Thursday, August 2, 2007
Fished at Swanson Lake this morning at 5:00 AM. Beautiful morning. Cool, and mostly cloudy to overcast later
in the morning. Shad everywhere! NE breeze 5-8 mph early then to calm conditions. The Wipers were
up in the rocks this morning feeding around 5:10 AM. Landed 6 by 6:00 AM in the 18-21 inch range. Used a Skitter
Pop and Rebel Popper with much success. Also tried a Zoom Fluke and it worked as well. There was a lot of action
for about an hour then it dropped to nothing by 6:30 AM. I was the only craft on the lake until 6:30 AM. After
this time I got one White Bass and did not see anyone else catching any fish. Very slow! I left around 8:00 AM.
Got 7 Wipers and White Bass today. Another fun morning!
Friday, August 3, 2007
Met clients the Biggs Family from Lincoln at Rock Creek. We pretty much fished all day from dawn to dusk.
Strong gusty wind from south 25 mph most of day. Died down near sunset for some nice Bass fishing. Temps in the
upper 80's.
We caught numerous Bluegill, Red Ear, and Perch along with many small Largemouth, a Crappie, and a few Rock Bass.
My clients also caught an 18 inch and two 15 inch Largemouth bass. We used many different lures with the 1/64 oz jig
tipped with a 1" Food Source Mealworm. We also had success with topwater lures and plastics. We ate some excellent
Rib-Eyes and Scalloped Potatoes for supper. We also had some delicious Peach Cobbler!
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Taylor and Dad at Rock Creek |
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Greg with an 18 inch Largemouth Bass |
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Melinda and Dad at Rock Creek |
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Melinda with one of her many catches of the day. |
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Greg catches another nice Bass! |
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The Biggs Family and their Kayak Fleet |
Saturday, August 4, 2007
Same client today and we traveled to Swanson for some Wiper fishing. I took along Greg and we launched just
after 5:00 AM. We headed for the dam and looked for some topwater action. After paddling awhile we found some
action near the south end and paddled vigorously to get there. We found a nice small school of Wipers and hooked into
them right away. Greg landed an 18 inch and 20 inch Wiper in a matter of minutes. I hooked into two very nice
Wipers as well. There was no other topwater action. We then traveled to the main point at north end and
fished jigs on bottom. There were a few fish caught there for awhile.
Temps were in the high 70's in morning which raised to 90's by afternoon. We fished until around 8:30 am.
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Greg with a nice Wiper at Swanson Lake |
Sunday, August 5, 2007
My 5 year old CJ and I traveled to the local Sand Pit outside of town for some twilight fishing. It was very humid
with no breeze. There were lots of shad from a recent hatch and there were some that were more than a foot long along
the shore. CJ caught caught two nice Bluegill and I hooked into a couple small Largemouth in the few minutes we were
there.
Monday, August 6, 2007
I met the Schneider family for a Paddle-N-Eat trip at Rock Creek today around 10:00 AM. They had fun paddling in
nearly calm water at times as the wind switched from North to South. They had Beef Stew and some Peach Cobbler.
It was very warm today in the lower 90's. John was celebrating his birthday with wife Lynn and daughter Rachel.
Happy Birthday John!
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