"Big" problems!

I went out at 5:30 PM this evening. The weather had been bad all day. I decided to check out some repair work I had done this afternoon. After fishing with a  pop- r for 2 1/2  hours I had caught 3 fish about this size and 2 a bit smaller. I never left the boat launch area while I fished. I took this fish back to the boat launch after I took this picture and released it. I was happy to see it swim away as if nothing had happened to it. Oh, the boat worked fine, the trouble was that only big fish were biting. I will be out in the morning.

All Topwater fish.

     These fish were all caught on Zara Pups. I went out

about 1:30 and came back in around 5:30. I caught  

probably 15 fish. These were the best. I missed several.

Fish have finally moved into Popher Creek. I have read

that all fish activity has been slowed by 45 days, because

of the long cold winter.                                                                                    

Honey do's

Haven't fished in a few days 'cause the wind has been out of the north or east. Also I've had things to do around the yard. I hope to go tomorrow if the wind cooperates. If I do go I'll let you know how I did.

Beautiful sunset.

Went to bridge about 4:30 for the evening bite. When I got there, there was only one other boat. There was absolutely no wind. I trolled around several pilings and caught a lot of small Crappie. Around 5:30 everyone showed up. I ended up catching 4 keepers and decided that if the big ones weren't going to bite, I would run to the Canyons and see if the Bass were biting. Luckily I got to see this beautiful; sunset and caught several nice ones on a Senko. You could see them coming from the side or behind to nail the bait. It was kind of like a topwater bite. Very fun.

Topwater is starting up.

Went out about 9:00 A.M. for the early bite. Had several fish on the same lure you can see in the pic. Had lots of fun and missed several strikes.

East North East wind

Went out yesterday afternoon in a bad e.n.e. wind and caught these 2 Crappie and 1 small Bass.The waves were bad and it was uncomfortable, so we didn't stay out long.

10.6 lbs. wins the McDonald's tournament?

Wow you can get money for a 5 lb. fish. I can't believe how small the fish were this year in the tournament. Maybe I'll join next year. I never fish on the weekend of the McDonald's tourn. because I'm always afraid I'll catch a big fish and not be entered. I see that the final hour is now over and it looks like 10.6 is going to win this year. Can't help but wish I had entered. Oh well, I can go fishing again as all the weekenders are gone.