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Date:
Sep 15, 2007
Subject:
Hous South of Falls Village Plant 9-14-07
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I need to preface this by saying I know this thread is worthless without pictures, but the fishing was so rediculous that I needed to post this report! After work yesterday I had some time to burn, and as you all know by now, I've been bitten by the smallie bug pretty hard. I was lazy and didn't feel much like travelling, so I headed over the hill to falls village to hit a place that never produces much for me. The river is so low though that it allowed me to walk a little upstream, where there's a hole in the middle of the river probably about waist deep. The smallmouth were hiding in there, as I got closer the fish got bigger until I was on a group of consistant 1-2 pounders with some 2+ in the mix. The fish all had beautiful coloration with the bigger ones all having real deep bronze bars down the sides. I'm hoping my posts might provide useful for someone here, so I'm going to throw in the technique here to hopefully make up for the lack of pictures: I was fishing a small yumdinger (3 inches) texas rigged. I'd cast upstream and let it gently float with the current down. I watched my line very closely to see when it started to tighten up a bit, it either meant i was stuck on the bottom, or a fish had taken it. I would pull the lure up just a hair, that would let me know if it was just the bottom. If I felt it moving I would reel in very very slowly until I felt the fish starting to run with it and the line was completely tight, then I'd set the hook. If I tried to set it as soon as I felt the bite, the hook was never in deep enough. It seemed like they were gumming it a bit before actually taking it. The reason for the slow retrieve is unknown to me, usually the smallies I've been catching are going after something on a fast retrieve. But this time, if I tried to give the lure any life at all, they'd have nothing to do with it in the slightest! Finally, the kicker story: As I was retrieving one cast, I had a nice smallie take it and start running upriver, like smallies do. He was just about to jump when all of a sudden he stopped and then made a screaming B-Line to the shore about 50 feet upstream from me. I've *never* seen a smallie do that. Then he turned and started coming right at me downstream. I was taking in line so fast, I almost couldn't keep up with it. As the fish gets closer to me I see it in the water and think: "Why is the fish coming in sideways, belly first towards me?" Then I see the teeth. There was about a 3 foot pike that had nailed this 2 pound smallie when I was trying to reel him in, and he would NOT let go. Finally he did and went and sat under a log. As I went to get the smallie out of the water, the Pike Dashed out again and grabbed the smallie almost out of my hand and started swimming off with it again before he finally let go and headed out to the deep. I unhooked the smallie and did an overall look over him, noticing punctures from the Pike all on the sides of its body. However when I put him back in he swam off pretty quickly, so I hope he turns out alright from the ordeal. Either way, It was one of the scariest experiences I've ever had fishing. I know pike are agressive, but this one just would NOT let that smallmouth go, and I was in no position (with my ultralight) to land both predator and predator turned prey. All in all, another exciting day down on the Hous, and I hope to see more members out there as fall rolls around and the smallies get frisky!
Author:
Bass Addict
Date:
Sep 18, 2007
Message:
wow, that sounds like a fun day. It must have been sick to see the pike attach the smb. Reminds me of the time I was fishing for mackerall's and I kept on reeling in makerall heads because baracuda's were biting them in half.
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