Slimed the Boat.

Wife and I hit Bald Knob Lake at about 11:30 this morning. No surprise we had entire lake to ourselves. While the temps were low 50’s the north wind made for a little bit of a bite. While I did spend more time fishing than last time the trip was still a familiarization with the trolling motor. I did catch 3 small fish so the boat is officially slimed. I also marked about a dozen bluegill/shell cracker beds from this past summer. The bigger bluegill is showing some good genes with the girth. I also found tons of crappie but couldn’t buy a bite from them. The lake is known for shell cracker and crappie. Had my Fine Tail Banshee with a Ballistic FW 1000 reel spooled with the Varivas ES2 Ester line. Lure was a Bison Trout Magnet on a Flow Drive 1.5 gram jig head. The fish came out of 17 feet of water on the bottom. It felt good just to catch these small fish. Did a lot of trolling motor testing. Of course it is only 2 trips but I’m in love with the Quest Ulterra. The wife got to see the eagles again today so she was happy also. She also backed the vehicle down for me. I could get used to that?. Here is one shot of 100’s of crappie. Attachment 476099 I will go out on decent weather days trying to learn the lake more and concentrate on fishing more.


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Congrats on the official slime .
Good color on those fish for cold water .
I’ll take that over a skunk any day !

Congrats on the official slime .
Good color on those fish for cold water .
I’ll take that over a skunk any day !

Congrats on a mighty fine boat build and purchase. Thanks for taking us along.

Sounds like an enjoyable day. Congrats on officially sliming the boat. Happy Thanksgiving Randy

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Congrats on the official slime .
Good color on those fish for cold water .
I’ll take that over a skunk any day !

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Thanks, that water there can produce some good colors on fish.

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Congrats on a mighty fine boat build and purchase. Thanks for taking us along.

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Thanks.

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Sounds like an enjoyable day. Congrats on officially sliming the boat. Happy Thanksgiving Randy

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Happy Thanksgiving Dave. First time I ever fished on Thanksgiving with my wife?. Hoping I can get some warm days to get back out there.

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Congratulations on the boat. Sounds like a fun day.

Awesomeness. Great looking rig

Good day to get the boat started Randy.

Are there no Lake Lice AKA wake boats on your lake. On my lake the turbulence produced will erase beds as soon as they quit working them. I occasionally fish an electric only lake and there like you describe I can see beds from last year in the middle of the winter. Congrats on the new boat for those of us who are truly afflicted I GET the feeling. Scott

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Are there no Lake Lice AKA wake boats on your lake. On my lake the turbulence produced will erase beds as soon as they quit working them. I occasionally fish an electric only lake and there like you describe I can see beds from last year in the middle of the winter. Congrats on the new boat for those of us who are truly afflicted I GET the feeling. Scott

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This particular lake is only 250 acres. No lake live that I’ve seen. Pretty laid back place as from what I’ve seen the past year. Still trying to figure it out. The lake is obviously loaded with shell cracker and crappie. But I should have seen a whole lot more bedding areas. Now I have not scanned the whole lake thoroughly but I should have found a lot more beds. Not too many bluegill in the lake though. While I love my new boat I must admit I miss the stick steer. Trying to figure out how I could get sonar on the front and use the mega si transducer in the trolling motor. I’m
Sure the power cable could be run from the back. I was thinking about getting just a Helix mount and switch the sonar unit back and forth. But that would get to be a pain. Sure hate to spend 1400$ for another unit for the front. A stick steer does have its advantages for sure. Couldn’t buy a bite from all those crappie. I know they can get like that but sure was a whole lot of em.

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Won't be long and those fish will hear the theme to JAWS everytime you launch your boat.

Congrats on breaking in the new boat. She sure is a beauty. I am not any good with electronics but I have seen something on here where you could take a tablet and sync it to the other unit. Not sure if this would help in your case or not.

sounds like a great day and more time to get familiar with the new rig, sounds like it is a nice fit:ThumbsUp

sounds like good times , bet you will get you a fish fry or 2 out of them waters soon :highfive
KABOOM is the word

Happy to see you out on the water again.


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I’ve been kinda busy Randy and I missed this post. Real glad to hear that you got some time out in it and things went well. Your wife would love a ride on this river I’m close to. Lots of Eagles and owls and all kinds of wading birds. Sounds like a Tarzan movie in the warmer months. Congrats on a successful sliming. I’m waiting for a video of you smackin fish left and right.

Very glad to see you out on the water. Enjoy the new ride.