Welllllllll I made it to Shenango annnnnnd caught some fish. That's my story and I'm sticking to it!! Good night.
Good grief..... what a day!! First mistake was relying on the weather forecast. That report changed three times in a matter of 12 hours. Waited to 10 am before leaving the house; the 20% chance of showers would be before 10 am. and, radar was clear.
Five minutes from the house and I was wishing I had covered the boat but, the sky looked clear ahead so onward.
Checked the weather report while waiting for my MTO sub; no rain on the radar but, 20% chance of light showers is now until 2:00 pm with 6 to 8 mph winds, gusting to 14 mph from the south.
Hit the launch at the park entrance off of rt. 18 and got the boat on the water. Thankful that my rain gear was in the boat and hoping the 'forecast light showers' would soon be light. I'm still wondering; how the mouse, that chewed the collar off my raincoat, got in the boat?
Anyway, with the 'light rains' starting to subside and clearing skies above, I put the boat into the wind and boy did I. Started out from the launch, turning right around the point, passing under the RR trestle and nutten but white caps. All the way to the west end of the lake. Sure glad the wind forecast only called for 6 to 8 mph with gust to 14 mph out of the south. Found some relief fishing the south shore and small bays and it only rained for 20% of the time. Eventually the sky turned blue, the wind died down and the lake began to glass over. Sorry, I can't tell you what time that was as, I was busy securing the boat to the trailer.
Water temp. was 72` at the surface and I could see a white curly tail down to about 2' in 15 ' of water. Tried jigs with curly tails, pigs & jigs, Texas rigged worms, suface lures, shallow and deep diving lures. The top fish getter today was a shallow diving silver and black 'little-o'.
Sorry to say no 'lunkers' today but, you know what they say about a bad day of fishing. Least not forget, there is always tomorrow so, look out Pymie, here I come.