12/15/12

Buddy calls me up a 0630 am and says lets go and he did not have to ask me twice left by 700.   Stopped at all seasons and they were out of  5lb drennen so I bought maxima..........
 
Went to the Papermill hole and fished and explored for 2 hours or so   2 other people there , but  no hook ups.    There were 3  dead ones I saw.
 
My buddy has not landed one yet so I thought the LFZ would be his best bet as we had to be back home by 100.  It was pretty sparce on the church side so we decided to give it a try.  Fished for an hour and only saw 1 hook up.   Just as I was getting ready to move and try  to squeeze  in front of the hemlocks the good rock opened up and I jumped on it,  managed 1 quick hook up and played it for a while and the hook  popped.  A bit later hooked up again and had a nice female at the net but the friggen Maxima broke at the knot and my buddy got a nice 1/8 ounce bruise on his chest.   I kept on offering the spot to my buddy and he finally took it , but had no luck.   He literally reeled his pole up as it was 5 minutes before we had to leave and I jumped in for a few more casts.  Second cast fish on and landed it (I switched out to my 6 lb drennen).  was a good was to end the day.  I think I got a pic,but hte battery went dead and I will check after I was the cars.   
 
All 3 hits were on eggs 2 on my take of a Babine egg and one on a blue egg.   I was very close to the bottom.   We were at the LFZ for 2.5 hours and saw 3 fish netted including mine and around 10 fish on including my 3.    
Next time out  Tuesday or Thursday.   Tuesday my dog has a dental cleaning and a few skin tags taken off.   He does not handle the vet well so I stay until he is put out and have to come back when he starts to wake up, my vet is in Pulaski so may be fishing there.
Clint

As you can see the guy behind me is hooked up too.   I think the bite was turning on , but we had to go  literally got it 5 minutes before we left.  
Forgot to mention there was a fellow across from me fishing with a fly reel lined with mono C and Ding  with 2 big split shots at least a 1/4 ounce if they were tin,  more if they were lead.   I can look past a little extra  weight as I will admit I have sneaked an extra BB on or fished with an 1/8th split and a weighted fly.    So looking past the weight, what would you do in this situation.   I will post what I did later.
 
 

Good going, Clint! Geez, John,  I woulda taken a ride- still owe you some rowing.  I'll let you know next time we're up. Come hang out with waders if you don't want to deal with the boat.  Be great to fish with you again before the New Year or the Mayan sky falls on us....
Tells us your secret techs. Clint, I ain't guessin.....

John I was busy Friday or I would have went.  I can't (don't know how to)  row, but I take directions real good.   Just saw that the water is going down tomorrow at 900.  I will have to get out Tuesday if possible.   I have Thurs and Fri off,   but Thursday is probably a lock more due to the weather looking good.  I  may or may not need to do Christmas stuff on  Friday.   Yes,  I  wait till the last minutes for shopping.   Thursday I will again walk some new water (probably Ellis)  for a bit and then go into town
 
Charlie I have no secret techniques other than putting my time in and parking my ****  in the right spot if it opens up and today it did.  The rock we saw action at has consistently produced every time I went the last few times (usually just not by me),  today it opened up and I jumped.   Really has only been 3 consistent places that have had consistent action since the water went up and you know them all.     I know I spend alot of time in the zone, but as long as I catch fish I'm good.  I am slowly trying to expand my comfort zone.

Clint, great job. Please keep reports and pix coming. A lot of crap for me here,don't know when I can make it up but it is always on my mind.

Yea, Charlie that's what I was getting at.    Specifically the use of the  mono in the Zone.   I politely told him that he shouldn't be using mono in the Zone as it is illegal .  He rather politely (no sarcasm) told me that this was all he had and he wanted to fish with his buddies and he was going to take his chances and stay.  I did nothing after that.  He was not snagging or lifting  by any means.  As far as running fly line (not mono),  I had a discussion with a  DEC officer and he said if he caught you lifting in the zone he would surely write a ticket for snagging and the line , but he would not single a guy out and write a ticket for just that as long as has fishing the right way.  He alluded  to the same if someone had an 1/8 split and a bead head fly.   He also added if he asks for a license and gets a hard time he would write a ticket for both even if you were fishing the right way.