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#1 Jun-21-09 6:20PM

CozUF2001
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From: Richmond, Virginia
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Alder Report - 062109

I decided to hit Alder today after a nice Sunday dinner with the wife. I was throwing a frog and a jig and ended up with four fish. Nothing to call home about...........except this new Alder record!

5lb 12oz!!!!!

Sorry for the one blurry picture...you know how it is with adrenaline coursing through you!

http://i325.photobucket.com/albums/k385/cozuf2001/Alder_Bass_5lb_12oz_062109.jpg

http://i325.photobucket.com/albums/k385/cozuf2001/Alder_Bass_5lb_12oz_2_062109.jpg

http://i325.photobucket.com/albums/k385/cozuf2001/Alder_Bass_Scale_062109.jpg


If it were easy, they'd call it catching!

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#2 Jun-21-09 7:46PM

Ernie
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Re: Alder Report - 062109

Pig....record is in the book!


Time to go fishin' again!

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#3 Jun-22-09 3:34AM

bigjeffie
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Re: Alder Report - 062109

did she take the frog or the jig patrick ??

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#4 Jun-22-09 7:25AM

CozUF2001
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Re: Alder Report - 062109

bigjeffie wrote:

did she take the frog or the jig patrick ??

Wouldn't you like to know?!

Frog.


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#5 Jun-22-09 7:28AM

Ernie
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Re: Alder Report - 062109

Floating frog or just under the surface? Fast or slow retrieve?

We want to know it all....except the exact sopt that fish was laying in!  roll

I have yet to catch a 5 pounder (by my scale) but I will keep trying (and get a new scale).


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#6 Jun-22-09 8:27AM

CozUF2001
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Re: Alder Report - 062109

I was working the frog beneath the surface. I would twitch and reel, then let it float down, twitch and reel, then let it float down. The fish was caught in skinny water.


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#7 Jun-22-09 9:24AM

fishin4food
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Re: Alder Report - 062109

Nice!!! I've never caught anything on a frog before, I'm hoping to this summer!


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#8 Jun-22-09 7:42PM

bigjeffie
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Re: Alder Report - 062109

i have thought about frogging like that
even toyed with the technique, but neverstayed w/ it

thanks for the tip
congrats too, this is your new high water mark, right??

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#9 Jun-22-09 8:01PM

bigjeffie
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Re: Alder Report - 062109

interesting too that your success blows all of my theories about the day out of the water.

i would not have expected a big fish to be shallow on that day

of course it was a different body of water, but not by much

i havnt even seen bluegills shallow since last week (other than the really small ones )

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#10 Jun-23-09 6:04AM

CozUF2001
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From: Richmond, Virginia
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Re: Alder Report - 062109

bigjeffie wrote:

thanks for the tip
congrats too, this is your new high water mark, right??

Yup - 5lb 12oz is my biggest LMB ever.


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#11 Jun-23-09 6:07AM

CozUF2001
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From: Richmond, Virginia
Registered: Mar-26-08
Posts: 1419
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Re: Alder Report - 062109

I was thumbing through this June's Bassmaster Magazine and flipped back to the Lunar Tables. I tend not to lend too much credence to them, but Sunday the 21st was the second best lunar day to fish. Yesterday, apparently, was the best. Interestingly enough, the best times to fish according to the tables were late morning into the early afternoon. I caught my fish at 830pm. I believe this theory is well associated with most bass theories. There is never going to be a specific time on a monthly calendar or annual calendar that is better than others, for example, four hours on Monday, but instead, it is a period of 3-5 days that carry similar characteristics that fish respond to. This of course is not mutually exclusive to changing weather conditions.


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#12 Jun-23-09 4:43PM

bigjeffie
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Re: Alder Report - 062109

I HAVE TRIED WORKING W/ THE SOLUNAR TABLES, and found no distinct correlation b/t the predictions and my performance on the water.

i think low pressure, wind, and cloud cover are more influential factors

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