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Author:
PECo
Date:
Oct 21, 2012
Subject:
Winchester Lake 10/21
Message:
When I typed the Subject for this post, I mistyped it as [i:b55eac444a][b:b55eac444a]Windcheater[/b:b55eac444a][/i:b55eac444a] Lake, which was apropos, considering the conditions we endured today. By "we", I mean Redneckangler (aka Brian), DCAJ (aka Dave), bass tracker (aka Greg), Bill, x182dan (aka Dan), Derek, NWDarkcloud (aka Bob) and mep21 (aka Mark). Ironically, we were all who showed up for the CTFishFinder Fall get together and we're all mostly CTFishTalk guys. :wink: SeaDog1 (aka Stephen) made a special appearance and saw us off at the ramp when we launched into the already windblown lake at 8:00 am: [img:b55eac444a]http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/747/img3895cropped.jpg[/img:b55eac444a] We had a largemouth bass lunker pool and fished from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm. The air temperature stayed in the low to mid 50s and we enjoyed mostly sunny skies all day. The water temperature ranged from 52 to 55 degrees and the water was crystal clear. During the rare moments of calm water, you could see the bottom of the lake very clearly more than six feet down. It would have been a really nice day for fishing, except for the wind. :? The forecast I saw predicted winds up to 11 miles per hour. If only! :roll: By 9:00 am, the five to 10 mile per hour north-northwest wind rose up and began blowing at 15 to 20 miles per hour, with gusts over 20! :shock: Yeap, we all got chilled pretty quickly; I ended up putting on my rain gear just to keep warm. I threw a jig & pig, a wacky rigged five inch Senko, various spinnerbaits, a five inch slow sinking Sebile Magic Swimmer, a Texas rigged Zoom Baby Brush Hog and various Rapala crankbaits, and got only one bite all day. It was 1:00 pm and I had reached that moment when I thought, "I don't want to get skunked. [i:b55eac444a][b:b55eac444a]Please[/b:b55eac444a][/i:b55eac444a] let me catch just one fish." Now, something I learned today is that when you ask the fishing gods for a fish, you should be specific about the fish you want. If you don't ask for a [b:b55eac444a]BIG[/b:b55eac444a] fish, this is what you get: [img:b55eac444a]http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/251/img3901cropped.jpg[/img:b55eac444a] [img:b55eac444a]http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/4571/img3902cropped.jpg[/img:b55eac444a] Thank goodness for the Perch Rapala Jointed Shad Rap JSR07! :D As 2:00 pm approached, I let the wind push me down the lake to the ramp: [img:b55eac444a]http://img594.imageshack.us/img594/2860/img3903cropped.jpg[/img:b55eac444a] When I got close to the ramp, I saw Brian in his boat, Dan and Derek in theirs, Bob and Mark in theirs, and Greg and Bill in theirs. I looked around, but didn't see any sign of Dave. :? That's when Bob told me that JJay (aka Jason) had shown up with his girl for a short paddle in their kayaks in the middle of the day, just as Dave gave up his fight with the wind and headed off of the water. When the rest of us got our boats off of the water at 2:00 pm, I learned that we had caught only eight fish between us. :? Greg still had his in the livewell of his boat: [img:b55eac444a]http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/3701/img3904cropped.jpg[/img:b55eac444a] Brian had managed four, only one of which might have been a keeper. Bob had caught a 12 inch keeper, but was the only one of us who wasn't in the pool. However, the winner of the lunker pool was Dan, who had caught two fish, the largest of which was just over 15 inches long. Congratulations, Dan! :D After we had all strapped our boats onto their trailers and stowed our gear, we headed up to the parking lot, grilled up some burgers and dogs, and had something to eat and drink. Here are the other seven hard core open water fishermen: [img:b55eac444a]http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/2173/img3905cropped.jpg[/img:b55eac444a] [img:b55eac444a]http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/3459/img3906cropped.jpg[/img:b55eac444a] It was really nice to meet some of you for the first time and to see everyone. Even [b:b55eac444a]you[/b:b55eac444a], Bob! :lol: I'm already looking forward to doing this, again, in the Spring. Hopefully, it'll be warmer by then. :lol:
Author:
Redneckangler
Date:
Oct 21, 2012
Message:
Nice to see some real faces! A fun day but tough fishing. Went the first 4+ hours without a fish! I started throwing Sebile swimmers all the way up the west side and both coves looking for pike. No luck. One turned away at the boat and that was it. Threw various colored jigs and crankbaits in the stumps. Motored into the thickest stumps and tied up. Went to a gold willow leaf spinner with a pearl baby shad body and had two quick hits. Moved and picked up two more dinks. Then I threw away my spinner. Only one I had in that pattern. A couple of slobs! [url=http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=205&u=13096288][img:f94de96f81]http://i39.servimg.com/u/f39/13/09/62/88/10-21-10.jpg[/img:f94de96f81][/url] [url=http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=206&u=13096288][img:f94de96f81]http://i39.servimg.com/u/f39/13/09/62/88/10-21-11.jpg[/img:f94de96f81][/url] And a keeper? Maybe if I stretched it out good. [url=http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=207&u=13096288][img:f94de96f81]http://i39.servimg.com/u/f39/13/09/62/88/10-21-12.jpg[/img:f94de96f81][/url] Looking forward to another get together in the spring. Hope to see of you still out there this fall!
Author:
SeaDog1
Date:
Oct 22, 2012
Message:
Hi, Glad to have met you guys ! Wish I could have joined you, but had to pick up the wife at the airport. Yeah! Windy day -> BUT [img:2bd8b8c7f9]http://www.ctfishtalk.com/gallery2.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=18020[/img:2bd8b8c7f9] thumbup Best regards, SeaDog1 :mrgreen:
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