With the full moon, I decided to sleep in a bit and look for the late morning bite. That part went right. But the target fish was hybrids and the actual fish turned out being largemouths. Since I couldn't find any fish on slabs or Humdingers, I went to the DD22 troll. Here's the results :
Fish 1 : 11:00 AM on a DD22 at 17ft. The seat is 20" across, so this was a 21-22" fish, I'd estimate 5 lbs (no scales, dangit).
Fish 2 : This fish was a double with Fish 1, but caught on a DD14. Fun little scramble to get both fish aboard. About an 18" fish, maybe 4 lbs.
Fish 3 : 11:30 AM on a DD22 at 18 ft. The net measures 18" across, so I'd say an 18" fish and maybe 4 lbs
Fish 4 : 12:00 Noon on a DD22 at 15 ft. This one put up a great scrap. The net measures 19.5" from the handle screws to the opposite side, so I'd say this was about a 22-23" fish and maybe 5.5 to 6 lbs - - was bigger than the first fish.
Then they shut off. Otherwise, the trip yielded 2 sandies and zero hybrids. But I'm not too upset about that.
That said, the lake has given up some very nice largemouths this year to guys fishing a bit deeper for sandies and hybrids. They're holding on humps and structure out in 15 to 25 ft water.
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