Thread: C-Land Report (non-Crappie)*

This report is from a couple weeks ago. Went to the lower end looking for bass/striper. The bass were non-existent. Couldn't even find any little dink KY's. Been like that for me over there lately. Ended up with probably 12 striper bites but only landed 3 from 24-28" or so. Now for the interesting part and a first for me. Ran across this guy crossing the lake and it was a beast. Actually stopped, coiled, and rattled at one point when my partner about fell in the boat and made a lot of racket getting from the back deck. I couldn't have fit two hands around it (seriously). This is the first rattler I've seen on the water. Now, if this guy boarded the boat about 1:00 AM, I may have to find a new hobby.

Sorry, no fish pictures. The stripers were pretty pedestrian and not pic worthy.

Thanks D.
Here is the ramp story. I get to the lake around 7:00 pmwhen several of the pleasure boaters were taking out. This is at the dam. I’mwith a guy from work that can’t fish, can’t back a trailer, can’t drive a boatso I’m loading solo which is fine. I’m used to doing that since I take my boysall the time and they aren’t any help either. I drop my trailer in the one openlane. Everyone seems to be doing ok and we are probably 5 wide on that ramp.Now, I’m in the boat and have to dock it so I can get my truck out of the wayas there were other boats waiting to launch. As you may know, there is only onesmall courtesy dock at the dam. The left side has a boat on it which leaves theright. I’m pulling into the right side of the dock and there is a truck backingin to load their boat there. They are about half way down the ramp. So I have achoice to make. Tie up and pull my truck out of everyone’s way or wait for thisperson to load leaving my truck in the way. I make up my mind quickly that I’mgoing to tie up, walk to that person backing up and let them know I’m pullingmy truck out and they can pull in my spot right away. Best option I had giventhe circumstances.
Well, I tie up and this yahoo’s wife that is loading a boatnext to mine (not the person backing up) asks if I’m really going to park myf-ing boat there. That I should back out and wait for this other person toload. I say that my truck/trailer is in the way and there is no other place topark my boat. I’m going to let them know they can have that spot. Then herhusband I assume who is in that boat started in on me and told me to move myf-ing boat now among other things… I think he used the f word 50 times in about3 sentences. I asked if he could please go back to Ohio and then just decidedit wasn’t worth it and ignored him as best as I could. I stopped as planned andcalmly spoke to the person backing up and explained the situation. They seemedfine with it. While I was doing it, the jerks in the other boat leave. Well, ifthey would have done that in the first place instead of butting their head insomething that wasn’t their business, then this wouldn’t have even been anissue and she could have backed in right there.

Anyway, it just really put me on edge. No idea why they immediatelyjumped into something absolutely none of their business with such rage. I wouldhate to live that way. I thought then that once I got up to park my truck thatthey would be waiting on me and it might get physical but thank the lord thatwhen I pulled up, they were still pulling out on the road with the husbandstill in the boat so I luckily avoided this from getting worse. Oh, by the way,the boat that I was supposed to just wait until they loaded were still loadingas I idled out of the no-wake after parking my truck which would have left mytruck in the way for a minimum of 15 minutes. Not sure how much longer it tookthem after I left.