Fallriverguy
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Sunday I hit Wickiup again. This time I fished with my youngest daughter’s boyfriend. It was another beautiful day of fishing at Wickiup even though it was 18 degrees when we left the house. We were greeted by fog when we arrived at the ramp. Between scraping ice off the inside of the windshield and the fog it was a slow caution ride out to the Davis arm following the GPS.
The fish were there but not cooperating. After and 1.5 hours without a sniff, I trolled by Paulinalakekid who was having some action with a doublewhammy, which of course I did not have. He was very generous and passed us a spare lure of his. Thanks so much for sharing the lure! Soon after putting the doublewhammy in the water it got bit. We got on a small bite for about an hour and managed to put 4 or 5 fish in the boat. The bite slowed and we fished for several hours without another bite.
It was time to move round and find some biters. We found a spot loaded with fish but could not get them to bite. After moving to shallower water we found the right combination and stared to get bit fairly regularly. We stayed in 25 to 15 feet of water the rest of the day. Unlike last weekend pink hoochies did not catch one fish. Spinners behind 0000 dodgers did the heavy lifting for us. A pink and green spinner with a dakota blade was the most productive. At times a pink/chartreuse or blue/chartreuse assassin spinner produced some bites. Best corn was “NCS”. That was a first for me.
It is a good thing I fish with other people because my hook-to-land ratio has been abysmal my last two trips. The lure that caught the most fish has a single size 4 dropshot hook. Only one fish was lost and it was because we had a double and could not get the net under the fish in a timely fashion. That is in contrast to the lures I fished with two hooks: bites that did not stick, LDRs and SDRs. I again lost 5 fish in a row at one point.
The fish seem to be on the feed now and when we left the surface water temp was 45-46 F. The biggest fish were again right around 16 inches.
The fish were there but not cooperating. After and 1.5 hours without a sniff, I trolled by Paulinalakekid who was having some action with a doublewhammy, which of course I did not have. He was very generous and passed us a spare lure of his. Thanks so much for sharing the lure! Soon after putting the doublewhammy in the water it got bit. We got on a small bite for about an hour and managed to put 4 or 5 fish in the boat. The bite slowed and we fished for several hours without another bite.
It was time to move round and find some biters. We found a spot loaded with fish but could not get them to bite. After moving to shallower water we found the right combination and stared to get bit fairly regularly. We stayed in 25 to 15 feet of water the rest of the day. Unlike last weekend pink hoochies did not catch one fish. Spinners behind 0000 dodgers did the heavy lifting for us. A pink and green spinner with a dakota blade was the most productive. At times a pink/chartreuse or blue/chartreuse assassin spinner produced some bites. Best corn was “NCS”. That was a first for me.
It is a good thing I fish with other people because my hook-to-land ratio has been abysmal my last two trips. The lure that caught the most fish has a single size 4 dropshot hook. Only one fish was lost and it was because we had a double and could not get the net under the fish in a timely fashion. That is in contrast to the lures I fished with two hooks: bites that did not stick, LDRs and SDRs. I again lost 5 fish in a row at one point.
The fish seem to be on the feed now and when we left the surface water temp was 45-46 F. The biggest fish were again right around 16 inches.
