Looking up?

I sat around moping about all the rain and crap weather we have been having till I decided to go anyway. The wind was blowing pretty good and there was a constant threat of pop-up storms.

I tried some new spots I had been looking at on the map but those we vacant. I then tried some areas I have caught fish in the past, just not recent past. The crankbait bite has been awful for the last 2-3 months. I doubt the 90 degree water and zero current had anything to do with it. It was ASIAN CARP!!!!! (That was for you cuz).

I put out 6 rods with different depth, size, and color cranks. I also had a little yet to be discussed trick from my recent white bass trips up my sleeve.

The 1st keeper crappie was an 11 incher that made me pay more attention to what kind of water it came from. Slowly they came but never more than one in any spot. I did catch several short crappie and yellows on my undiscussed trick. The last of 6 keepers came over the side as I was debating heading to the ramp. I had no more got it in the livewell when one of my rods on the rear doubled over with a big fish. About the time I got the 5-6 pound channel cat to the top and started to the boat, one of my 14 footers doubled over. I 1st thought it was hung up till the BIG blue cat came up right behind the boat and around the 1st cat that was rolling on top, about 40 feet back. I took turns reeling both rods trying to get the cats in while trying to steer the RipTide with the remote at 1.7mph. I finally got the big blue along side the boat with it all tangled up in the braid line that the channel was on. When the blue got a good look at the boat and the rat's nest in front of its face, it headed for parts unknown and broke the 12 pound mono, taking the last of a particular color crank I still had. Before I could get back to the rod the channel was on, it pulled off also.

I took one look at 40 feet of braid on hard knots wrapped up in 2 other rods and decided it was time to cut my losses. I ended up with 6 decent keeper crappie with 2 of them 15 inchers, one 16 inch green carp, one 4 pound channel and minus a few cranks.

It was good to see 83 degree water at 5PM and hopefully the crankbait bite is starting to pick back up. My ego has been taking a stomping over the crap bite lately.

Fall is coming!!

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It may began to pick up. I had 7 on Sunday. Good job Doug.

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We can only hope, Doug, we can only hope !!

I'm still blaming the Asian Carp ... :yikes

Rickie

Foul hooked a 15 pound bighead yesterday. Stabbed it in the air bladder and tossed it back...sounded like I stuck an icepick into a car tire!

Good report Doug. Glad to see your post. I'm trying to get to the lake next week. Been busy getting a transom 360 mounted and house chores the last two weeks. Plus, it's been Raining just a little bit. :yikes

I have marking a lot of big fish at the mouth of West Sandy. When I see these, I just steam another course. I believe them to be carp. Nothing bites when these large fish are nearby.

Here is a picture of MRDux secret lure:

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Clint, any suggestions on how far down and how for back? If the lure is rigged to have pin pulled on strike we might would like it to have a little distance. :biggrin

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Foul hooked a 15 pound bighead yesterday. Stabbed it in the air bladder and tossed it back...sounded like I stuck an icepick into a car tire!

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Good work. Now just a few million more dead and we might make a dent in them.

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Close but no cigar. It doesn't involve explosives or electricity.

All jokes aside, do they have any idea how to combat and rid the waters of these fish? The one big positive occurred back in 2014, around 500k-1m of these carp mysteriously died. I've heard some real B.S. stories regarding that fish kill.

These fish could ruin fishing all over the US. What are they doing about this unfortunate situation?

Troy, as bad as it sounds, it's going to take a death from somebody getting hit in the face by a 20 pound silver carp to get the attention of the ones who I hate to see having to help, politicians.

The commercial fishermen have told anybody who will listen they have the means to do something drastic and are willing to IF THE $$ IS THERE. Currently Asian carp are bringing less than 10 cents per pound at the few buyers who can process them. That means long drives for the commercial guys just to get them to markets where they currently sell them at a loss. The target price where they can make money is 15 cents per pound.

The netters have already proved they have the expertise and equipment to remove tens of thousands of pounds WEEKLY if they can make money doing it. I hate government being involved in our lives but since the politicians subsidize everything they think they can buy a vote with, maybe it's time they get involved in removing a scourge they allowed into the country in the 1st place. If the $$ is there, there are lots of folks who would be out there daily netting the Asian carp as fast as they could get them to market.

What is it going to take? Sadly, it's going to take a total collapse of our fishing tourism OR some politicians' kid getting his/her face bashed in by a jumping carp while running 60mph on a jet ski. Politicians do nothing unless it either puts $$ in their pockets or votes for their elections. Hopefully we don't totally lose our sportfishing before somebody decides it's time to invest in our fishing future.

Good to see Doug. A deer duked it out with my boat puller, I think he may have won too.