Pacemaker Fishing Forum

It does not feel like February.  I was on the water and really enjoyed the nice day.  The water was clear except near creek inflows, and we did not get as much of a rise as I hoped.

Fishing was slow until 12:30pm.  Then, while floating out of an area I was anchored, I got bit.  I missed the fish and then threw back in and got this fat 18"er.





The wind was keeping me in the area and so I tossed out a tube and got a hit, but missed.  Then tossed back and got this chunky 15"er.



I decided to circle around and I got bit and I broke the hook on the hookset.  I stayed in the area and got this 14.5" on a ned.



A while later I caught a 12 incher on the ned and then broke one off on the hookset.  I should have re-tied or checked my knot.  It was almost 3:00pm, so I decided to float out before heading back.  The breeze was slowing my drift and I tossed the ned in some deeper water where I knew some rocks were and was just tightlining.  After a minute, I felt pressure on the line and set the hook.  It felt like a nice fish.  After a good fight, I netted this fat 18.75"er that did not want to lay flat.







I ended up with 5 caught and at least 4 hits or break-offs missed. There was another insect hatch that was similar to the ones I saw last week.  Brown and about 1/2 to 3/4" long.  Gulls were on the water again.  Awesome day on the water!