fished plum creek inlet for bass, water was decent for such a small creek. had plenty of hits using Gulp 3" minnow texas rig, but never hooked any, fish nearly kept tugging minnow off hook... bass probably, who knows - never actually saw them .. probably too small for them to bite a big hook
then moved to edge of lake and had 1 rod with walleye nightcrawler rig & float indicator. tried various lures on other rod
as soon as crawler was in water it hooked up with a nice sized fish ( i was tying a lure on other rod when it hit the worm). I didnt set hook very good & all I got was a glimpse about 6 ft away thru some brush before it spit hook. looked like a trout or possibly a walleye.
i had a couple huge hits using a rattlin shad spoon, fish only stayed on for a few seconds ... they felt very big though
wind kicked up about 5pm and I was about to leave, decided to try one more fresh worm while i packed up ... then BAM ... a huge fish was on the line, I only saw about 1/3 of its body and it was a monster, probably a carp judging by its size, was probably 30 inches and HUGE - its side was probably 6 or 7 inches wide ... the walleye rig snapped after a couple minutes, I almost landed it quick (float was about 10' away), but when it hit surface it freaked out and took off, drag was a little to tight, i even tried to loosen it up while fightin ... oh well, my pulse soared for sure.
I had to try again, but instead tied on one big hook w/ worm & float (no store bought riggin this time), and hooked a 10" rainbow. I actually thought that big fish was back & yanked the bow completely out of water when i set hook .. was pretty funny .. released the bow.
Then i tried again and caught that sucker, ugly SOB - he did put up a good fight though. biggest sucker ive ever seen
It was weird, the fish wouldnt bite worm anywhere but that exact spot, not even 2 ft away. Im thinking it was a deep area by creek channel. I had worm in water for almost an hour with no hits & when i put it where i caught the first one, it was almost nonstop bobbin until it got dark ... what a great afternoon .... enjoy the pics!!
then moved to edge of lake and had 1 rod with walleye nightcrawler rig & float indicator. tried various lures on other rod
as soon as crawler was in water it hooked up with a nice sized fish ( i was tying a lure on other rod when it hit the worm). I didnt set hook very good & all I got was a glimpse about 6 ft away thru some brush before it spit hook. looked like a trout or possibly a walleye.
i had a couple huge hits using a rattlin shad spoon, fish only stayed on for a few seconds ... they felt very big though
wind kicked up about 5pm and I was about to leave, decided to try one more fresh worm while i packed up ... then BAM ... a huge fish was on the line, I only saw about 1/3 of its body and it was a monster, probably a carp judging by its size, was probably 30 inches and HUGE - its side was probably 6 or 7 inches wide ... the walleye rig snapped after a couple minutes, I almost landed it quick (float was about 10' away), but when it hit surface it freaked out and took off, drag was a little to tight, i even tried to loosen it up while fightin ... oh well, my pulse soared for sure.
I had to try again, but instead tied on one big hook w/ worm & float (no store bought riggin this time), and hooked a 10" rainbow. I actually thought that big fish was back & yanked the bow completely out of water when i set hook .. was pretty funny .. released the bow.
Then i tried again and caught that sucker, ugly SOB - he did put up a good fight though. biggest sucker ive ever seen
It was weird, the fish wouldnt bite worm anywhere but that exact spot, not even 2 ft away. Im thinking it was a deep area by creek channel. I had worm in water for almost an hour with no hits & when i put it where i caught the first one, it was almost nonstop bobbin until it got dark ... what a great afternoon .... enjoy the pics!!