With the recent rains the river is on the rise and over the normal flow rate for this time of year by a bit. Visibilty is about 6 inches, water temps at 35.2, got some algae being moved but not enough. For most of the day it was pleasnt weather wise, got a bit chillier in late afternoon.
Today was jumping from eddy to eddy with a couple inflows mixed in. Bottom conditions ranged from soft black bottom to sand to rock/rubble/boulder. I primarily used the bubble/worm rig for all my fishing with a touch of J-9 floating rapalas. The bubble worm rig is actually quite simple, an adjust-a-buuble float, a hook and a cigar type worm. It's easy to make adjustments to the depth, does a nice job of suspending a cigar type worm[generally wacky rigged] and you can carry everything you need in a shirt pocket in you so desire. The main drawback is that it is a fixed float and I don't like to set it more than 3 feet for ease of casting ad being able to reach a hooked fish. That wasn't a drawback for me today as I wasn't fishing deeper than that anyway.
I picked up a couple of smallmouth bass at the head of the eddies, got some rock bass on the backside of the eddies and some crappie suspended in the heart of the eddies. I got one carp, the biggest fish of the day at just under 30 inches as it was dragging bottom where it changed from hard to soft bottom. Most of the hits the bubble just slide under the water, on a few, it kinda got twitchy on the surface.
I picked up a couple walleyes on the J-9 floating rapala at one of the inflows with a slow steady retrieve. Nothing huge both around the 20 inch mark.
It was a good day for December, 2 smallmouth, 2 walleyes, 2 crappie, 5 rock bass and one carp for 5 different species on one outing in the winter.
In honor of the recent Solstice, I leave you this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0G8XJNz4bY
12-24
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Norm Minas
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12-24
What a long, strange trip it still is .
Put a glide in your stride, a dip in your hip and come onto the mother ship .
Put a glide in your stride, a dip in your hip and come onto the mother ship .
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Ken G
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Re: 12-24
Being an Aquarius, it's always my time.
If only I had the patience I'd be out there braving the cold trying what you do. The river below me has everything you describe and then some, I wouldn't have to travel at all. Just walk down the hill.
If it hits 40 over the winter, maybe...
If only I had the patience I'd be out there braving the cold trying what you do. The river below me has everything you describe and then some, I wouldn't have to travel at all. Just walk down the hill.
If it hits 40 over the winter, maybe...