tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67940550852046093322024-03-13T15:39:35.515-06:00Jason's Fishing & Camping BlogJason Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05165266106629520053noreply@blogger.comBlogger137125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794055085204609332.post-29455070910603340442021-09-07T10:58:00.001-06:002021-09-07T10:58:45.704-06:00Misc UpdateLast few short trips I have hit Geanos reef and Oconto. Geanos reef was a bust. Marked nothing all day, but did see people musky fishing on a cool point just to the north. That point had some nice cabbage on it. Oconto was a little better. I tried the shoal and managed a few walleye and some sheeps head. In shallow, kind of close to the entrance of the marina, I found fish near weed edges on SI. Managed a couple more sheeps and eyes. Saw a 40ish inch musky floating dead by the breakwater.
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On Saturday of Labor Day weekend I tried the bay in Marinette. Found some isolated rock near the bank heading to Menekaunee shoal. Managed 7 SMB and a rock bass there. Bass were all pretty good size. Largest was 4lb 6oz. Motored out to checkout green island. We had a strong west wind that day, so the waves were pretty big at the island. Got freaked out and left hah. The Menomenee river looked pretty cool. Cast it a bit but had no luck.
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Stayed at Cherryland that night and started off at Larson's reef the next morning. Basically no wind at all and the water temp got up to 80. Didn't really see many fish at all. Managed on small eye and a sheepshead. After about 6 hours of that I loaded the boat up and went back to 2 Mile. Fished there from about 3 to 5. Still no wind and super hot water temps. Water was also very green with alge. Marked tons of fish on the reef but nothing much was biting for the first hour. After that the bite slowly picked up. Boated about 12 fish. No biggins. All on glide baits.
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Hooked into what must have been a massive catfish. Had him for about a minute before it got off.
Sunday I fished Sister Bay. Got about 9 bass. Couple of good ones. It was a little slow over all. Big wind and waves made the day kind of miserable. Jason Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05165266106629520053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794055085204609332.post-28252669531511397592021-08-09T09:42:00.000-06:002021-08-09T09:42:24.437-06:00Sister Bay 8/7/21Fished Sister Bay for the first time. Lots of great structure. Found the biggins in 32 fow. Pretty much hammered them all day. Biggest was 4.75 lbs.
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Weekend of 1-23 - I fished 11 Mile on Friday. No pike. 4 good trout. Very cold. Saturday and Sunday I fished P-Lo. Sunday Kevin was with me. Between the two of us over both days we caught 14 fish.
One of which was about a 10lb carp. Found a new spot for slabbing close to turkey creek. It was really really cold, wet, and windy on Sunday!
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Next day Russ got a huge catfish, almost 28lbs. We caught a bunch of walleye but no keepers. Pretty good trip.
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Jason Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05165266106629520053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794055085204609332.post-32130528094045769862020-09-30T19:03:00.000-06:002020-09-30T19:03:04.981-06:00Chatfield 9/30Hit Chatfield this morning with Diane. We fished from 7am till noon. Did best on the point just outside the marina and Massey Draw. Caught 8 or 9 fish. Mostly smallmouths, with a few walleye, and a yellow perch. All fish were super fat. The birds were diving on shad all day. Apparently everything at Chatfield is living large right now. Fished in about 12-16 FOW. Raps and blades. Vertical and casting. Water temp was 60-61.Jason Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05165266106629520053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794055085204609332.post-83710461031241871322020-09-25T12:05:00.002-06:002020-09-25T19:54:13.842-06:00Replacing Lund Fuel VentUp until 2020 models Lunds came with a plastic fuel tank vent on the port side bow. The vent stuck out about 1/2 inch and was easy to damage. After breaking off 3 I decided to see what my options were. I found a flush(mostly) mount stainless steel vent from Attwood that is mostly a drop in replacement. The model number of the stainless steel ven is 66032-3, you can see it here: <a href="https://www.nauticexpo.com/prod/attwood/product-22400-418439.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.nauticexpo.com/prod/attwood/product-22400-418439.html</a>. For refrence here is the old style (66419-3): <a href="https://www.nauticexpo.com/prod/attwood/product-22400-562207.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.nauticexpo.com/prod/attwood/product-22400-562207.html</a>.
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Here are the steps to replace the plastic vent:
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First thing is to remove the gas hose cover. To do this remove the two screws that hold the plastic gas cap assembly to the gunnel.
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Open the gas cap and remove the four screws that hold the cap to the cover
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Remove the two screws that hold the cover to the deck.
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How you should be able to fully remove the cover and get it out of the way.
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Now unscrew the old vent. Once that is done you should be able to pull back the gas and vent hoses away from the gunnel.
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Now is a good time to remove the p-trap part of the old vent assembly from the vent hose
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The new stainless steel vent is quite a bit bigger than the old vent. You will need to drill out the old hole to about 1 and 3/8 inch. I did this using a cheap unibit I got from Amazon for $10. After cutting deburr the hole.
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Jason Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05165266106629520053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794055085204609332.post-28816529756555950112020-09-25T11:36:00.003-06:002020-09-25T11:36:54.363-06:00Cherry Creek I fished Cherry Creek a bit before work Thursday. I think maybe I found a bit of a pattern. Vertical jigging puppet minnows in 12FOW near the marina. I caught 6 pretty quickly. Biggest was maybe 14" Also managed a couple on blades veritcal. Pretty happy to catch something with all the shad around.Jason Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05165266106629520053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794055085204609332.post-22672454602910785602020-09-21T10:30:00.001-06:002020-09-21T10:30:56.723-06:0011 mile and SpinneyFished Spinney Friday evening and Saturday. Friday evening I only fished for an hour and a half. Managed two small pike on s-waver. Saturday I fished with Russ and his son Kevin. I got skunked. They managed 8 fish between them. Water is super low. The docs are being pulled out Monday.
Slept in Sunday. Launched the boat at 11 mile about 11am. Fished for pike for 2 hours. Had one follower and one maybe hit. I then tried the north shore in the back abd did really well. Trout bite was hot using a small white tube w/ 1/4 jig. Also caught one small pike.Jason Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05165266106629520053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794055085204609332.post-35991631695622119852020-09-15T20:26:00.003-06:002020-09-15T20:26:59.776-06:00Chatfield and Cherry CreekCatching up on some walleye fishing. Hit Chatfield a few times. Caught a decent amount of SMB, few walleyes. Seeing a fair amount of shad which is good.
Hit the creek a few times. Shad EVERYWHERE. Its harder to catch fish, but you can catch the biggins. Blades and jigging raps. Fishing shallow. Have to use side scan or blind cast.
Misc:
Seaguar smackdown seems to sucks for jigging raps, it always breaks. Trying some fireline I have. Hopefully it will last longer
Use 20# floro leader for blades and jigging raps, seems to help with fouling
After a cast let the blade pendulum down on a tight line to stop fouling.
Got a little better at double pop with 'raps
Fished a larger shiver minnow today, seems pretty cool, should try it more often.Jason Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05165266106629520053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794055085204609332.post-76296416358985118802020-08-30T20:05:00.000-06:002020-08-30T20:05:56.467-06:00Spinney 8/29Hit the lake Friday about 4pm. Not much wind at all. Got a 27" right away and missed a couple of more bites on the 'main' point. Diane caught 3 small pike. Saturday we had 0 wind. It sucked hah. Water completely covered in pollen stuff. Laker super low, surface temp was 61. Got one bite at 9:30 on a S-Waver 120, fat 33.5" Diane caught a fat trout and a small pike. At about 1pm the crazy wind, rain, and lightning moved in....really really fast. Scary just how fast the weather can change up there. I felt 100% safe in the wind and waves in the Lund, but the lightning was literally right over head. So we headed in, along with 15 or so other boats. The ramp was packed and would be for 20 or so minutes. I looked around and noticed a kayaker near the dam. The wind was blowing into the dam so it had the biggest waves. The kayker looked to be struggling a bit. I saw two boats drive right past him. I drove over and asked if he was okay. At this point it's hailing and the wind and waves are howling. He said he needed help. I did a loop around him, killed my motor, and let my boat drift side to side into his kayak. He grabbed my boat, we began moving all his gear into my boat. Then he got in. I pulled his kayak into my boat. Once everything was secured we headed towards the ramp. I spoke with the guy a bit, he seems to have a hard time talking, I think he was really cold and tired, and probably in shock a bit. I noticed he was not wearing a PFD! This guy was pretty lucky someone stopped to help him. If he would have gone in it would 100% have been over for him. Anyway, got him back to the ramp and he was very thankful. I did manage to get some of his mono around my prop shaft :( I'll check this week and see if the seal is jacked.
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Aaron Wiebe and Jon B</a>. fishing for giant pike on the fly. It is an amazing video and really got me all gassed up
on catching a big pike. That video was actually my motivation for taking up fly fishing.</p><p>The next couple of
years I managed a few pike here and there, but nothing to get excited about. I never really went too hard, but pike
were always in the back of my mind.</p><p>Last fall for some unknown reason I decided I wanted to <a
href="https://blog.openactive.org/2019/09/spinney-res-98.html" target="_blank">try Spinney Mountain Reservoir
for pike</a>. I had never been there before and really have no clue why I decided it was time to try it out. I
bought a bulldog and a couple of spinner baits and away I went. On literally my first cast I caught a dink pike. It
was pretty cool. Managed to catch probably 5 or so that day.</p><p>I went up to Spinney 4 or so more times that fall
and did pretty decent. The largest pike <a href="https://blog.openactive.org/2019/09/spinney-914.html"
target="_blank">I caught was 32" on a husky jerk.</a></p><p>This spring I
did not fish for pike, mostly just chased walleye. It was a great spring and we caught a ton of fish. Once the front
range lakes got too busy with boat traffic I found myself going up to Spinney again. I also decided it was
time to get real serious about pike.</p><p>Time to do some more research and gear upgrades. I watched a ton of
muskie and pike videos on the tube. I wound up picking up some Buchertails, different spinners, glide baits, swim
baits etc. Picked up a really nice swimbait rod rated for 2-10oz lures and a super nice St Croix Mojo Muskie rod
rated for 3/4 to 4oz. I put Abu Garcia Revos on both of them with 40# Powerpro. </p><p>Now with new gear,
information, and renewed resolve I hit Spinney. Fished multiple 14 hour days. Casting non stop all day. I had
results immediately. Probably 20 pike under 24", maybe 6 between 24" and 28", and 1 at 33". Its going well, but no
true monsters yet. But I know they will come.</p><p>Saturday the 22nd I started fishing at 5:30 am. I got one 28"
pike on a Storm glide bait about 9am. Then nothing for hours and hours, not even a follow. Around 5 pm I decided to
work the points on the south west side. I caught 5 mid size pike right away. I missed what must have been a big one
in a little cove leading up to the first point. He left a huge swirl in the water. The wind had picked up and I had
some slight mud lines. I was throwing a 500 Buchertail nickel on black. Caught 2 more IIRC, best around 24". Now it
was about 6:30 and the wind was blowing pretty good out of the east. I headed to the North west end by the inlet and
did a drift over about 13 FOW. 5 minutes in caught about 24 incher. Got him back in the water and maybe cast 3 times
and BAM got a good fish on the line. It happens so quick its hard to really remember the details. I know I had the
fish for maybe 10 seconds and then he ripped a bunch of drag out and I thought I lost him. The fish then went and
buried himself in the weeds. I winched him out and fumbled with the net. Of course the net hung up on everything,
but I still managed to net the fish.</p><p>Maybe 2 weeks ago I spent some time going over my plan for dealing with a
big fish. I figured out how to set up my net so I would not have to hold it. This involves putting one end under the
port console and a velcro strap holding the hoop to a handle on the gunwale. I also bought a phone mount that sticks
to the windshield of the boat and found an app to constantly take photos until stopped.</p><p>After I got the fish
netted and the net secured I went to work on getting the fish unhooked. The fish did multiple death rolls in the net
and had the hook and net completely tangled. There was no way I would be able to get this fish untangled and
unhooked before it died. Thankfully after watching a Youtube video by <a
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1uLyddNCHw" target="_blank">Todays Angler</a> I bought a heavy duty
pair of hook cutters. I used the hook cutters to cut the treble hook away from the rest of the lure. This freed the
pike from the giant tangle. I was then able to get the hook remnants and lure out of the net and get the pike
situated so he could relax and breath.</p><p>As soon as I got the fish sorted I put my phone in the mount and got it
taking photos. I pulled the fat pike out the net, got a few picks, bumped him, 35". I put him back in the water and
held him next to the boat for about 30 seconds, then he kicked off and went back to the depths.</p><p>I could not be
happier. All the planning and research had put me on this fish and had me prepared and informed on how to safely
deal with him. The fish and myself are not much worse for the wear.</p><p>In Colorado 36" and over is a Master
Angler for pike. I missed it by one inch. I'm actually happy with this. I feel like a true Master Angler pike should
take more time, and I'm more than happy to keep up the hunt.</p>
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Jason Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05165266106629520053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794055085204609332.post-64921232694240782662020-08-16T14:44:00.001-06:002020-08-16T14:44:50.184-06:00Spinney and John Martin<p> Fishing has been good. Catching a ton of big cutbows and decent pike. Went to John Martin and Diane and I had a 100 fish day of White Bass, Drum, Crappie, and Carp. <br /></p><p>Managed to bust up my prop in Spinney. Bought a new Solas prop. Seems okay. Ventilates during hole shot, but seems to have better top end and really good bow lift.</p><p>Start throwing big glide baits for pike. I really want to try to get a MA pike this fall. So far I have had decent luck with the glide baits. Nothing huge yet. 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Water pretty clear, lot of floating weed. Water temp about 62-65. Did well in the back on edge of drop off from 8' to 13' FOW. White tubes and perch pattern blade. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Pike was 33". Lot of 20"-22" bows, cutbows, and browns. Diane got a MA Cutbow. We didnt get a picture because it was bleeding.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cYKYDzM_wrM/Xx8uNaGHEEI/AAAAAAAAExc/55n0831YJt42ywzmmhgK8nbHXJlVc_u2ACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_20200724_185846.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cYKYDzM_wrM/Xx8uNaGHEEI/AAAAAAAAExc/55n0831YJt42ywzmmhgK8nbHXJlVc_u2ACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/IMG_20200724_185846.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6U1vzeK96RY/Xx8uMwbOgjI/AAAAAAAAExU/8_8oetYNODkFN-sVDhfWbAAtQZP3ogyzQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_20200725_081238023_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6U1vzeK96RY/Xx8uMwbOgjI/AAAAAAAAExU/8_8oetYNODkFN-sVDhfWbAAtQZP3ogyzQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/IMG_20200725_081238023_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zBphqpVhCNA/Xx8uNErxvhI/AAAAAAAAExY/58tv6xv-aqAzwzGcvi-bGZ-19LqhL4B7wCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_20200726_061510.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zBphqpVhCNA/Xx8uNErxvhI/AAAAAAAAExY/58tv6xv-aqAzwzGcvi-bGZ-19LqhL4B7wCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/IMG_20200726_061510.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vpZmJ8Q5f1g/Xx8uQzFqwtI/AAAAAAAAExk/nT7FaPUVtJg_CM-H8A4gF1d3U759-kNSACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_20200726_090438.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vpZmJ8Q5f1g/Xx8uQzFqwtI/AAAAAAAAExk/nT7FaPUVtJg_CM-H8A4gF1d3U759-kNSACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/IMG_20200726_090438.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4XH1OS98R8k/Xx8uS2r6eRI/AAAAAAAAExs/uX3ahps6BrsK6MvRKSkoTQl8FeqqlNnmQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_20200726_090446.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4XH1OS98R8k/Xx8uS2r6eRI/AAAAAAAAExs/uX3ahps6BrsK6MvRKSkoTQl8FeqqlNnmQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/IMG_20200726_090446.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WjU2L-2fELs/Xx8uPRMd_WI/AAAAAAAAExg/kt8Ql9AltXgi2TkaflatxDKfqnvrB4VCwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_20200726_062518202_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WjU2L-2fELs/Xx8uPRMd_WI/AAAAAAAAExg/kt8Ql9AltXgi2TkaflatxDKfqnvrB4VCwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/IMG_20200726_062518202_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5L5gj32iuWo/Xx8uRvwVBiI/AAAAAAAAExo/WtmmVlvPEbsNQfU97KUDKgzO0mF3yjglQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_20200726_062521466_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5L5gj32iuWo/Xx8uRvwVBiI/AAAAAAAAExo/WtmmVlvPEbsNQfU97KUDKgzO0mF3yjglQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/IMG_20200726_062521466_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rH5iwAmGW0w/Xx8uUKoVY3I/AAAAAAAAExw/3ikzjCgr_po1PDYfa3S6IJdTzxjFckP-ACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_20200726_090922677_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rH5iwAmGW0w/Xx8uUKoVY3I/AAAAAAAAExw/3ikzjCgr_po1PDYfa3S6IJdTzxjFckP-ACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/IMG_20200726_090922677_HDR.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Jason Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05165266106629520053noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794055085204609332.post-86014676779312606542020-07-18T13:02:00.000-06:002020-07-18T13:02:35.736-06:00July 1st to 18thI have mostly been hitting Chatfield. Bite has been pretty solid. Last weekend I caught 26 and Diane caught 6 from 5am till about 11am. Went out on Tuesday for a few hours in the evening and caught 8, one keeper.
Today managed 20, no keepers. Shad are really going off. Water temp is 71-74. Water looks to be down 10 feet or so. Clarity is not bad. The worm and jig bite seems to have slowed. Most fish have been caught with reaction style lures - JiggingRap, Blades, and snapping plastics. Been catching in 10-16 FOW. Road bed, hump around no wake buoy line, north east ledge.
Have not fished Cherry Creek in a few weeks. That lake just feels so small and so little structure to fish. I feel like I run out of spots to fish. Last time out I went with Luke and did okay. I think we got 10 or so, 1 keeper.
Got my MA certificate and patch for 33"ish Carp and my 34" Laker from Granby.Jason Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05165266106629520053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794055085204609332.post-10953957093752368232020-06-30T12:09:00.001-06:002020-06-30T12:09:29.463-06:00CC 6/30Fished with Luke from 5am to 10am. Had 11 in all. 1 Keeper. Did best on worms, but did catch them on blades, fluke. Missed a good one on swimbait. Small shad everywhere. Water temp about 70. Visibility very bad, water was brown and weedy. Found fish between 18 and 21 fow.Jason Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05165266106629520053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794055085204609332.post-22614012689941921732020-06-30T12:07:00.000-06:002020-06-30T12:07:16.430-06:00Williams For w/ Russ 6/21Sucked. Did manage to catch some Lakers in 8' of water though! Had some pike action. Saw a lot of suspended bait, kokes or 'bows. Did not see many marks on shit house.Jason Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05165266106629520053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794055085204609332.post-10416819979323237052020-06-05T10:47:00.001-06:002020-06-05T10:47:25.868-06:00Cherry Creek 6/5Fished from 6-10 before work. 17. 1 keeper, another super fat 17" and lost a big one. Did really well in around 15 FOW on the west side humps near the marina. They were really liking worms. Got the big ones on blades.
When I cleaned the keeper I found a crayfish in its stomach.Jason Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05165266106629520053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794055085204609332.post-11947372597276377482020-06-03T08:49:00.000-06:002020-06-03T08:49:42.334-06:00Cherry Creek 6/2Hit the creek after work. 17 Walleyes. Found most of them in 10-12 FOW on the edge of a hump in the NE corner in front of the swim beach. Did best on a gold blade and jigging raps. Water temp was about 72.Jason Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05165266106629520053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794055085204609332.post-44924922317256694322020-06-01T09:16:00.000-06:002020-06-01T09:16:03.361-06:00Cherry Creek and Chatfield 5/27 and 5/31<div>Finally had some good results at Cherry Creek. Managed 32 on the south end. Jigging Rap and blades were very productive. Lost a really nice walleye and a few others on blades, ordered some new hooks to replace the factory ones. Next afternoon at CK I only caught 9. Both days I managed one keeper. Saw huge shad spawning by the ramp in the evening. everyone else was fishing around the marina, did not seem to be catching much. Best luck was between 10-20 feet. Temp was about 68.</div><div><br /></div><div>
Hit Chatfield Sunday. Slow start. Boat traffic everywhere. Went to the no wake zone and Diane and myself caught a handful. Decided to deal with the waves and boat traffic and fished the NE corner. Caught quite a few fish. Storm came in with a lot of wind. Bite really picked up. Caught another 10 or so around the East end of the roadbed. We got 43 all together. Diane caught 22 fish! <br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wdpmwF2EEHM/XtUbokQsR2I/AAAAAAAAEfY/nZStPKTaXzYQNM4H2AdyW0OwDROoDG5fwCK4BGAsYHg/IMG_20200529_123107.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wdpmwF2EEHM/XtUbokQsR2I/AAAAAAAAEfY/nZStPKTaXzYQNM4H2AdyW0OwDROoDG5fwCK4BGAsYHg/w640-h480/IMG_20200529_123107.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Jason Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05165266106629520053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794055085204609332.post-2327189893939288252020-05-23T12:33:00.003-06:002020-08-10T10:22:27.849-06:00Pueblo 5/19 to 5/22<div>Wore out, so just going to post notes. I love the campsite, we stayed at #52 in Arkansas loop, might try 53 next time if possible. It looks a little more private. Arkansas loop is super close to the South boat ramp.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>when water was flat calm snapping plastics did not work - seemed better with worms then</li><li>when wind picked up I could search for pods of 3-6 fish and catch a few pretty much everytime</li><li>caught a 19.5" super close to the bank</li><li>Jigging rap was working well in 20mph winds</li><li>Lost a LOT of gear. Looking into weed guards and Texas rigging - skin hooking.</li><li>Spent way way too much time tying leaders, hoping weed guards and Texas rigging will help with this, if not I might need to ditch braid for PLO - Also, maybe a barrel swivel.. the hope would be the floro would break off and I could just retie to the barrel swivel. <br /></li><li>Use a shorter leader - 3' ?<br /></li><li>Big fish really like shallow</li><li>SMB seems to be getting more active</li><li>Need to try different styles of working soft plastics - snap and pendulum, tiny snaps, draging etc</li><li>Water temp mid to high 60s</li><li>Broke the tips of 3 rods!! (Me one, Diane two)</li><li>Fished with Russ and Chris.<br /></li></ul><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TEH8JTzhvps/XslsRKpeCwI/AAAAAAAAEW8/x-K5b2MJnE4L8ZdCfG-MG5vvhUS_22hmQCK4BGAsYHg/IMG_20200521_173547.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TEH8JTzhvps/XslsRKpeCwI/AAAAAAAAEW8/x-K5b2MJnE4L8ZdCfG-MG5vvhUS_22hmQCK4BGAsYHg/w640-h480/IMG_20200521_173547.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v9K4Zp9rgsI/XslsRaAWc3I/AAAAAAAAEXA/KmG_VGZsSLMTg77YD242MlVLgJZuBF-tQCK4BGAsYHg/00100lrPORTRAIT_00100_BURST20200519074950876_COVER.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v9K4Zp9rgsI/XslsRaAWc3I/AAAAAAAAEXA/KmG_VGZsSLMTg77YD242MlVLgJZuBF-tQCK4BGAsYHg/w640-h480/00100lrPORTRAIT_00100_BURST20200519074950876_COVER.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IoTV0H_Vvc0/XzF0LIrrR1I/AAAAAAAAE3c/CeWi69uBrE8bwssFCyJKH58hSr7X9HgMgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_20200521_173537.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IoTV0H_Vvc0/XzF0LIrrR1I/AAAAAAAAE3c/CeWi69uBrE8bwssFCyJKH58hSr7X9HgMgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_20200521_173537.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xk-SmktXr8A/XslsR7BAg-I/AAAAAAAAEXE/AUWPC4WuebMNSETrZQNLnYsk98TR61w5QCK4BGAsYHg/IMG_20200521_173537.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xk-SmktXr8A/XslsR7BAg-I/AAAAAAAAEXE/AUWPC4WuebMNSETrZQNLnYsk98TR61w5QCK4BGAsYHg/w640-h480/IMG_20200521_173537.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cvAS4X1wYmE/XslsSD7oThI/AAAAAAAAEXI/pjDKnIiqI28tbwWfi0PGwc7r10aF9RlSQCK4BGAsYHg/IMG_20200520_174127%257E2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1954" data-original-width="3806" height="328" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cvAS4X1wYmE/XslsSD7oThI/AAAAAAAAEXI/pjDKnIiqI28tbwWfi0PGwc7r10aF9RlSQCK4BGAsYHg/w640-h328/IMG_20200520_174127%257E2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div></div>Jason Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05165266106629520053noreply@blogger.com0