Secession 9-17-14

Well the fish are biting but had to go through a lot of small fish today to get 15 over 10'' to bring home. Water has turned a little more stained and has cooled off to 85 degrees. All the fish I caught today were near the bottom and I never got a bite if my bait was over 24'' above the bottom. Spider rigged using jigs tipped with small minnows. With the cool down this week the bite will keep getting better.
Pics from today.

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A boat with more room for Rosco and he still wants to get under my feet, even when there isn't enough room!!!:Doh:

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Ronnie,
them look like some nice fish in the livewell for the ride home !!!:ThumbsUp maybe old Rosco didn't want your feet to get cold !!!!:Rofl it amazes me how some dogs can't stand not being right on top of you and others its all you can do to bribe them to come to you !!!!:donothanks for sharing the trip and the pics !!!

LOL. Love Roscoe. Good job Ronnie. Your live well works better than mine, your fish seem to always be swimming instead of a few floaters.

Good job Stumpy. Hey would Roscoe be interested in teaching my mutt how to lay still like that ? Dont catch all them fish over there before Oct. I need to catch at least a 3 lb.er

Way to hunt them deep fish down and catch a nice batch to bring home. I agree, with these cooler temps the fish should start their migration to some shallower water to feed up for the winter.

Another nice catch Ronnie. Congrats. :)

good job stumpy and rosco thanks for the story and pics

thanks ronnie looks like you had a good day on the pond how has the jig bite congrats and thank for the report and pics

Jimmy I only seen one other fisherman on the lake all morning. I talked with him and he was longlining jigs and only caught 3 in the same area where I caught my fish at. I didn't try jigs by their self but my the next trip out.

Ray, you have to keep the fresh water coming into the livewell. I put my switch to come on every 7 minutes and most of the time don't have any trouble with them. I like to keep them alive because at times I will release them.

Good job Stump and thanks for the report.

Good job Ronnie and Roscoe (he loves his daddy) I am going to try Greenwood tomorrow and see if I can catch a Few.

Ronnie , Is that a built in livewell like on the Tracker boats or something you added ? Mine is like Ray. After a short while mine all belly up. Would like to keep em alive cause lot of time only get 3 or 4 before I go in.

John this is a livewell I built but the ones on a tracker will work the same if you will install a timer switch in place of the switch that comes on the boats. BassPro and Academy sells them.

I got a timer on mine, but they still go belly up in the summer. Not so much in the colder months. Butch put frozen bottles of water in his and it seemed to help. I got some frozen but never can remember to take them.

In the hottest parts of the summer you will have to use some ice to cool them down a little. LOL you have to remember to take it along :)