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Author:
NSGSplatmaster
Date:
Jun 25, 2009
Subject:
6/25 Private Lake (Old Bridgeport Resevoir)
Message:
I'm lucky to have access to a private lake which used to serve as a resevoir. Was in an rowboat with an electric motor with two other guys I know. I was mostly working a two piece Rapala in "classic" minnow golors, grey with a red spot under the chin area, while the other guys were working white swirly tail grubs on jigheads. I managed to pick up some smaller size fish, and a few crappies. Had two fish toss my lure, literally, across the water, and then switched over to a black jitterbug. I must have tied a crappy knot or something; we saw a fish literally chasing something through the water and killed the boat and I worked the jitterbug nice and slow. Felt a tug and set the hook, and just when I started to fight the fish, the lure snapped off. :cry: My friend was having an equally tough time, and ended up tangling the majority of his spool. My cousin, in the meantime, went 5 for 5 - 5 casts, 5 fish, bass and good size crappie on a baitfish shaped plastic. At least someone did allright. Also keep encountering line tangling with 8 lb test Stren. Not sure if its the gear or the fisherman but if I had a little more income I'd retire the old Walmart generic 11 dollar special by now. There's a long "guard" piece the line likes to get tangled up around sometimes. If anyone is a resident of this resevoir and catches a 3 - 4 pound largemouth with a jitterbug in his mouth, please return to owner ;)
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