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Author:
PECo
Date:
Sep 23, 2010
Subject:
Winchester Lake 09/23
Message:
I fished Winchester Lake with DirtyDawg10 (aka Derek) and TurtleKiss (aka Kira) today. Kira and I were free to fish as we usually are, but Derek took the day off from work to fish and celebrate his birthday. Happy birthday, Dawg! We got on the water just after daybreak at 6:45 am. It was beautiful out there:
[img:3e951276e3]http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/6952/winchesterlake003correc.jpg[/img:3e951276e3]
All of the coontail weed in the lake has died off and most of the pads are gone. While the visibility was good down to about 8 feet, the water was definitely not at clear as it is at West Hill Pond. There was almost no wind when we launched, but it rose, subsided and changed directions throughout the day. It was chilly until we got some sun, but then the sun disappeared and we ended up with a nice overcast day. Despite Kira's pessimism about the lake, she landed a nice largemouth bass on a Texas-rigged worm soon after we got on the water, at about 7:15 am. It was 18 inches long and 2 pounds, 15 ounces:
[img:3e951276e3]http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/6950/winchesterlake006croppe.jpg[/img:3e951276e3]
Shortly after that, at about 7:30 am, I landed my personal best largemouth bass, which was 20 inches long and 4 pounds, 4 ounces. It hit a RageTail Space Monkey (i.e., a soft plastic crawfish) on a weighted jig head after it hit the bottom. I actually remembered to set the hook and got about 1/2 inch of its upper lip. I hope that some of the pictures Kira took came out. Meanwhile, the birthday boy was busy landing his lunker largemouth bass:
[img:3e951276e3]http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/8274/winchesterlake010correc.jpg[/img:3e951276e3]
:shock: Just kidding. I think that he later landed a 15 or 16 incher. Unfortunately, the bite slowed quite a bit after 8:00 am and none of us got any more real quality fish for the rest of the day. Here's everything that I caught:
20 inch, 4 lb 4 oz LMB RageTail Space Monkey (craw)
13 inch LMB Wacky Senko pumpkin/red flake
10 Inch LMB Wacky Senko pumpkin/red flake
12 inch LMB Wacky Senko pumpkin/red flake
11 inch CP Bomber 3 inch blue/yellow/orange lipless crankbait
10 inch YP Trolled Yo-Zuri 2-1/2 inch white lipless crankbait
Derek ended up on the quantity end of the spectrum today. He probably caught more fish than Kira and I combined. Plus, he landed the only northern pike of the day. I hope he got a decent photo of his 11 inch monster. Derek and I got off the water at about 4:15 pm. But Kira, being the hard-core fishing machine that she is, stayed on the water after we left:
[img:3e951276e3]http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/8905/winchesterlake019croppe.jpg[/img:3e951276e3]
I had a great day on the water. I almost landed a pike a couple of times, but no biggie. I mean that literally, because they were both really small. :D I'd rather have my first pike be a monster, anyway. 8)
Author:
TurtleKiss
Date:
Sep 23, 2010
Message:
Wow, my boat is filthy. I couldn't leave without checking out the cove with the pads...I've only seen it in pitch blackness before. The vegetation is more like a pads/grass blend. I caught 4 cookie cutters in there...2 on a frog and 2 on the Ol' Monster worm. I got tired of throwing spinnerbaits...I don't think the pike cared . There were 3 tail smackin' beavers assembling 3 kickass dams. Here's Phil's pig:
[img:e4b3d9588c]http://www.turtlekiss.com/philbass1.jpg[/img:e4b3d9588c]
[img:e4b3d9588c]http://www.turtlekiss.com/philbass2.jpg[/img:e4b3d9588c]
[img:e4b3d9588c]http://www.turtlekiss.com/philbass3.jpg[/img:e4b3d9588c]
Side note: I hit more stumps in daylight than I did in total darkness. My motor is somehow still in one piece. Had fun - thanks for the invite!
Author:
PECo
Date:
Sep 23, 2010
Message:
Thanks for the photos, Kira. Good luck tomorrow!
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