Amazing that almost all fish - panfish and bass - were caught in 7-8 FOW!

It was a perfect day weatherwise: partly cloudy, 65 degrees, a 5-10 mph wind, semi-clear 60 degree water and no one else fishing. I already had a good day in open water last week but wasn't sure if it wasn't a fluke. It got even better!

The day before I made a few modified finesse lures that I would rig on a light jighead if needed and it's a good thing I did! After messing with
1/24 oz jig and larger plastics with only fish nipping at them, I switched to a 1/32 oz jig with #6 circle hook. The first lure mod. I tried got blasted immediately!

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I haven't had much luck with small tubes so I cut the tails off one and added it to a solid body using a candle to melt them together. Only three of the fingers were used. Only the shallower (7-8') area of the lake held fish with fan casting the best bet to finding groups of fish loosely schooled.
A beautiful day:
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lure that did well:
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Sounds like a fun day !
Nice looking lake .

What species of sunfish is this? I never caught one in this lake.

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Looks like a pumpkinseed to me.
May have a little bluegill in its genes
Pretty fish !

Doesn't look like the usual pumpkinseed which I caught from this lake recently:


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Some nice ones

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Originally Posted by Spoonminnow

Doesn't look like the usual pumpkinseed which I caught from this lake recently:


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Could be a big female, they’re not as colorful as the males .

Very nice! Thanks for sharing your photos and story

Great looking pictures, some really nice colors on the trees and fish !

Awesome piece of water indeed! And the fall leave color we surely lack my neck of the woods. Thanks for sharing!


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A shot of the mountain and shore in the opposite direction:
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Let's not forget the new friend I made a month ago that I've given the name Crackers that swims to me from the other side of the lake when it sees me launching the boat. I always bring Ritz Crackers that it goes nuts for. He or she follows the boat the whole time and is smart enought not to get anywhere near the line in the water besides which all casts are 40', the lure no where near the bird:
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It's parnter who I've name Quacker like in quack quack, hasn't been around in a while.

The weather forecast never mentioned a 15-20mph wind. The 10 lb anchor was dragged slowly and I had to troll back to the spots that held fish. I was happy with the 24 fish which were caught in three hours - not including over a doz. midgets like this tyke:
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