Why do we fish this POS body of water? By the looks of it, there are only three productive spots on this shallow weed filled toilet bowl, because everyone at some point in the night, fish these same three friggin spots. And it never fails, that some a-hole in a Crestliner rolls up on one of those spots just as you're headed that way working the reeds, and he pulls a nice bass out of two feet of water and then culls right in front of your face, all the while knowing we don't have even one bass in our livewell! To make matters worse, this same guy and his net boy go on to win the night. You may think he's the Michael Waltrip fun loving guy of the league, but he isn't. He catches way too many bass for my liking, and next time on Rice it will only get worse. Just wait...he'll bring in football after football on the 31st.
Seriously though, for most of us, North Long is a lake most of us only fish once a year, because, well let's face it, we're forced too. It wouldn't hurt my feelings at all if it would just dry up so we could find another lake to fish. In case you new guys haven't figured it out yet, I hate this stop on our tour, and I'm glad it's over.
What I'm not glad about though, is we've only got two events left. It is simply unbelievable how fast the summer goes as I move into late in the 3rd quarter of my life. On the other hand, it will be April again soon, and we'll be meeting to talk about the summer of 2018 in the smokey filled back room of Billy's in Breezy Point before we even have a chance to winterize our rigs.
Like I said, two events left, and they're both 4 hours long from 4:00 to 8:00 PM. Next up is Rice Lake out of Lum Park on the 31st, followed up on September 7th when we fish the Whitefish Chain out of the landing on Cross Lake's West Shore Drive; that should be interesting. Unless we break all of their rods and sabotage their boat, I'd say Mark and Luther, with their 19 point lead over Troy and Ryan, are pretty much a lock to win it all this year, but maybe the fishing gods will slam the door in their face, opening a window for someone else. We'll know in just a matter of a couple of weeks. I'll see you a week from Thursday on Rice.
For updated standings, click HERE.
For the points breakdown, click HERE.
Tuesday, August 22, 2017
Friday, August 4, 2017
Event #7 - Rabbit Lake - 8/3/2017
Whoa! And WTF? Two weeks ago on Woman Lake, we had haze/steam coming off the water because there was no wind and it was hot. Tonight on Rabbit, we had steam coming out of our fricken mouths, because our breath was 45 degrees warmer than the air! Not only that, the water temp was 20 degrees warmer as well. It's 53 degrees on August 3rd, which was bad enough, but then God said, rain on these idiots and show them who's boss. Well, I got my ass wet, but we didn't quit and neither did anyone else. At least God kept the wind in His back pocket for the night. Yep, we lasted three hours on a wet, dank, dark, cold, rainy, muddy miserable night, so God...thanks for another day on the water. I'll tell you who didn't show up last night...the pleasure boaters and jet skiers...pussy's.
Two point records were set last night; well maybe three if you count the amount of shrinkage from the cold rain. (yes ladies, they really are like turtles) I looked back on the points since I've been keeping the books, which has been ten years already. The most anyone had scored in a single night as a team, was 38. (Brian and Dustyn) That was broken by Brandon and Steve, with an insane 40 points! They made up for not being on Woman [Lake]. The other record that was broken was our nightly league total of 197 points on Serpent several years ago. The new record now stands at 227 points. So much for the fish shutting down after a cold front. Brandon and Steve scored the one and only tri-fecta catching a 18.75 inch walleye on a crank bait while fishing for dogfish. Since that was the only walleye measured, it turned out to be an eleven point fish. Not bad guys. Speaking of dogfish, there were two caught last night. Chris, of Chris and Shelly fame, had the guts to put his in the boat and throw it on the board. Derrick, of Derrick and Bart fame, pussied out and took a picture of his, which technically shouldn't count. The only fish we were to take pictures of were pike outside of the slot, but since I'm a nice guy I gave them both a point.
Brandon and Steve obviously ran away with the night, but everyone except lowly Jim and I, had a double digit night. Adding insult to injury, Chris, of Chris and Shelly fame, beat my pike by 1/4 of an inch for big fish with a 29.75 inch picture of a pike...ouch. I should have checked my board against his for comparison purposes. It just goes to show you that a quarter of an inch really does matter.
We're on North Long in two weeks, which has always been one of the lowest point lakes of the year. Simply put, that lake sucks, and before you say you always do well on that piss ass body of water, I say bullshit. Looking back over the last five years, the highest point night as a league was 137 points. One of those years we had 10 boats and managed to score 109 points. I rest my case; that lake sucks. It's 5:30-8:30; three hours of fishing hell on the 17th, followed by Rice from 4:00-8:00 on the 31st. We finish up on the Whitefish Chain from 4:00-8:00 on 9/7 using the landing on West Shore Drive this time. Three events left my friends, with Mark & Luther holding on to a 19 point lead over Troy & Ryan. I'm hesitant to say that Mark & Luther have it in the bag, but Troy & Ryan, and Jamie & Chuck will need to score 7/8 more points a night than Mark & Luther just to catch them. Doesn't sound like much, but on Rabbit, Troy & Ryan were only a +3, and Jamie & Chuck were a -1. The fat lady is warming up.
For updated standings click HERE.
For event totals click Here.
Two point records were set last night; well maybe three if you count the amount of shrinkage from the cold rain. (yes ladies, they really are like turtles) I looked back on the points since I've been keeping the books, which has been ten years already. The most anyone had scored in a single night as a team, was 38. (Brian and Dustyn) That was broken by Brandon and Steve, with an insane 40 points! They made up for not being on Woman [Lake]. The other record that was broken was our nightly league total of 197 points on Serpent several years ago. The new record now stands at 227 points. So much for the fish shutting down after a cold front. Brandon and Steve scored the one and only tri-fecta catching a 18.75 inch walleye on a crank bait while fishing for dogfish. Since that was the only walleye measured, it turned out to be an eleven point fish. Not bad guys. Speaking of dogfish, there were two caught last night. Chris, of Chris and Shelly fame, had the guts to put his in the boat and throw it on the board. Derrick, of Derrick and Bart fame, pussied out and took a picture of his, which technically shouldn't count. The only fish we were to take pictures of were pike outside of the slot, but since I'm a nice guy I gave them both a point.
Brandon and Steve obviously ran away with the night, but everyone except lowly Jim and I, had a double digit night. Adding insult to injury, Chris, of Chris and Shelly fame, beat my pike by 1/4 of an inch for big fish with a 29.75 inch picture of a pike...ouch. I should have checked my board against his for comparison purposes. It just goes to show you that a quarter of an inch really does matter.
We're on North Long in two weeks, which has always been one of the lowest point lakes of the year. Simply put, that lake sucks, and before you say you always do well on that piss ass body of water, I say bullshit. Looking back over the last five years, the highest point night as a league was 137 points. One of those years we had 10 boats and managed to score 109 points. I rest my case; that lake sucks. It's 5:30-8:30; three hours of fishing hell on the 17th, followed by Rice from 4:00-8:00 on the 31st. We finish up on the Whitefish Chain from 4:00-8:00 on 9/7 using the landing on West Shore Drive this time. Three events left my friends, with Mark & Luther holding on to a 19 point lead over Troy & Ryan. I'm hesitant to say that Mark & Luther have it in the bag, but Troy & Ryan, and Jamie & Chuck will need to score 7/8 more points a night than Mark & Luther just to catch them. Doesn't sound like much, but on Rabbit, Troy & Ryan were only a +3, and Jamie & Chuck were a -1. The fat lady is warming up.
For updated standings click HERE.
For event totals click Here.
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