fishfight
Well-Known Member
Date: May 3,2013 Thursday
This was my second time fishing this year, first time was 2 weeks ago and I got skunk!
Number of fish landed – One 5lber Lake Trout landed around 9:30am at whirlpool
Another another Lake Trout around 8lber at 4pm
Two more lost during short fight.
My friend landed a 3lb sucker but lost a trout.
Saw 1 bass, many trout surfacing and other school of 1 lber fish.
Number of anglers fishing in our area: 10 mostly float fishing.
Number of lures we lost- I lost three 3/8 jigheads and 2 spoon. My buddy lost 6 lures from mostly spoon to a crankbait.
Location- FIshed the river from 8-12noon, went to US to pick up some stuff bought at Ebay, then fished again from 4-6pm
Water clarity- 4-5ft visibility. Very high at this time of the year, even by 8am.
Temp-: 12 degrees in the morning , then 20 in the afternoon, it was already over 18 degrees a day before. A Sunny day.
Wind direction- NE 12km. No wind at all down below
Water temp : 45 degrees, I took off my shoe, and bravely barefooted the water to try to release a snagged lure, It took me less than a minute to realize how fast a person can die of hypothermia.
I have to semi-hold the fish close to its gills, (no fingers touching the gills) since it was slippery and trashing so much, the fish was release very fast. This 8-10 lber Lake trout gave me a great fight, I thought I snagged a Carp, since it took a while to surface. The lakers should be fighting harder at this time of the year compared to the fall season.
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd294/bassfighter_album/trout2_zpsb65a87f1-1_zpsb1a7ee43.jpg
Another 5 lber Lake trout from whirlpool in the morning by 9:30am. fish also release, This fish did not fight much.
http://i223.photobuc...zps36bb5495.jpg
Story: We got down below by 8am. Met couple of anglers on their way up the whirlpool stairway, they stated they did well during night fishing from 2am-7am when water was low.
Very snaggeable and hard to control our lures due to high water by the time we start fishing at 8am. We need to be down below when water is low during the night.
While on our way back up the stairway of the whirlpool by noon time, we notice a small snake trying swallow a frog that is larger than what it can handle. Check my other report at the main section. http://i223.photobuc...ps246c302e.jpg.
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd294/bassfighter_album/snake3_zpsb4eda34c.jpg
This was my second time fishing this year, first time was 2 weeks ago and I got skunk!
Number of fish landed – One 5lber Lake Trout landed around 9:30am at whirlpool
Another another Lake Trout around 8lber at 4pm
Two more lost during short fight.
My friend landed a 3lb sucker but lost a trout.
Saw 1 bass, many trout surfacing and other school of 1 lber fish.
Number of anglers fishing in our area: 10 mostly float fishing.
Number of lures we lost- I lost three 3/8 jigheads and 2 spoon. My buddy lost 6 lures from mostly spoon to a crankbait.
Location- FIshed the river from 8-12noon, went to US to pick up some stuff bought at Ebay, then fished again from 4-6pm
Water clarity- 4-5ft visibility. Very high at this time of the year, even by 8am.
Temp-: 12 degrees in the morning , then 20 in the afternoon, it was already over 18 degrees a day before. A Sunny day.
Wind direction- NE 12km. No wind at all down below
Water temp : 45 degrees, I took off my shoe, and bravely barefooted the water to try to release a snagged lure, It took me less than a minute to realize how fast a person can die of hypothermia.
I have to semi-hold the fish close to its gills, (no fingers touching the gills) since it was slippery and trashing so much, the fish was release very fast. This 8-10 lber Lake trout gave me a great fight, I thought I snagged a Carp, since it took a while to surface. The lakers should be fighting harder at this time of the year compared to the fall season.
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd294/bassfighter_album/trout2_zpsb65a87f1-1_zpsb1a7ee43.jpg
Another 5 lber Lake trout from whirlpool in the morning by 9:30am. fish also release, This fish did not fight much.
http://i223.photobuc...zps36bb5495.jpg
Story: We got down below by 8am. Met couple of anglers on their way up the whirlpool stairway, they stated they did well during night fishing from 2am-7am when water was low.
Very snaggeable and hard to control our lures due to high water by the time we start fishing at 8am. We need to be down below when water is low during the night.
While on our way back up the stairway of the whirlpool by noon time, we notice a small snake trying swallow a frog that is larger than what it can handle. Check my other report at the main section. http://i223.photobuc...ps246c302e.jpg.
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd294/bassfighter_album/snake3_zpsb4eda34c.jpg
