Had a nice chat with the Skunk

Water was low and muddy this morning when I slid the boat off the trailer at 9 am. Water temp was 50 dgrees when I started. Lake is at least 3 feet lower than 2 weeks ago. I shot docks and pontoon boats. I threw all kinds of colors at them. Different sizes at well. About 11am I pulled 2 crappie out from under a dock. 10 minutes later it turned into a 15 minute battle to the net. My personal best ( my only one)Mirror Carp. No more fish came off that dock. I let it rest for and hour and nothing. Picked up 2 more crappie on a different dock. They would slam it when they hit it. I blame it on the muddy water. Couldn't see the jig past 6 inches down. Off all the colors I threw Blue Ice was the color that got bit. Attachment 414285Attachment 414286Attachment 414287Attachment 414288

Fifteen minutes?!? That was a fight to remember!

That critter went around every piling on that dock at least once. Finally turned the trolling motor away from the dock to get it to come out in open water. To wear it down. Thought is was a good catfish.

Purty mirror there. Thanks for taking me fishing Jack.:Cowboy

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Purty mirror there. Thanks for taking me fishing Jack.:Cowboy

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Most welcome. It will be Christmas Eve before I get a chance to go again. I will be locked down at work until then

What is a mirror carp? Looks like someone scaled him alive! Thanks

Good report. This is the first mirror that I have ever seen. :santa

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What is a mirror carp? Looks like someone scaled him alive! Thanks

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Supposed to look that way. I could not feel any scales on the critter. Felt like a catfish to the touch

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Good report. This is the first mirror that I have ever seen. :santa

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I had to ask what it was in the main fishing section. First one I had caught or seen

Great report. Very similar to my day on Saturday, minus the bad ramp day stuff for me and the carp. Caught 6 too small crappie and 2 skipjack. For the first time ever I backed off the end of Chester Frost ramp and bent my boat trailer and busted a tire. May have spun my prop on wash from power loaders. So if anyone uses Chester Frost stay towards the middle and left side facing the water. From what I have seen you may just want to stay towards the middle or just go somewhere else. Thats all I got to say about that. Stupid is as stupid does, momma says.

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Great report. Very similar to my day on Saturday, minus the bad ramp day stuff for me and the carp. Caught 6 too small crappie and 2 skipjack. For the first time ever I backed off the end of Chester Frost ramp and bent my boat trailer and busted a tire. May have spun my prop on wash from power loaders. So if anyone uses Chester Frost stay towards the middle and left side facing the water. From what I have seen you may just want to stay towards the middle or just go somewhere else. Thats all I got to say about that. Stupid is as stupid does, momma says.

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Sorry to hear about your damage. I had my trailer tires teetering on the end of the ramp to unload at Hwy 58 launch. I hope they bring the water level back up a couple of feet

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Sorry to hear about your damage. I had my trailer tires teetering on the end of the ramp to unload at Hwy 58 launch. I hope they bring the water level back up a couple of feet

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Thanks. I should have paid better attention. It seems the water is even lower now that a couple weeks ago. I guess its jack and chain time. lol

I want to say they lowered the levels in anticipation of Saturday's storms. I went Saturday night to the launch in town. And looked around a bit. Water was low enough that a section of docks in front of the restaurant had no access to the lake. Water was only about ankle deep across there and only a few feet wide. I got off the end of the ramp a couple of years ago. I took the winch strap down under the back of the trailer and back to the eye of the boat. Then cranked the winch to get the trailer up enough that I could ease it back onto the ramp. Then drug the boat back on the trailer and went my wet butt to the house. Not an adventure one soon forgets