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Post by ScoutB on May 22, 2016 20:36:26 GMT -5
My wife and I spent the weekend at the cottage and I managed some fishing time. She got me a new fly rod setup for my birthday so I spent an hour or so Friday evening and Saturday evening picking bluegills off the beds with a rubber spider. Catch and release, just playing around. I haven't done that in 25 years or more but it's amazing how the muscle memory works. I was casting like a pro in no time.
Saturday my dad came over too and he limited out on gills in a couple of hours. They were in 10-12 f.o.w., pre-spawn maybe?
Today I was farting around with a kayak and found specks in 1-2 f.o.w within casting distance of the end of my dock! Later I stood out there chucking a tiny jig with a pinkie tube on it and they were absolutely crushing it. I quit at a dozen so I wouldn't have to spend too much time cleaning them. All in all it was a great weekend.
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Post by drspeckler on May 23, 2016 12:06:06 GMT -5
sounds like a good time to me.i went out for gills one time a few weeks ago and found big schools of gills suspended just under the surface over 13 ft of water.caught a limit and haven't been back.should be on the beds real good with this weather.fly fishing with rubber ants and spiders is the only way I like fishing gills on the beds.
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Post by Swampbuckster on May 25, 2016 5:35:55 GMT -5
Very nice job on the crappie and gills! We saw a bunch of crappie on beds while bowfishing Friday night. I need to get out on my lakes and pursue some fish one of these mornings. Haven't done that in a while. Wouldn't mind getting out early in the a.m. and targeting some pike. Haven't done much fishing out here except for carp in front of my dock.
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Post by ScoutB on Jun 4, 2017 20:23:03 GMT -5
Just a little over a year since I started this thread I managed more of the same. 25 gills in 45 minutes on a fly rod and black/white rubber spider. I'm pretty sure it took longer to clean them than to catch them. All males or maybe spawned out females? Everything is weird and late this year. I never did find the spring specks like I usually do.
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Post by drspeckler on Jun 5, 2017 9:06:07 GMT -5
holy hell somebody is fishing,ive barely done any fishing due to health issues and hospital stays...went in a few weeks ago to not feeling well since january and lost 68 pounds.found out my blood sugar was 438 and getting ready to stroke out.somehow got diabetes and my small intestine has a 1/2 split in it from diverticulitis again.yeah not much fishing getting done but stronger and feeling much better.i missed the gills this year and most of the spring catfish run.but will hopefully be in good shape for salmon and steelies on the centerpin.
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Post by ScoutB on Jun 5, 2017 20:12:33 GMT -5
Sorry to hear about your health issues. Yeah, heal up so you're in top fighting form for the fall steelhead extravaganza.
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Post by Swampbuckster on Jun 7, 2017 8:26:05 GMT -5
I haven't done any fishing myself. Although my son and I got out for a few hours a few Sundays ago and trolled up a beautiful 32" Northern. I'll try to get a picture up. I've been very busy with work. Long days 12-14 hours. Every other Saturday too. I did manage to get my pontoon restored. New marine grade deck,woven vinyl flooring, swapped the 25 from fishing boat to toon and put the 40 onto fishing boat.
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Post by Swampbuckster on Jun 7, 2017 8:32:38 GMT -5
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Post by ScoutB on Jun 7, 2017 18:12:26 GMT -5
Nice pike! I should be working more hours too but instead I've been sneaking out at noon on Fridays to spend more time at my cottage. Summers are too short to spend them at work.
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Post by ScoutB on Oct 9, 2017 20:00:55 GMT -5
I swam in Scout Lake yesterday. The water was a refreshing 68 degrees. Never thought I'd be swimming in October. All thanks to global warming lol.
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Post by drspeckler on Oct 9, 2017 20:33:38 GMT -5
I swam in Scout Lake yesterday. The water was a refreshing 68 degrees. Never thought I'd be swimming in October. All thanks to global warming lol. nice..i got pretty sun burnt fishing for salmon yesterday.wtf.it did not feel like fall yesterday or today. |
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Post by ScoutB on May 4, 2018 21:34:51 GMT -5
Scout Lake has been on fire! One week ago I went out with a buddy from work and we caught a two man limit.  Last night I went again with gogeezer and we combined for a one man limit.  I love spring fishing when the shallows warm up and the pannies move in. |
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Post by drspeckler on May 5, 2018 14:13:02 GMT -5
nice job on the specks scoutb.ive been wanting to hit my honey hole lake for gills but cant seem to get off the river.i took the daughter out catfishing this morning.arrived at 630am and was a catfish shat show till noon.multiple doubles and triples hook ups with channel cats ranging from 5 to 15 pounds and we caught 20 or more.cant get imgur to give me pic posting links to post anywhere..had my xcel vid camera on my head but editing to make a decent movie is frustrating me.not sure what to use movie maker takes 2 hours to download a 30 minute vid and my photo/vid storage deal on my computer wants to compress a 2 hour vid into 2 minutes and cuts out everything and puts gay music in it..lol
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Post by ScoutB on May 5, 2018 18:18:59 GMT -5
Imgur worked for me to post the pics above.
I hate it when software adds random gay music to my videos lol.
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Post by ScoutB on Jan 15, 2019 20:44:25 GMT -5
3" of clear hard ice last Saturday. The fish didn't cooperate even a little bit but at least I finally got out there.
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