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 Re: First trip to Athens
[Re: Nutman]
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08/23/15 10:42 PM
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Frank the Tank
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Nutman I need to find you next time I am out there. Of course I made the mistake of spending all morning trying to get the schoolers to bite. the schools and the size of the fish in the schools seems to be smaller this year. Either way, they won't eat what I throw at them. if you get into the schoolers you have a better chance if you go "small". When I have caught them they have been spitting up real small shad 1 & 1/2 inch to 2 inches is all. I have been catching them on a tiny torpedo and real small swim baits. A 1/8 oz spinnerbait will laso get them to bite. Any bigger and they are picky. if you fished at Athens Saturday or today (Sunday) and didn't catch a bunch, something was wrong with your worm, frog or buzzbait. It was a lot of fun out there this weekend. Going to miss it for a while. Where you goin Bruce?
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Re: First trip to Athens
[Re: Nutman]
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08/24/15 12:32 AM
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Chris_K
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Nutman I need to find you next time I am out there. Of course I made the mistake of spending all morning trying to get the schoolers to bite. the schools and the size of the fish in the schools seems to be smaller this year. Either way, they won't eat what I throw at them. if you get into the schoolers you have a better chance if you go "small". When I have caught them they have been spitting up real small shad 1 & 1/2 inch to 2 inches is all. I have been catching them on a tiny torpedo and real small swim baits. A 1/8 oz spinnerbait will laso get them to bite. Any bigger and they are picky. if you fished at Athens Saturday or today (Sunday) and didn't catch a bunch, something was wrong with your worm, frog or buzzbait. It was a lot of fun out there this weekend. Going to miss it for a while. Of course I didn't go this weekend 
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Re: First trip to Athens
[Re: D-Mert]
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08/24/15 04:30 AM
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D-Mert
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Well we made the trip out there Saturday morning. Wasn't a complete waste of time but did expect it to be better. Guess it could have been worse though. We did manage to catch 5 fish in the 2-3.5 lb range. Caught 2 on swim jigs and 3 on t-rig senkos all in about 6 ft of water. Graphed some deeper fish but just couldn't get them to bite.
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Re: First trip to Athens
[Re: D-Mert]
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08/24/15 10:20 AM
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Nutman
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11-15ft of water near weed beds
Morning Dawn Senkos wacky rigged
Tequila Sunrise 6 inch U Tail or 7 inch Ringer
Purple Red fleck 7 inch Robo Worm
Wire buzz bait
2.5 inch swim bait -- Shad with a little chartreuse
Work the worms real slow with just a little slow rise/pull
"Weed beds"
"Drop offs"
"Points"
I caught 25 on Saturday from 5:30am--9:00am
Caught 15 on Sunday from 5:30--8:30
A couple of 5s & 4s,,,,
The rest were just fun lake Athens 2-3 pound bass
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Re: First trip to Athens
[Re: D-Mert]
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08/24/15 06:31 PM
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Karo
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Thank you Nutman!! Going to Athens on Friday. It will be my first time on the lake, and my husband has only been on it a couple of times. 
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Re: First trip to Athens
[Re: D-Mert]
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08/25/15 01:36 AM
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Nutman
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Frank,,,,
sorry I missed your question.
In Omaha right now,selling peanuts.
this next weekend I will be in Philadelphia, Atlantic City for a wedding so no fishing until September 1. New fishing license ,,,,,new line.
the fishing has been great out there, can't wait to get back out there. I need to catch me one of those DD Athens bass.
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