Thread: The Perfect 10

No photos of Bo Derek here, so just move along unless you want to see some Full Moon Gill Getting Action.
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At 6:45am this morning she was bright, no not a UFO but the old girl that brings all the boys to the yard....The Moon. Cold, 38 when I woke up and yes I did see snow on the mountain tops way off in the distance. Normal Gill getting weather, shoot no, usually hot enough to have sweat running your c*%^**k. That’s ok, Mother Nature has taken care of her own since the beginning, and I went to the lake on good faith she would not disappoint again this season. I found a couple beds early in the week but decided to search some other areas for pre spawn fish and maybe some new bedding area possibilities. With water temps at 64-67, and the Full Moon, I knew they would be hungry if I could just find them. Early, nothing was hitting my Trout Magnet, Bead Jigs, or even the fancy Japanese minnow plastic thingy....nothing. Well I stopped and got some crickets, I really enjoy watching that float slowly sink from an old shy male Gill who has seen it all, so I switched over to the jumpy 6 legged bait and BAM it was on.
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?The Triple Cross 7.3 by Majorcraft is an excellent float rod, loads well and can get them out of the bushes in a hurry. Put some Yellow Braid on it and it will jerk them out of there.
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This little sharp deep cut had some current from the wind blowing in it and fish were moving in off the main channel as the water warmed.
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An old big one about ripped the rod out of my hand as he sunk the floater and bolted for that tree, but I got him coming my way and told him thanks, I would make him famous! As the water warmed more from the bright overhead sun I picked up the plastics and artificial baits again and started sticking a few more stragglers.
. They were mainly off points and in sharp trash filled deep pockets, scattered but hungry. I don’t keep Non-keeper clicker as much for Gills, but I released probably 15-18 small guys and girls, one big momma who I know will be bringing the boys into her yard real soon. My keeper clicker said 15, but I released some of the nicer males and kept and even 10. Board pics when I got home with the ruler keeps me honest, and there was plenty of fillets for a good supper.
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?Going to cook them tonight, so they may show up on the Cooking Board, just in a little different form. Get out if you can, they are biting.


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Excellent gills !! Man I wish they would turn on where I fish, but with temps dropping into the upper 30's at night, fish tough to locate.