jbird
07-06-2012, 01:27 PM
90 degree water, 95 degree air. Ugh! Brutal!
Its amazing how harsh and miserable the winters are in Wisconsin, especially considering the summers feel like a Georgia swamp.
This week I forced myself to get out fishing cause I just dont do it enough anymore. Tuesday I fished a small, clear lake by the name of Lime lake about an hour from me. It is managed for Bass, Pike and Panfish. I got to the lake at 5:30 am and was greeted by a wicked, midwest thundestorm. I snoozed in my truck for an hour while it passed. I got on the water under black skies and dead calm conditions. PERFECT!
I got so caught up with crappie, I hardly persued anything else. They were big and dumb and were just pounding my damsel nymph stripped on a floating line. I musta caught 100 crappie in the 9-12" range.
The fish moved a little deeper and I was fishing them with a weighted bugger. Doing so I hooked something big. It splashed and rolled on the surface but I couldnt ID it. It was not a pike, of that I'm sure. I was no match with my 3wt as it ripped line from my hand and into a dock where it broke off.
Today, i fished a similar lake called Tree Lake. A little bigger and more traffic. Crystal clear water and just disgustingly warm. I was seeing some nice bass cruising the grass flats and some big boils deep in the lilly's so I spent the day chasing topwater bass. My floating dragon was the fly of the day. I caught 9 bass including this beaut! She dragged me around in my kayak more than I would like. You can see the pontoon swimming dock in the back ground. She took me right into that thing and wrapped my fly line around its anchor chain. I somehow got her free. Trying to control a big fish from a kayak really sucks! It wouldnt be a problem in open water, but when theres structure all around theres not a lot you can do. At one point, I held the rod in my teeth while paddling away from trouble.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v283/jbird35/DSC01840.jpg
The floating dragon took this big bass in clear, calm conditions over a 2' deep grass flat. The explosion was excellent!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v283/jbird35/DSC01838.jpg
See my Kayak review in the general forum.
Its amazing how harsh and miserable the winters are in Wisconsin, especially considering the summers feel like a Georgia swamp.
This week I forced myself to get out fishing cause I just dont do it enough anymore. Tuesday I fished a small, clear lake by the name of Lime lake about an hour from me. It is managed for Bass, Pike and Panfish. I got to the lake at 5:30 am and was greeted by a wicked, midwest thundestorm. I snoozed in my truck for an hour while it passed. I got on the water under black skies and dead calm conditions. PERFECT!
I got so caught up with crappie, I hardly persued anything else. They were big and dumb and were just pounding my damsel nymph stripped on a floating line. I musta caught 100 crappie in the 9-12" range.
The fish moved a little deeper and I was fishing them with a weighted bugger. Doing so I hooked something big. It splashed and rolled on the surface but I couldnt ID it. It was not a pike, of that I'm sure. I was no match with my 3wt as it ripped line from my hand and into a dock where it broke off.
Today, i fished a similar lake called Tree Lake. A little bigger and more traffic. Crystal clear water and just disgustingly warm. I was seeing some nice bass cruising the grass flats and some big boils deep in the lilly's so I spent the day chasing topwater bass. My floating dragon was the fly of the day. I caught 9 bass including this beaut! She dragged me around in my kayak more than I would like. You can see the pontoon swimming dock in the back ground. She took me right into that thing and wrapped my fly line around its anchor chain. I somehow got her free. Trying to control a big fish from a kayak really sucks! It wouldnt be a problem in open water, but when theres structure all around theres not a lot you can do. At one point, I held the rod in my teeth while paddling away from trouble.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v283/jbird35/DSC01840.jpg
The floating dragon took this big bass in clear, calm conditions over a 2' deep grass flat. The explosion was excellent!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v283/jbird35/DSC01838.jpg
See my Kayak review in the general forum.