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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

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.

Comment by DAVID L EITUTIS on November 5, 2013 at 9:09am

PRICELESS PIC JOHN ..........

Comment by John Sheehan on November 4, 2013 at 8:24pm

You inspired it tooty .That's why I had my wife photo me before I went fishin'.

Comment by DAVID L EITUTIS on November 4, 2013 at 6:06pm

MAN JOHN THAT'S THE OUTFIT I SHOULD HAVE WORE YESTERDAY !!!!!!!

Comment by John Sheehan on November 4, 2013 at 5:42pm

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 .

Comment by Jim Gronaw on November 4, 2013 at 5:34pm

This is one of the coolest photos ever of ANY BBG member!

The only thing I would change is the ski cap.

Comment by Leo Nguyen on November 4, 2013 at 4:56pm

Errrr..16 rods..I think the term we should use is, "Spiderman fishing"

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on November 4, 2013 at 4:43pm

You done good John.....I have 16 telescopics on my boat right now not to mention spin casting, fly rods and spares.....

Comment by John Sheehan on November 4, 2013 at 4:41pm

heh heh .Only two produced but I hate wondering if I should have brought another .

Comment by Leo Nguyen on November 4, 2013 at 3:32pm

I don't think you look cozy enough. Definitely need more rods.

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