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·Boy, I can't remember the last time I posted something here?! Things have certainly changed!
Anyway, since the UP extra board slowed down a little the last couple days I got out to fish the fox in the Montgomery area today. Spent about 3-4 hours and wound up with 13 smallies, 4 walleye and 3 white bass.
The smallies were nice and chunky 14-17", healthy looking and without the look of being caught a half million times before. Unfortunately, the quality of the walleyes wasn't there, all less then 14", but the white bass were nice 10-13". Caught everything on a 2" hot charteuse vibratail and 1/32oz jig. Couldn't get a hit on a pearl color tail or my old standby of a 1.5" white twister.
Last week the two days I fished the fox I did just the opposite, good quality walleye 8 (15-22") but not so good smallies yet a lot(30+) of white bass.
The white bass today were taken from swifter water, closer to the current break while the others were closer to shore in slower moving water. Slow retrieve just enough to keep jig off bottom.
About the critters, saw about 5 snakes in the water today. One kept popping his head up like a periscope not more then 5 feet from where I was standing. Also spotted one heck of a large snapping turtle...looked like it would of been an effort to try and fit him in a shopping cart, BIG fella!
I jumped on a regular yard job for tomorrow so plans are to get out tomorrow a.m. to try again before work
Anyway, since the UP extra board slowed down a little the last couple days I got out to fish the fox in the Montgomery area today. Spent about 3-4 hours and wound up with 13 smallies, 4 walleye and 3 white bass.
The smallies were nice and chunky 14-17", healthy looking and without the look of being caught a half million times before. Unfortunately, the quality of the walleyes wasn't there, all less then 14", but the white bass were nice 10-13". Caught everything on a 2" hot charteuse vibratail and 1/32oz jig. Couldn't get a hit on a pearl color tail or my old standby of a 1.5" white twister.
Last week the two days I fished the fox I did just the opposite, good quality walleye 8 (15-22") but not so good smallies yet a lot(30+) of white bass.
The white bass today were taken from swifter water, closer to the current break while the others were closer to shore in slower moving water. Slow retrieve just enough to keep jig off bottom.
About the critters, saw about 5 snakes in the water today. One kept popping his head up like a periscope not more then 5 feet from where I was standing. Also spotted one heck of a large snapping turtle...looked like it would of been an effort to try and fit him in a shopping cart, BIG fella!
I jumped on a regular yard job for tomorrow so plans are to get out tomorrow a.m. to try again before work