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Got on the water at 7am and it was chilly, but beautiful.  No one else at the ramp and the water looked nice.





I wasted some time trying topwater.  Then I ran upriver some.  Got bit and then first smallie was a little over 13.5". 



No more bites there, so ran up farther.  This was a better spot and the water was nice. 

I broke off a tube on either a bite or a rock.  A little while later I got a nice bite on a flatworm and it was a strong fish.  After a nice fight I was able to net it.  It was a fat 17.5" smallie. 








Then I caught a 14"er on the big TRD.



Then I heard helicopters and turned around to see 2 military choppers flying no more than 50 feet over the river right next to me (maybe 100 feet).  It was really cool.  I did not dare to try to take a picture until they were past me.  I got one when they were a little ways off.



After that the wind picked up.  It was blowing straight downriver and made fishing really hard.  I tried a spinnerbait, chatterbait, in-line spinner, crankbait and several light dragging lures.  I caught one more on the flatworm and then boarded the struggle bus. 

I anchored and ate my sandwich and the wind was chilly.  I just mostly floated after that.  There was a dead duck floating that some hunter neglected to retrieve. 



I might have gotten 2 more bites but no more fish.  I got off the water before 2pm with 4 fish landed.  I could have had more if I did not waste the time early trying topwater.  Water was really nice though.

Last edited by drxfish (Oct-16-24 3:01PM)