Bigfoot called at 8:12 this morning and asked me if I could be at Hoods truck stop in 30 minutes.  I had listened to the weather and knew that today would be the only chance to fish so I had packed my gear last night just in case.

When we met it was 34° and cloudy.  When we got to the lake at 10:00 it was 34° with fog and a light mist.  The mist stopped and a little snow fell while we were on the water.  The wind whipped up from the NW and caused us to duck behind some bluffs so we could feel the 35-40' deep bite.

We only fished 2 places but managed to get both our limits of keeper black and white specs with 12 throw backs.  We also caught some black bass, white bass and walleye.  He got his limit a few minutes before I did so he went to the back of the boat and had a snack while I finished out mine.  As soon as I had my 15th keeper in the well he said, "I'll put out the fire and you call the dogs."  We got close to 60 fish in the 4 hours that we were there and it was still 34° when we left the lake.

Red couldn't believe that I actually got home before dark.  At least I had time to clean the crappie and walleye while it was still light.

Good day there Jigman. I believe we had almost identical weather up here except it was a couple degrees cooler. This morning we have about 1 to 2 inches of you know what on the ground and it is now sleeting. That means it's gonna be next to impossible for me to drag the champ up the hill.

 

Geez Jigman.  Atleast give them a chance.

Jack the way they were (about 2' off the bottom) all you had to do was hold it over the side and wait for the smack.  Jiggling would prolly have gotten more bites but we just held the "do nothins" and let the fish come to them.  The were very partial to cotton candy and chartreuse dipped in green pumpkin.

Steve it has been really raining here today with 30s and supposed to get down to singles in a day or so.  I talked to the shop today and the flake finally arrived.  They were working on the white and clear on the cap this morning hoping to get it sanded and put the flake on this afternoon.  If my luck has finally turned around, I'll have her back in the garage on Thursday.  If it is dry and above freezing I'm putting her on the water Friday.   So I had better get out in the shop and make some more donothins.