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[Tdog]

03/09/2021 Spotted Bass - Lake Martin

Frost was on the pumpkin this morning with a forecasted low temp of 36 and a high of 74. Gary and I launched at Kowaliga and fished from ~ 8:00AM - 1:00PM west of the bridge. Mild wind and clear and sunny skies gave way to clouds moving in around noon. Water temp rose from 53 -> 56. We caught 'em 10' up to 30'+ deep. These 19 out of 20 averaged ~ 1 1/4# and yielded 5 pints of fillets.

 

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[Truth]

 

[WannaDig3687]

On the phone last night it was agreed to fish today being bedding season and the full moon plus some fantabulous weather...we fished our favorite lake for about 3 hours...did pretty good too! I finally got to ingest a huge fish sandwich from a restaurant on the way home...ahh...both felt real good! Enjoy!
sorry, I didn't take pix of the sandwich...

It looks like you guys had fun in the sun.

 

[WannaDig3687]

Frost was on the pumpkin this morning with a forecasted low temp of 36 and a high of 74. Gary and I launched at Kowaliga and fished from ~ 8:00AM - 1:00PM west of the bridge. Mild wind and clear and sunny skies gave way to clouds moving in around noon. Water temp rose from 53 -> 56. We caught 'em 10' up to 30'+ deep. These 19 out of 20 averaged ~ 1 1/4# and yielded 5 pints of fillets.

Nice haul!

 

[WannaDig3687]

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Sweet, Truth! I found the story if anyone should like to read it.

https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/nation-world/national/article249728383.html

 

[Truth]

Sweet, Truth! I found the story if anyone should like to read it.

https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/nation-world/national/article249728383.html

I appreciate that for a speckle trout guy like myself a six pounder is incredible this beast is unbelievable

 

[Blak bart]

Ya dats a big one !!.....I guess the biggest one !!

 

[Blak bart]

On the phone last night it was agreed to fish today being bedding season and the full moon plus some fantabulous weather...we fished our favorite lake for about 3 hours...did pretty good too! I finally got to ingest a huge fish sandwich from a restaurant on the way home...ahh...both felt real good! Enjoy!
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Bass are up and down here right now....one day 22 fish....2 days later 7 fish. Well see next week ??

 

[Blak bart]

Frost was on the pumpkin this morning with a forecasted low temp of 36 and a high of 74. Gary and I launched at Kowaliga and fished from ~ 8:00AM - 1:00PM west of the bridge. Mild wind and clear and sunny skies gave way to clouds moving in around noon. Water temp rose from 53 -> 56. We caught 'em 10' up to 30'+ deep. These 19 out of 20 averaged ~ 1 1/4# and yielded 5 pints of fillets.

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Thats a pretty good average....our yellow tail snapper usally average that.....perfect eating size.

 

[Blak bart]

some mutton snappers !!

 

[Blak bart]

captain Dennis with a nice black grouper....this is an awsome fish....but was out of season....had to release this high dollar dinner fish !!

 

[Blak bart]

And another big mutton snapper.

 

[SD51]

Too cold here for me to fish, so it's that time of year I build or refinish fishing rods. My latest project is a Heddon Deluxe President Model # 50 8 1/2' bamboo flyrod. This version of this model was made from 1948 to 1954.

It has Nickel Silver blackened ferrules and a walnut reelseat with Nickel Silver fittings. The Model # 50 was one of their higher-end rods at the time.

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Removing the old varnish now. Can't wait to see how this one turns out!

Just finished this bamboo flyrod yesterday. Here's some pics...



















It's ready to fish and I plan on using it in Wisconsin in April, if it warms up!

 

[Blak bart]

Hope you have a fantastic April SD51 !! You deserve some quality fishing time after your winter seclusion !! Good luck !!

 

[WannaDig3687]

You can tell spring is coming by your thread picking up. LOL! Mr WD and WD Jr ave been fishing the past couple of weekends.

 

[Tdog]

Lake Martin Alabama Spotted Bass

I wish Gary and I could have done better today but we earned every one we caught. We fished west of Kowaliga bridge from 8:00 - 2:00. At first, it was ~ 55 degrees and sunny skies turned to partly cloudy by noon. High was 78 degrees for the day. Water temp was ~ 63 and the wind changed from none at first, then up to ~ 10 mph, then backed off to 4--5 mph by the time we left. They bit much better after 11:00 which is unusual. Here's 19 out of 20 that yielded four pints of fillets. They were not quite as big as our last catch from 03/09.

 

[BallsDeep]

I don't do alot of fishing these days but here are a couple of pics of me in Minnesota as a little guy

 

[Blak bart]

Just finished this bamboo flyrod yesterday. Here's some pics...

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It's ready to fish and I plan on using it in Wisconsin in April, if it warms up!

Nice work SD...getting close to line wetting time for you....hope you have a great spring fishing season !!

 

[Blak bart]

Lake Martin Alabama Spotted Bass

I wish Gary and I could have done better today but we earned every one we caught. We fished west of Kowaliga bridge from 8:00 - 2:00. At first, it was ~ 55 degrees and sunny skies turned to partly cloudy by noon. High was 78 degrees for the day. Water temp was ~ 63 and the wind changed from none at first, then up to ~ 10 mph, then backed off to 4--5 mph by the time we left. They bit much better after 11:00 which is unusual. Here's 19 out of 20 that yielded four pints of fillets. They were not quite as big as our last catch from 03/09.

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Boy you guys no how to have a fish fry....nice work Tdog...congrats !!

 

[Blak bart]

I don't do alot of fishing these days but here are a couple of pics of me in Minnesota as a little guy
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Right on ballsdeep....got to cherish those memories....time to fish again and make some new ones !!