Don
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Yesterday was a loss in most ways. I went to Frances E Walter's Blackwater Reservoir. Great day for boating. Dead day for me fishing. Its easy to get discouraged but I have to remind myself that I didn't fish for forty years and for the last four I've change all my old practices out for all the new stuff. I am still trying to figure out plastics and picked the wrong lake to do it on.
All the fish I marked were very deep (24-62'). I had one school that kept coming under me. I got to thinking that they might be a school of crappie so I took a very small Panther Martin and lowered it down to about 40' while anchored in 80 ' and began jigging. Wasn't long until I had one 8" Crappie but then no more. Its the first time I've caught something from the depths and also that it was located with sonar.
I believe I've quite over-loaded my sensibilities this year with new gadgets and stuff. It is Ironic that I've had these two nice bait casters out many times this year but all the bass Ive caught were caught on....not spinning, not bait casting but spincast rigs. Go figure.
Oh, I almost forgot, I also caught a 3" sunny. They never let you drown in your sorrows.
All the fish I marked were very deep (24-62'). I had one school that kept coming under me. I got to thinking that they might be a school of crappie so I took a very small Panther Martin and lowered it down to about 40' while anchored in 80 ' and began jigging. Wasn't long until I had one 8" Crappie but then no more. Its the first time I've caught something from the depths and also that it was located with sonar.
I believe I've quite over-loaded my sensibilities this year with new gadgets and stuff. It is Ironic that I've had these two nice bait casters out many times this year but all the bass Ive caught were caught on....not spinning, not bait casting but spincast rigs. Go figure.
Oh, I almost forgot, I also caught a 3" sunny. They never let you drown in your sorrows.
