crustyangler17
09-02-2012, 01:59 PM
got to my usual trail along the river at 7, no obscure secret area. started with a buzzbait, reeled it along shoreline structure and wham, something big blew up on it, no hookup. next cast, same thing. fished a while longer walking upstream, switching lures until eventually i found the golden ticket, literally. a gold #5 inline spinner got me 2 nice pickerel within 10 minutes, first was around 18" next was 14". the second one swallowed and gill hooked the treble, bled alot :( and after releasing it hovered around near the surface next to the bank for a good 15 minutes and was gone eventually, must have swam off so i hope it made it. got 2 more picks further up, many strikes also. towards the end of the trail i did several casts near a fallen tree and they attacked it one after another. on one cast, the same fish struck it 3 times during the retrieve without hooking up :confused:. finished off at a fast stretch on some island in the middle of the river. got a decent smallie, then a sunny which i have no idea how the big treble hook got him lol.
tried the canal next to the river, got a nice bass along the shoreline on a strike king shim-e-stick. walked downstream to another clearing, pitched it out and a small 10" bass grabbed it, set the hook, line snap-on 30lb braid :mad: (bad knot, should have re-tied it before hand) quickly threw a spinnerbait out and the same fish grabbed it instantly, with the hook still in its mouth :D. that was it for the day, a great morning and the only bad things were a bee sting, thorn bushes and stepping in dog s**t. still trying for those pesky pike...
tried the canal next to the river, got a nice bass along the shoreline on a strike king shim-e-stick. walked downstream to another clearing, pitched it out and a small 10" bass grabbed it, set the hook, line snap-on 30lb braid :mad: (bad knot, should have re-tied it before hand) quickly threw a spinnerbait out and the same fish grabbed it instantly, with the hook still in its mouth :D. that was it for the day, a great morning and the only bad things were a bee sting, thorn bushes and stepping in dog s**t. still trying for those pesky pike...