Post by brianj on Dec 22, 2012 22:26:25 GMT -1
Well had the day off friday and we're heading out of town the day after christmas, so decided to try a get a day of fishing in.
My biggest concern was bait and whether I'd be able to catch any with the temps dropping below freezing. Threw in a few different places and in about an hour had more than I needed.
With the wind whipping like it was I took my time crusing to the first stop mid lake. Got there and was marking fish. The problem was the wind was blowing the pontoon around like a kite.
I have an i-pilot and was hoping the anchor-lock would hold me in place - no luck...
If it would have been a steady wind, I think i would have been fine, but one second it was 5mph the next 25mph.
Long story short, first stop resulted in 2 fish and lots of fighting to stay in place.
Decided to try and find an area out of the wind, but every one I did find had zero fish.
All the fish were in deep water and seemed to be the windiest spots on the lake.
Ran a little further south closer to the dam and marked more fish, but again, the wind kicked my butt. I landed 1 more fish and wanted to try one more spot I thought be produce and be out of the wind. But hand no luck there so decided to head home and warm up.
Cold, heat, rain, snow - no problem. Wind - I hate it!
Hope to get out either tomorrow or monday morning and try again.
My biggest concern was bait and whether I'd be able to catch any with the temps dropping below freezing. Threw in a few different places and in about an hour had more than I needed.
With the wind whipping like it was I took my time crusing to the first stop mid lake. Got there and was marking fish. The problem was the wind was blowing the pontoon around like a kite.
I have an i-pilot and was hoping the anchor-lock would hold me in place - no luck...
If it would have been a steady wind, I think i would have been fine, but one second it was 5mph the next 25mph.
Long story short, first stop resulted in 2 fish and lots of fighting to stay in place.
Decided to try and find an area out of the wind, but every one I did find had zero fish.
All the fish were in deep water and seemed to be the windiest spots on the lake.
Ran a little further south closer to the dam and marked more fish, but again, the wind kicked my butt. I landed 1 more fish and wanted to try one more spot I thought be produce and be out of the wind. But hand no luck there so decided to head home and warm up.
Cold, heat, rain, snow - no problem. Wind - I hate it!
Hope to get out either tomorrow or monday morning and try again.
