For a lot of us, it was our first time on Woman Lake, and for most of us, it kicked our ass. With tons of structure, and water temps reaching 78 degrees, it was hard to find fish; let me rephrase that; it wasn't hard to find fish, cause we could see them on our screens; getting them to hit was the hard part. Everywhere one looked, you could see fish, but probably more importantly, there were balls of bait fish everywhere as well, so I can certainly understand why the fish are picky right now. Speaking for Jim and I, we didn't have a fish in the boat until after 8:00 when we caught a pike using the kitchen sink we brought with us tonight. It was tough. No walleyes, only 1 fill on bass, and no fills on pike. I'd go back to Woman though. I'll bet once you learned how to fish it, and when to fish it, you'd pretty much catch all of the fish you'd want. The landing was very nice, although I'd like to see a second ramp, but I guess you can't have everything.
For the first time this year, we had a repeat winner. Jamie and Chuck took top honors with 22 points. Joey had the biggest fish with a picture of a pike measuring 28.5 inches. There were a lot of big bass caught, with 6 being over 18 inches. We were lucky enough to have the biggest bass at 18.75 inches, but 6 over 18 inches is pretty damn good.
The points at the top have officially tightened up. Despite their 2 point meltdown, Mark and Luther still own the top spot at 108 points, but Bryan and Dustyn only trail by 12 instead of 20 now. There are also only 9 points separating 2nd and 5th, with some tough fishing coming up. The dog days are upon us, so who has the know how to move up the leader board? Do Mark and Luther have a big enough lead to keep everyone at bay over the 4 events? Will I have all three gears still at the end of the year? Will Sasha really have Nate's baby? Like sand through the hour glass, only time will tell, but it's been fun so far; well, except for being towed in two weeks ago.
We'll be fishing Rabbit in two weeks on August 3rd (can you believe it's August already...gracious sakes!!!) It has the same slot that Woman did with pike, so we'll be taking pictures again of anything between 24 and 36 inches. We're also done with the 9:30 end time, as we'll be fishing Rabbit from 6:00 to 9:00. I'll see you then!
For the updated standings, click HERE.
For the points breakdown, click THERE.
Friday, July 21, 2017
Friday, July 7, 2017
Event #5 - Whitefish Chain - 7/6/2017
I could start out by bitching about having to be towed in because my $750 repair bill on fixing reverse made things worse; or because when I started the motor to head in at the end of the night, all of a sudden reverse I had (for the first time in a year and a half) but not forward (which I've had forever); or I could bitch about how windy it was, which you've heard me rant about in the past. I could start out that way, but instead, I'd like to thank Bart & Derrick, and everyone else that was headed my to help, for towing us in. If that was going to happen, I'm glad it happened on a league night, because I knew I'd be well taken care of. Thanks again guys!
So, about last night. First of all, like I said it was windier than the last time I bitched about the wind, but it does force us to make some interesting decisions. Do we fish the windward side like all of the experts tell us to to and get the shit kicked out of us, or do we take the wuss approach and head to the safety of the opposite shoreline? It looked like there were only 2 wusses, leaving 11 that decided to get the shit kicked out of them when the horn sounded starting the event.
With the Whitefish Chain in our review mirror for now, it marks the middle of our season. Five down; five to go as we've reached the halfway point. And, keeping with the trend this year, we've had our fifth winner as Bart & Derrick scored 27 points without any bonus points for big fish...that doesn't happen very often. They did score a tri-fecta because of a 22.25 inch pike, so good for them. Without the tri-fecta and that pike, they would have been tied for 4th last night. We do have a repeat winner for biggest fish of the night though; me! (and my net men) We caught a 27.25 inch pike, which for Whitefish, is pretty big these days: unfortunately!
We're headed to Woman in two weeks. Should be interesting. I know there are a few of us than haven't fished it, and probably won't get the chance to do so until that night. It will be a bit of a haul for all of us, because you just can't get to Longville very easily. Woman will be our last 3.5 hour event for the year; they'll be 3 hours starting with Rabbit.
See you on Woman! (that sounds kinda cave man like)
For updated standings click HERE.
For event detail click HERE.
So, about last night. First of all, like I said it was windier than the last time I bitched about the wind, but it does force us to make some interesting decisions. Do we fish the windward side like all of the experts tell us to to and get the shit kicked out of us, or do we take the wuss approach and head to the safety of the opposite shoreline? It looked like there were only 2 wusses, leaving 11 that decided to get the shit kicked out of them when the horn sounded starting the event.
With the Whitefish Chain in our review mirror for now, it marks the middle of our season. Five down; five to go as we've reached the halfway point. And, keeping with the trend this year, we've had our fifth winner as Bart & Derrick scored 27 points without any bonus points for big fish...that doesn't happen very often. They did score a tri-fecta because of a 22.25 inch pike, so good for them. Without the tri-fecta and that pike, they would have been tied for 4th last night. We do have a repeat winner for biggest fish of the night though; me! (and my net men) We caught a 27.25 inch pike, which for Whitefish, is pretty big these days: unfortunately!
We're headed to Woman in two weeks. Should be interesting. I know there are a few of us than haven't fished it, and probably won't get the chance to do so until that night. It will be a bit of a haul for all of us, because you just can't get to Longville very easily. Woman will be our last 3.5 hour event for the year; they'll be 3 hours starting with Rabbit.
See you on Woman! (that sounds kinda cave man like)
For updated standings click HERE.
For event detail click HERE.
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