10-9-10

Took out Nick and his father Constantine for his 50th birthday. We wanted to go to EM, but the lake is turning over and the fishing stinks. We headed out towards Meadowmere and marked fish, but only had a few dinks after an hour of fishing. Decided to go try some humps that I had caught fish on this time 2 years ago. Graphed about 6 areas before I found a good school on the side image. Tossed the marker out, told the guys to fish on one side of the marker and it was FISH ON! The fish were just moving from one hump to the other. We managed to keep moving marking fish using side image, catch 20 or so and they'd vanish and we'd hunt them down again. We caught a good mess of fish and had a great time. These guys are originally from the Ukraine and it was fun listening to them. Had a great time guys.




10-15-10

Took John and his crew of 7 out for a quick morning trip on the Vine this morning. Started out a little before sunrise with the preacher getting cold. He knew something was wrong when he stepped out of his truck and all the "wiser men" had on pants and coats....he had shorts and a fleece on. The guys had a good time with him all morning!
This was the first trip in a while that Roe didn't bring his lucky girlfriend and I don't think we'll let him on the boat without her anymore because the bite was SLOW today. We found fish every stop we made, but they were scattered fish on a no wind, blue bird day making the bites few and far between.
Tip of the day: Burn 3 cranks, quarter second pause, burn 3 cranks, quarter second pause etc.
The fish did not want the typical up down of slabbing or hopped back from a cast. This fish are moving fast right now and we will catch for about 20 minutes and then have to go find them again. They will get easier to stay on as the water cools down another 5-10 degrees.
We ended up finding the pattern and caught fish, but just not what this crew is use too. We all had a great time and lots of ribbin' going on this morning. John was confused on the Vine and was wondering why the sun was rising in the West This group usually fishes at EM with me, but it's turning over right now.
John was joking about taking a pic for the blog so I took this when with a dink double In his right hand is another one the same size as the one on the fly!
Had a great time guys and look forward to our trips in March. Roe, bring Whitney so she can fill the cooler for you guys.

Also, I did mark two big cats on the side image on a flat near a very large amount of shad. Got a cool pic of them I may try and figure out how to post it later.

John didn't believe I would take a pic and post of his dink double. Here you go John FYI, I know this guy looks like SandJohnny but it is really is a customer named John. I didn't want anybody to be confused by my post

Lance,

We had a challenging time on Friday also. It seems like the afternoon bite is a little more consistent. We ended up with 60-70 on Friday afternoon around Murrell Park, but they didn't turn on until 3 PM. We also picked up a few nice blue cats as well.

About an hour before dark, we slipped into Twin Coves and picked up a nice bass.

Only wish that I had more time to fish!

Hit Grapevine Sunday from 12 to 3:30. Meadomere was covered with fish on the graph but no takers. Went to the rock crusher and the first hump hit a 14" crappie. and one small dink sandie.
Went to the north of the bouy about 300 yards to the north ridge and the sandies were hungry for 2 hours straight. Great day for me had a fish on every drop it seemed, I had a fish on from 8" to 14", till the only sail boat decided to go over my bouy and I actually had to pull anchor and get out of his way since his rudder didn't seem work.

I was thinking that when I first saw the pic. I hope John can forgive me.

Nice report JW. Glad you're still out tearing it up on the Vine.

Thanks, but I actually haven't had the boat wet in 6 weeks. Felt good.