Hit pool 4 with my father and wife today from 6am to about 1:00. It was a beautiful day to be out to say the least. We did a lot of running and gunning. Fished from the can lines to almost the dam. We jigged, pitched, a pulled 3 ways. Caught, and MISSED, fish with each technique, but the right ones were very hard to come buy. A Catapala orange ringworm (I am fairly positive that is the name alteast.) brought the most action to the boat.
On a side note. After my Dad left to go play with the grandchildren my wife decided she was hungry and wanted to check out the Harbor Bar. It was our first time there. We both got Burgers and an appetizer of mushrooms. The food was good and it was nice break to the day. It was nice that we could just pull up in our boat too.
Overall, we can't really complain with the weather and a couple fish making it home for dinner. Just wished we could have identified a solid pattern.
FDR
-------------------- Francisco de la Rosa IV
Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the number of moments that take your breath away.
Luck is when preparation meets opportunity!
Edited by Francisco de la Rosa IV (11/07/09 11:21 PM)
Quote: Hit pool 4 with my father and wife today from 6am to about 1:00. It was a beautiful day to be out to say the least. We did a lot of running and gunning. Fished from the can lines to almost the dam. We jigged, pitched, a pulled 3 ways. Caught, and MISSED, fish with each technique, but the right ones were very hard to come buy. A Catapala orange ringworm (I am fairly positive that is the name alteast.) brought the most action to the boat.
On a side note. After my Dad left to go play with the grandchildren my wife decided she was hungry and wanted to check out the Harbor Bar. It was our first time there. We both got Burgers and an appetizer of mushrooms. The food was good and it was nice break to the day. It was nice that we could just pull up in our boat too.
Overall, we can't really complain with the weather and a couple fish making it home for dinner. Just wished we could have identified a solid pattern.
FDR
I know exactly what you are talking about. The action was hard to come buy (fishing action). Myself and another boat had some action (getting shot at) buy 3 extremely irresponsible deer hunters. Thankfully we got their boat registration # and called them in.
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Quote: I know exactly what you are talking about. The action was hard to come buy (fishing action). Myself and another boat had some action (getting shot at) buy 3 extremely irresponsible deer hunters. Thankfully we got their boat registration # and called them in.
We heard a lot of shots being fired through the morning. Is it even legal to shoot deer from a boat? Is it not considered a vehicle? Glad you didn't get hurt ruger!
Brian, maybe next time I will have to borrow your Marcum to see what those fish are actually doing down there. Nice to see you too!
FDR
-------------------- Francisco de la Rosa IV
Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the number of moments that take your breath away.
WOW!! I never thought about getting shot when I went fishing down at p4. That suck. I hope they got what they had comin'. Glad you made it out alive Ruger!
Quote: WOW!! I never thought about getting shot when I went fishing down at p4. That suck. I hope they got what they had comin'. Glad you made it out alive Ruger!
Tell me about it. Crazy part is, we aren't even talking about 1 or two shots. These clowns shot over 23, YES 23, times in a matter of a few minutes.
I can just imagine some poor little fawn running the gauntlet through these clowns. We could hear bullets whizzing by and actually saw a round hit the water about 30 feet in front of the other boat.
They weren't shooting from a boat. Yes, that is illegal. They were about 20 yards in on one of the islands on the river.
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Not to make this thread a Marcum commercial...but here's a video from last year and I would bet this is what you would see over this last weekend....minus 200 jigs.
Let me explain what you're going to see and where it was taped.
The first portion of this video was taken on the lock side of the "Y". When my boat is in view, the camera is dropped to the bottom without the Darkwater Technology light turned on. Once on the bottom the lights are turned on to reveal the dark depths.
After that portion I moved over the the dam side looking for some fish. When the video shows 36 feet of water, I was moving the camera in the center of the channel going down stream with the water getting shallower.
That's exactly what you would have seen today. A bajillion saugers on the bottom. I believe this is why the practice of dropping the jig to the bottom, then raising it 2 to 4 inches off the bottom and holding it works so well in this area. These are not actively feeding fish, but with lures passing by frequently...just the right color will get a reaction strike.
So the next time a boat uses their net and puts a fish in the boat, no need to rush over and fish all around them. They are under most every boat out there. Just that one sauger didn't like the jig that was going by and chewed on it. Well, that's the way it looks from my arm chair anyway.
I sure wish I could have been out in this weather...eating your pie or not!
Quote: Not to make this thread a Marcum commercial...but here's a video from last year and I would bet this is what you would see over this last weekend....minus 200 jigs.
Let me explain what you're going to see and where it was taped.
The first portion of this video was taken on the lock side of the "Y". When my boat is in view, the camera is dropped to the bottom without the Darkwater Technology light turned on. Once on the bottom the lights are turned on to reveal the dark depths.
After that portion I moved over the the dam side looking for some fish. When the video shows 36 feet of water, I was moving the camera in the center of the channel going down stream with the water getting shallower.
That's exactly what you would have seen today. A bajillion saugers on the bottom. I believe this is why the practice of dropping the jig to the bottom, then raising it 2 to 4 inches off the bottom and holding it works so well in this area. These are not actively feeding fish, but with lures passing by frequently...just the right color will get a reaction strike.
So the next time a boat uses their net and puts a fish in the boat, no need to rush over and fish all around them. They are under most every boat out there. Just that one sauger didn't like the jig that was going by and chewed on it. Well, that's the way it looks from my arm chair anyway.
After last Sunday, neither do I! I mean, I'll never forsake my beloved whiskered big game, but other species have a great deal to offer, and watching this video just brings home a point that I've tried to make to friends before:
The fish are always there, but it takes skill to provoke a strike.
-------------------- Whoever first said "Better a bad day fishing than a good day at work" is the wisest person who ever lived.
Pool 4 humble pie
