Name: basskat
Email:
Date: 08/13/05
Time: 0345 to 1100
Briery Creek
muggy then hot
clear
701 then south end
total bass 16
pig&jigs, senkos, trickworms, and buzzbaits
topwater early then 7 to 10 feet
buzzbaits before the sun came up then slow presentation on other baits
We were on the water early, 0345 and made our way to the southend midway. Topwater water bite was slow I only had three blow up on the buzzbait and partner had one. All fish missed the baits even with trailer hooks. Some of the blowup sounded like big fish. Once the sun was up that was it. Partners fish were the biggest of the day, one 4.5, 5 and 5.5. fishing pig and jigs. He had one the biggest on a horney tad fishing the dollar pads. Of my 12 biggest about 3.5 to 4 but only one was about a pound. Would love to have a day like that on tourney days. We were off the water by 11 to hot. Another friend was there and had one that was 5.9 and 221/4 for length citation. Well vacation is over and its back to long hours. Tightlines. Jeff lets hook up soon.
Name: Jeff Banko
Email:
Date: 08/10/05
Time: 6 - 2
Briery Creek
OVERCAST
Very light stian
from 701 ramp followed channel to the south end
8 lmb
big worm, flukes, senkos
0 - 15 feet
Fished with Jeff K today. Day started out pretty good caught 4 fish in our first spot, it then died for the rest of the day but we still scraped out 4 more. No big fish though I did lose two that felt good. End of the day caount I caught 5 on jigs. Jeff K caught 3 on flukes and also a pickerel. Oh well we had fun even though it was rough going.
Name: Don Arbaugh
Email: arbaughbunch@direcway.com
Date: 8/8/05
Time: 10:00-3:30pm
Briery Creek
A little warm, but nice!
Clear
Middle of lake
LMB
10' Culprit Red Shad worm
Dropoffs/Humps
Normal bumping bottom structure.
1st LMB was smaller in length than the Culprit worm I was using!! Went on point with probably a 1/2 dozen solid hits with only fragmented worms to show! The biggest of the day, boiled the water and then went Southbound? Not a bad day!!!!
Name: Jeff Banko
Email:
Date: 8/2/05
Time: 5 am - 3 pm
Briery Creek
Light clouds but strong sun, very hot
clear
From 701 ramp to south end of the lake
15 lmb
buzzbait, frog, Jigs and trailer, 11" worm,
0 - 20 feet
Started the day off throwing the buzzbaut. No takers on that so switched to throwing jig along the channel. Caught five this way biggest going around 4#s, others all around 2#s. Then worked my way over to another channel area I like. Threw the 11" worm on a c-rig. Caught 5 on that also all good size around 3 - 3.5#s also lost several that felt bigger. Finally went to the end of the lake and threw a senko over the grass. caught a few small ones and then one more that went 3.5#s. Ended the day working my way back to the launch throwing a frog on assorted pad along the way. Lost a real nice one, probably a 6 - 7 pounder doing that.
Not a bad day considering I tended to stay with the tactics I use for bigger fish. Probably 90% of the time I was throwing the jig or the big worm. Lost several fish that felt real big on the C-rigged worm. I think I am wasting my knots setting the hook too hard when I use that rig. I get soused to the cross their eyes hookset needed for the jigs that i forget to dial it down a little bit for the other methods. Oh well live and learn.
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