London Fog on the RR 8-29-14

[Jigman13]

Hit the RR last night on a solo mission. Bucket of small sunnies, check. Plug box, check. Head lamp and lantern, check. Bug spray, check. Off I went. Got on the river around 11 PMish. Set my bait rod with a small gill and launched her out to the depths. Wedged the rod good and tight (giggity), loosened the drag, and added an audible enhancement tool in the event of a strike, then picked my plug of choice--my Hopatcong assassin from earlier in the year sufficed.

3rd cast with the plug rod and BAM! I'm on. Get it to my feet--nice lil 18" walleye. Quick pic and release, check the line and hooks. All good so I continue casting. Maybe 10-15 mins later I hear a frantic ringing. I look over and my bait rod is doubled over and the drag is singing! Sweet! I grabbed the rod, opened the bail, tightened the drag, reeled down and set the hook--I'm in. The fish starts flying downstream. After a 10 minute tussle I land her--the biggest channel cat I've ever caught. It was between 28-30"! Few crappy pics (the plug box is 14" as a reference), a bit of revival, and off she swam! Sweet! Reset with another gill and launch her down.

Start casting the plug again and nailed another walleye about 15-20 mins later. Similar size as the 1st, give or take an inch. I then moved to the other side of my bait rod and work a slower side of the area I've been fishing and the plug gets popped 10 ft from me--small bronze! Nice... trifecta in the dark. Quick pic and release. Hit a bit of a lull after that which lasted about an hour or so. Started casting upstream again and shortly after got my last walleye of the night. Again, cookie cutter ~18" fish. Three keeper eyes on the RR at night sounds good to me!

Nearing 3 AM, I switched the bait rod to a chunk vs a live gill. I got stripped of my bait once and put another chunk on but it wasnt touched. I switch from a black/silver plug to a blue/silver plug and start casting to the slower water where I caught the 1st smallie... 2nd cast BAMMMM! Hooked up--solid fish! Ripping drag and doing aerials, then darts at my feet and almost beaches itself only to turn right back around and go ape sh*t again! Get the fish near shore and lip her--a solid 19-20" smallie! Snapped some pics, revived her and off she swam. Waited it out with bait and plugs for about another 20 mins before calling a quits.

Not too shabby... 3 walleyes, 2 SMBs and a big ass channel cat. Here's some fish porn. Some are blurry, some are clean. But its ALL good! Hope you're all out there this wknd tearing it up!