Post by Brian on Nov 4, 2010 12:03:41 GMT -5
It should be spelled Novembrrrr this year.
We hit the ramp in Ti at noon Tuesday. It was cold and windy (north). Bundled up with many layers and headed south to dodge the wind chill. The clouds were clearing out and the sunshine was indeed welcome. Water temp was 47 to 48 most places, lake level 97.7, decent water visibility of 2' to 3'. Couldn't get anything going in the lee of FT. Ti so got out and drifted along the delta in the cold wind. Diane got a nice LM on her giant spoon, I hauled water. Boat control on a north/south drift this time of year is a pain with sun glare and casting to a western exposure is blinding. So bugged out of there and went north to a more protected eastern shore line. Ah... much better. Found shallow (4' to 6') bass, pickerel and pike. As the sun was setting went back to west side grass flats and Diane kicked my butt with big bass. They wanted her Vibratron spinnerbait with chartreuse twin tail grub trailer. Cool. We quit at 6:00 with 10 LM, 5 pickerel (large), and 2 pike (small) caught and released between us.
Next day it was foggy and frosty at 9:00. Ate some waffles, had a second cup of coffee.....waiting on the sun. Hit the ramp at 9:45. No hurry. Met Schodackbassman (Brian) at the ramp, sweet boat he fishes out of. Water was 42 degrees at the ramp but 46 a bit further out in the lake. Not good news for us shallow water die hards. I said to Schodackbassman, "when in doubt, throw a worm". So I did and caught the first bass in 6', next one on a jig in 6', missed one too. Meanwhile, Diane is hauling water with horizontal lures. But then, here comes the south wind...crap. Couldn't see my targets anymore so gave up on pitching grass. Went to protected grass but couldn't get bit on anything. About noon the pickerel started biting the horizontal lures. At 1:30 we banged three LM pretty quickly on the hardware in 6' grass and I figured they were moving up. Nope, just a tease. I shoulda dropped a buoy because we never caught another bass. Did have a good time with big pickerel and threw a lot of big flash all afternoon hoping for a pike or two, no dice. By the time we quit at 5:30 we'd caught and released 5 LM (all 2 - 2 1/2 lb.), and 10 pickerel (up to 25"). Good trip.
Big spoon = nice bass.
Slow rolling the spinnerbait is hard this fall with so much grass still up.
Now that's a bass, 19.25".
I need a boat cover
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Schodackbassman, looking good and warm. Nice to see you Brian!
25" pickerel, they grow 'em big in Champlain.
We hit the ramp in Ti at noon Tuesday. It was cold and windy (north). Bundled up with many layers and headed south to dodge the wind chill. The clouds were clearing out and the sunshine was indeed welcome. Water temp was 47 to 48 most places, lake level 97.7, decent water visibility of 2' to 3'. Couldn't get anything going in the lee of FT. Ti so got out and drifted along the delta in the cold wind. Diane got a nice LM on her giant spoon, I hauled water. Boat control on a north/south drift this time of year is a pain with sun glare and casting to a western exposure is blinding. So bugged out of there and went north to a more protected eastern shore line. Ah... much better. Found shallow (4' to 6') bass, pickerel and pike. As the sun was setting went back to west side grass flats and Diane kicked my butt with big bass. They wanted her Vibratron spinnerbait with chartreuse twin tail grub trailer. Cool. We quit at 6:00 with 10 LM, 5 pickerel (large), and 2 pike (small) caught and released between us.
Next day it was foggy and frosty at 9:00. Ate some waffles, had a second cup of coffee.....waiting on the sun. Hit the ramp at 9:45. No hurry. Met Schodackbassman (Brian) at the ramp, sweet boat he fishes out of. Water was 42 degrees at the ramp but 46 a bit further out in the lake. Not good news for us shallow water die hards. I said to Schodackbassman, "when in doubt, throw a worm". So I did and caught the first bass in 6', next one on a jig in 6', missed one too. Meanwhile, Diane is hauling water with horizontal lures. But then, here comes the south wind...crap. Couldn't see my targets anymore so gave up on pitching grass. Went to protected grass but couldn't get bit on anything. About noon the pickerel started biting the horizontal lures. At 1:30 we banged three LM pretty quickly on the hardware in 6' grass and I figured they were moving up. Nope, just a tease. I shoulda dropped a buoy because we never caught another bass. Did have a good time with big pickerel and threw a lot of big flash all afternoon hoping for a pike or two, no dice. By the time we quit at 5:30 we'd caught and released 5 LM (all 2 - 2 1/2 lb.), and 10 pickerel (up to 25"). Good trip.
Big spoon = nice bass.
Slow rolling the spinnerbait is hard this fall with so much grass still up.
Now that's a bass, 19.25".
I need a boat cover
.Schodackbassman, looking good and warm. Nice to see you Brian!
25" pickerel, they grow 'em big in Champlain.
Still looking for the big pike because we need a Christmas card picture, may have to settle for a bowfin 
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