northern Pike

[Steve C]

Wow, looks like that was fun!  It always amazes me the size of fish that will eat those UL lures.  In my spots it's usually a channel cat or pickerel.