Thread: Hugo report

Thanks to Cricket George for the invite down to the cabin. Crappie Chatt and Frank Burwell came down from Kansas Wed. night. George and the Kansas boys fished Thurs. up in the river and cleaned 19 nice slabs. I got down there Thurs. morning and we fished in the river again from 11 until 430. We cleaned 28, all over 11 inches, with the biggest being a 15 in., 2 lb 4 oz slab. The fish were the healthiest fish I have ever caught. Since none of us needed many more fish we set a 12 inch and 20 fish limit yesterday. We fished in the lake from 930 until 430 and we had our 20 fish limit by noon. We must have thrown back 20 fish that were over 12 inches and that many more that were over 10 inches. The report is, in the river we caught them on the edge of ledges in about 17-20 fow fishing about 14 feet deep. Best baits were char. head with char/pearl washoppa and pink head with electric chicken BG baby shad. In the lake we fished on ledges in 22-25 fow fishing about a foot off the bottom. The best bait was a blk head with a blk/char beavertail.

I always enjoy fishing new water and especially quality water. Thanks again to George for the invite and Chatt and Frank for sharing their boat. That is another story!!!

Odie