No minnows here

Went out to lake Jesup, to check if any signs of the spawn was happening, so decided to pick up some minnows :yikes. The morning started at a brisk 56F & my 1st hand dip into the bucket reminded me of the dis-pleasure the next couple hrs would bring keeping my hands warm...then with signs of life in the pads & reeds teaming w/bait, thought this may be all worth it, only to have 1 gar after another steal minnows, after a couple spots & hang ups in cover, decided I'd try the bridge, no minnow takers there either...so thank goodness I brought the trolling poles & set my sites to open water, mind you, not 1 speck already 10:30 am...well 1st fish Bang 13"er, road-runner...then a pattern developed with more road-runner hook-ups, the cold appeared to send them deeper, set up 2 more poles with road-runners & the numbers started piling up. Ended the day with a 10lb. kitty that barely made the net, on my 4ft ugly stik UL, that took close to a 1/2 hr to land on 4lb. test...guess all is well, that ends well...but NO Minnows For This GUY...never know, there's always next yr for minnows...LOL...:bash:deadhorse:Doh: HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Nice recant & pics Jeff...nice cooler shot!:cheers2 Happy New Year!
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Well developed roe?

that sounded like a good trip. A little slow getting started, but it worked out.



Jim

I don't use minnows either, you had a great trip, congrats

Good trip Jeff, I should’ve gone with you. Great cooler shot. I feel better knowing I wasn’t the only one that got let down last time to the bridge. No miners for me for a while either

Real nice haul and a nice kitty cat to go with it.

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Nice catch Jeff, you guys had me thinkin about pulling out the minner rigged poles....think I'll just stay with the jigs for now.:biggrin

Great story and pics, thanks for sharing.

Awesome

Was fishen close to you yesterday went for shad.
The river specks have been full of grass shrimp need some cold weather to get em bunched up

Doug, Jesup had a few w/early sac formation, but no gut busters, believe on track for normal February spawn there...Tim was surprised to find out I had New yr Eve off as well as New yr Day,so picked the Eve to drain the troll batteries...I can honestly say it's more relaxing trolling 10 poles, then trying to tend to more than 2 poles w/minnows, the wind kept sending the baits into hang-ups, also made casting an event, while the pesky gar had me rubber-necking to find my bobber...Andy, actually went New yrs Eve, but have seen an article on Spacefish.com of some Dandy Shad being taken already in the shallows around the Econ dump to St. John's from what they were describing...must be the leaders of the pack...

I can tell you that was way better than Dora today!

Way to Rip some Lip Speck. Great Report and pics. Keep on them

Nice mess of fish Jeff, great report as usual.

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Thanks for info. Surprised about the no bridge bite. Pontoon Pappy has already taken 1st Monroe shad about 2 weeks ago. Looks like good shad potential this year.
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I feel your pain with minnows,sat on the end of our community dock "lake yale" for 2 hours during the end of the rain on Saturday...I was feeding the turtles ect lol ugh..
Couldn't force feed a minnow to a crappie..Also fished Friday before the rain.. from 9am to 2pm...only few bass.. Saturday afternoon
Watched as 2 guys with cain poles kept moving closer every 15-20 min...they caught probably 10 while I was watching..enjoying the sprinkles..lol
So I had to ask...He said grass shrimp...I always bring wrong bait.. lol

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I feel your pain with minnows,sat on the end of our community dock "lake yale" for 2 hours during the end of the rain on Saturday...I was feeding the turtles ect lol ugh..
Couldn't force feed a minnow to a crappie..Also fished Friday before the rain.. from 9am to 2pm...only few bass.. Saturday afternoon
Watched as 2 guys with cain poles kept moving closer every 15-20 min...they caught probably 10 while I was watching..enjoying the sprinkles..lol
So I had to ask...He said grass shrimp...I always bring wrong bait.. lol

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Dang, thats not good. I tried grass shrimp here in FL once, never caught a fish on one. They are so small. Others seem to do well with them, but just not my bait. I use jigs pretty much exclusively. I woulda been casting jigs off that dock. Anyway, better luck next time.

Great post and pics. That kitty would look great in a rocket hot cast iron skillet with some blackening seasoning!!!

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Great post and pics. That kitty would look great in a rocket hot cast iron skillet with some blackening seasoning!!!

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She or He still swims...just saying:biggrin