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April 2008
- Friday, April 4 - We had the pleasure of fishing
with the backbone of the Prairie Home Alliance, Toni and
Kim. Scott and Mike, also from the Prairie Home Alliance
were along on the trip as well, but the ladies outfished
them pretty easily. Big fish of the day were a 10 lb carp
and also a 5 lb rainbow. Fishing started off slow, but
steadily picked up as the day went on. Turned out to be a
pretty good day- 9 carp average of 4 lbs each and 29 trout
average of 1.85 lbs each.
- Monday, April 7 - We fished with Kevin Enzer and
his future in-laws. Bass fishing is still very
inconsistent and we turned up a big goose egg while
fishing for largemouth. We caught a few trout and carp in
the morning, but as the sun came up, the fish started
biting like crazy! Kevin had the pole with rotten line on
it this time. Big fish were breaking his line pretty
regularly. Tom Jr. landed the biggest fish of the
day, a nice carp. We caught well of 20 rainbows, 11 pretty
good keepers. The carp were running a little small today,
averaging about 2.5 lbs each.
- Tuesday, April 15 - Weather has been extremely
cold and rainy this month. Water temps are still 8-10
degrees colder than usual. Finally got out to the
smallmouth lake for the first time since ice-off and was
able to fish with my daughter Mae for a few minutes. The
smallmouths were FAT! We caught a 3.15 lber on our first
cast and decided to feed the rest of our minnows to the
school of fish hanging out by the dock. Mae enjoys feeding
fish more than actually fishing. I almost didn't even go
fishing today, because I didn't have my camera with me and
we always catch the trophies on the rare occasion I don't
have my camera. (if you book a trip and I forget my
camera, you are in for the best fishing day known to man)
We did have an old camera phone with us, but the pics did
not turn out.
Justin was out installing an aeration system today and
spotted a huge grass carp on her death bed out in the
middle of the lake. We never pass up an opportunity to
photo a giant fish!
- Wednesday, April 16 - We had some meetings at the
trout ponds today so I decided to bring Mae along to do
some fishing between meetings. She is 2.5 yrs old and has
already caught more trophy fish this year than most avid
fishermen! Today she reeled in a 2 lb largemouth, numerous
bluegill, and a 3.75 lb rainbow trout. Muskie, Walleye,
and a catfish are the only 3 fish she hasn't caught yet
this year. The muskie will be a challenge, but she has a
good chance at completing the grand slam in the next few
weeks.
- Monday, April 21 - I fished with Kevin Patton and
his fishing partner (don't know how to spell her name, so
I won't even attempt) They caught some AWESOME fish! 3 lb
smallmouth, 4 lb largemouth, 1.5 lb Hybrid Stripers and a
nice catfish to name just a few. Pretty good mixed bag of
fish.
- Tuesday, April 22 - Mae got her catfish! She was
not happy when it splashed her pretty good at the side of
the dock. She said she would rather catch the little ones!
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