My regular fishing partner, Seth V was unavailable for the Conesus Last Cast (something about :argue: if he didn't go to visit the inlaws 
), so I was looking for a partner. Too cold for my wife to go! After checking with several of my fishing buddies who were unavailable, I remembered my friend Mark, a talented hunter who fishes on the side. Hunting may be his specialty, but Mark is a natural outdoorsman.
I have to admit that on Saturday as the blizzard conditions passed through our area, I was kind of hoping Noel was going to cancel the tx. No such luck! So off we went on Sunday morning. We started out in an area that has been productive the last several weeks. Immediately I had a good one on, but lost it after a few seconds. Put two 3 lb fish in the boat by 8, then a third small fish about 2 lbs by 8:30. After that nothing else and eventually we moved to an area in the North part of the lake that had also been productive the last few weeks. Total strike out! Headed back south, stopping at a hump that had been somewhat productive earlier in the year ... cruised around the hump reading the depth finder but no sign of any fish, so we moved back south.
By now it is 11:30, and we haven't put a fish in the boat for 3 hours. I go back to our first area and pick what I think is the choice section of the drift. A short time later we drift through a secondary point and my depth finder shows what may be fish. Sure enough, as our tubes drift by the point I get hit by another 3 lb fish ... out goes the 2 lb fish. We drift a little further, then return to redrift the same point ... again I mark what may be fish, but no bite this time.
Now it is about 12:30 ... today and the last several outings, we have focused on secondary points. Previous attempts at main points were fishless. But, a change in strategy seems prudent, so we try drifting a main point. Nothing! My partner Mark has not had a fish all day and other than checking out the surrounding woods and hunting activity, he looks a little bored. I encourage him to do what he is supposed to do ... put the darn lunker in the boat.
1:00 pm and back to the secondary point strategy, but some fresh water. Pull into a new spot and start the drift. Bam, fish on!
Mark sets his rod down and nets the fish. As I start to weigh the fish Mark picks up his rod ... fish on. We put another fish in the boat. At that point things started to get real busy. We must have put another six or more fish in the boat during the next half hour including Mark's lunker. As we approached a secondary point, again the depth finder marked what could be fish and I told Mark to get ready to get hit again ... sure enough, another fish hit as our lures drifted across the point. At 1:45 we had a few fish on board to cull, releasing all but our best three. Hate to leave, but it's time to go.
With the weights Conesus has been producing, and the talented competition, we were happily surprised to have lunker and enough to win. Glad Noel didn't cancel the tx!
Looking forward to the next one!
Charlie
), so I was looking for a partner. Too cold for my wife to go! After checking with several of my fishing buddies who were unavailable, I remembered my friend Mark, a talented hunter who fishes on the side. Hunting may be his specialty, but Mark is a natural outdoorsman. I have to admit that on Saturday as the blizzard conditions passed through our area, I was kind of hoping Noel was going to cancel the tx. No such luck! So off we went on Sunday morning. We started out in an area that has been productive the last several weeks. Immediately I had a good one on, but lost it after a few seconds. Put two 3 lb fish in the boat by 8, then a third small fish about 2 lbs by 8:30. After that nothing else and eventually we moved to an area in the North part of the lake that had also been productive the last few weeks. Total strike out! Headed back south, stopping at a hump that had been somewhat productive earlier in the year ... cruised around the hump reading the depth finder but no sign of any fish, so we moved back south.
By now it is 11:30, and we haven't put a fish in the boat for 3 hours. I go back to our first area and pick what I think is the choice section of the drift. A short time later we drift through a secondary point and my depth finder shows what may be fish. Sure enough, as our tubes drift by the point I get hit by another 3 lb fish ... out goes the 2 lb fish. We drift a little further, then return to redrift the same point ... again I mark what may be fish, but no bite this time.
Now it is about 12:30 ... today and the last several outings, we have focused on secondary points. Previous attempts at main points were fishless. But, a change in strategy seems prudent, so we try drifting a main point. Nothing! My partner Mark has not had a fish all day and other than checking out the surrounding woods and hunting activity, he looks a little bored
. I encourage him to do what he is supposed to do ... put the darn lunker in the boat.1:00 pm and back to the secondary point strategy, but some fresh water. Pull into a new spot and start the drift. Bam, fish on!
Mark sets his rod down and nets the fish. As I start to weigh the fish Mark picks up his rod ... fish on. We put another fish in the boat. At that point things started to get real busy. We must have put another six or more fish in the boat during the next half hour including Mark's lunker. As we approached a secondary point, again the depth finder marked what could be fish and I told Mark to get ready to get hit again ... sure enough, another fish hit as our lures drifted across the point. At 1:45 we had a few fish on board to cull, releasing all but our best three. Hate to leave, but it's time to go.
With the weights Conesus has been producing, and the talented competition, we were happily surprised to have lunker and enough to win. Glad Noel didn't cancel the tx!
Looking forward to the next one!
Charlie
