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Gorgeous weather out with near calm conditions for the past 2 days. I now wear a thin balaclava style head coving pulled up over my ears and head area, a brimmed hat and thin latex gloves to help protest against dangerous UV rays. Even then my face area still gets a little burnt. Wednesday started off slow but they gradually tricked in. About 10:00, I landed a nice 29" followed shortly after by a real chunky 30". By 10:30, the bite died. I moved around, catching a few here and there but not getting onto a good bite. I ended the day with 67 Wallies.
Thursday started off slow for me. A few here and there but nothing big. After several moves, around noon, I finally started catching good. Three big fish in a row got off on me, then I didn't miss much. Quite a few 25, 26, 27", including a super fat one, a 28" and a 29". As usual they came through in waves, with pods of big fish passing through every now and then. Sometimes there are even lenghtly lulls between bites, but having the patience to wait them out can often be rewarding. My jigging cadences are starting to get pretty routine for me. The high lift pause technique was working the best when they were more aggresive, and the tight to bottom twitching technique when they were negative. Switching back and forth and varying cadences often makes a huge difference in catch rates. It's not that they weren't there, it was one of those days where there were so tight to bottom, that they weren't showing up on my electronics. Again, all were caught on my usual bubblegum jig, braid stinger and salted shiner. I quit fishing with a hour of light still left when I reached a total of 100 Wallies for the day. Here are some pictures:
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Thursday started off slow for me. A few here and there but nothing big. After several moves, around noon, I finally started catching good. Three big fish in a row got off on me, then I didn't miss much. Quite a few 25, 26, 27", including a super fat one, a 28" and a 29". As usual they came through in waves, with pods of big fish passing through every now and then. Sometimes there are even lenghtly lulls between bites, but having the patience to wait them out can often be rewarding. My jigging cadences are starting to get pretty routine for me. The high lift pause technique was working the best when they were more aggresive, and the tight to bottom twitching technique when they were negative. Switching back and forth and varying cadences often makes a huge difference in catch rates. It's not that they weren't there, it was one of those days where there were so tight to bottom, that they weren't showing up on my electronics. Again, all were caught on my usual bubblegum jig, braid stinger and salted shiner. I quit fishing with a hour of light still left when I reached a total of 100 Wallies for the day. Here are some pictures:
