July 10-17
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 7:32 pm
Well, to start off, I'm the one who started the post on side imaging in the general page. And almost every fish I caught during the day came due to that new unit!
Didn't get to fish as much as I'd have liked to due to getting Pneumonia 2 days before leaving for the lake. I did push myself every day to get up early, but I'd never make it out on the lake till about 9-10 o'clock. During the midday sun and heat, I'd fish deep shoals and weed lines, that I found on the sonar. They turned out to be quite productive. Mix of smallies and large mouths. Action was slower than I'd have in other places But every LM was over 4lbs, biggest being 6.6. Smallies were anywhere from 2 1/2 to just under 5lbs.
When the sun headed down, I'd just resort to past practice...TOP WATER!
I'd hit the shallow bays with buzz baits and Rage Shads/Toads. Kinda slow topwater bite, but the lull is worth it just to see the calm water EXPLODE with a strike. Caught mostly northerns like that, but a few somewhat decent bass in between.
Wednesday, headed up to the Oswegatchie to the dam to look for Mr. Muskie! Only caught a 2 foot northern and about a 13" LM. Not really paying attention when I was reeling in the LM, and just as it got to the boat, I caught out of the corner of my eye something HUGE! I did a double take, and thought that it was a monster muskie coming to eat my catch, but it just turned out to be the BIGGEST gar I've ever seen. I'm not real familiar with the gar, but I'm guesstimating that it was 4 to 4 1/2 feet long. Is that a big one?
Thursday about an 2 hours before sundown, I brought my 8 yr old nephew to the shaded shoreline in Back Bay, to teach him the top water technique. I just ran the trolling motor, watched and taught him. His reaction time is still a little slow, but he had some real big boils and strikes on his frog.
We stay at a private cottage, but we did make friends with a couple who'd found the eye's. But like I said I was sicker than a dog for the entire week, so I didn't get a chance to try out his spot. But there's always next year!
Didn't get to fish as much as I'd have liked to due to getting Pneumonia 2 days before leaving for the lake. I did push myself every day to get up early, but I'd never make it out on the lake till about 9-10 o'clock. During the midday sun and heat, I'd fish deep shoals and weed lines, that I found on the sonar. They turned out to be quite productive. Mix of smallies and large mouths. Action was slower than I'd have in other places But every LM was over 4lbs, biggest being 6.6. Smallies were anywhere from 2 1/2 to just under 5lbs.
When the sun headed down, I'd just resort to past practice...TOP WATER!
I'd hit the shallow bays with buzz baits and Rage Shads/Toads. Kinda slow topwater bite, but the lull is worth it just to see the calm water EXPLODE with a strike. Caught mostly northerns like that, but a few somewhat decent bass in between.
Wednesday, headed up to the Oswegatchie to the dam to look for Mr. Muskie! Only caught a 2 foot northern and about a 13" LM. Not really paying attention when I was reeling in the LM, and just as it got to the boat, I caught out of the corner of my eye something HUGE! I did a double take, and thought that it was a monster muskie coming to eat my catch, but it just turned out to be the BIGGEST gar I've ever seen. I'm not real familiar with the gar, but I'm guesstimating that it was 4 to 4 1/2 feet long. Is that a big one?
Thursday about an 2 hours before sundown, I brought my 8 yr old nephew to the shaded shoreline in Back Bay, to teach him the top water technique. I just ran the trolling motor, watched and taught him. His reaction time is still a little slow, but he had some real big boils and strikes on his frog.
We stay at a private cottage, but we did make friends with a couple who'd found the eye's. But like I said I was sicker than a dog for the entire week, so I didn't get a chance to try out his spot. But there's always next year!
