erhetta
09-08-2008, 09:14 AM
So last Tuesday I played hookey from work and headed up to Rucker lake to check out the fabled Rucker midget bass.
After getting lost for an hour on beat up dirt and rock roads,
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a167/erhetta/Fishing%20Pics/Rucker%20Lake/IMG_7033.jpg
I finally made it to the lake. I excitedly set up the pontoon and parked the jeep back up the hill a bit.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a167/erhetta/Fishing%20Pics/Rucker%20Lake/IMG_7034.jpg
I wheeled the toon down through the #2 campsite to the water and looked out on this beautiful small lake. I surveyed from where I stood and noticed one thing...I was the ONLY person on the shore and on the lake. What a treat.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a167/erhetta/Fishing%20Pics/Rucker%20Lake/IMG_7035.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a167/erhetta/Fishing%20Pics/Rucker%20Lake/IMG_7057.jpg
I started out a bit and headed away from the dam thinking that I would just circle the lake a couple of times during the day. What a blast.
I caught a ton of these:
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a167/erhetta/Fishing%20Pics/Rucker%20Lake/IMG_7041.jpg
And quite a few of these:
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a167/erhetta/Fishing%20Pics/Rucker%20Lake/IMG_7044.jpg
From the time I hit the lake to the time I left, I was in fish. Nothing of size, but sometimes one after another.
These little fish fought hard:
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a167/erhetta/Fishing%20Pics/Rucker%20Lake/IMG_7059.jpg
I went back up this Saturday afternoon to show my girlfriend the lake and got out on the water for about 2 hours. I caught well over a dozen fish in that short period of time as well. We left Rucker and headed down to Fuller Dam and spent the sunset there watching all the newly planted trout feed on top. What a day.
After getting lost for an hour on beat up dirt and rock roads,
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a167/erhetta/Fishing%20Pics/Rucker%20Lake/IMG_7033.jpg
I finally made it to the lake. I excitedly set up the pontoon and parked the jeep back up the hill a bit.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a167/erhetta/Fishing%20Pics/Rucker%20Lake/IMG_7034.jpg
I wheeled the toon down through the #2 campsite to the water and looked out on this beautiful small lake. I surveyed from where I stood and noticed one thing...I was the ONLY person on the shore and on the lake. What a treat.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a167/erhetta/Fishing%20Pics/Rucker%20Lake/IMG_7035.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a167/erhetta/Fishing%20Pics/Rucker%20Lake/IMG_7057.jpg
I started out a bit and headed away from the dam thinking that I would just circle the lake a couple of times during the day. What a blast.
I caught a ton of these:
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a167/erhetta/Fishing%20Pics/Rucker%20Lake/IMG_7041.jpg
And quite a few of these:
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a167/erhetta/Fishing%20Pics/Rucker%20Lake/IMG_7044.jpg
From the time I hit the lake to the time I left, I was in fish. Nothing of size, but sometimes one after another.
These little fish fought hard:
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a167/erhetta/Fishing%20Pics/Rucker%20Lake/IMG_7059.jpg
I went back up this Saturday afternoon to show my girlfriend the lake and got out on the water for about 2 hours. I caught well over a dozen fish in that short period of time as well. We left Rucker and headed down to Fuller Dam and spent the sunset there watching all the newly planted trout feed on top. What a day.