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May
2008
- Saturday, May 3 - We had the Illinois Smallmouth
Alliance out to our smallmouth lake today for some fishing
and handfeeding the smallmouths. The weather was 54
degrees with 30 MPH sustained winds and a 34 degree
windchill. The waves were so big, just standing on the
dock was not easy. Anyhow, those guys are crazy! They put
their waders on and went out fishing.
With the cold front pushing through, the fish were very
hard to catch, but those guys were pretty good at their
favorite hobby and managed to get a few fish. Altogether
they caught 11 Hybrid Striped Bass, 9 Largemouth, 4
smallmouth, 4 walleye, and a bluegill. Probably the worst
fishing conditions possible, and I didnt figure they would
catch anything. It was so windy, it was near impossible to
take a photo. The highlight of the trip was when a member
got stuck in the mud and just kept sinking the more he
wiggled. We did manage some good video footage that will
probably be circulating the internet shortly. His rubber
boot is still stuck in the mud. The trained smallmouth at
the dock were even reluctant to eat live minnows, but a
few members were able to feed them right from their hands.
- May - We
have had to turn down several guided fishing trips
this month due to being overbooked with lake work and fish
stocking. We stocked over 1.1 million fish so far and
still have about 15,000 left to go. We have somehow been
able to squeeze in quite a few "mini" fishing
trips and have been catching more and bigger fish than
ever this month. Trophy Smallmouth, Jumbo Perch, Huge
Crappies, and lots of Walleye!
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