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Post by RickL on Sept 2, 2006 20:47:29 GMT -6
I got out to Lockport for one of the few times I have fished this summer. Got there about 7ish pm. Saw Chris N out on the island catching what he later confirmed were goldeye. I tied into a few drum and sauger. I had a lot of hits in quick succession just after I caught a MA drum. The fish were swirling around me and I had no hookups but, finally, I looked closely at the hook...no hook point. Oh well....
Apart from a cople of short jaunts to kingfisher, I think that the last time I fished in Mb was back in July at Lockport with Scaleson. Did get away for a couple of weeks in the states for holidays and did some fishing in the Black Hills. Gotta get back into the groove!!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2006 21:12:42 GMT -6
Nice meeting you out there this evening Rick, I only saw the drum from a distance but it looked massive. congrats.
All I caught where goldeye. . .still fun nonetheless. They seemed to go in spurts. There would be like 10 mins of hits every cast and than dead for a while. Allthough, when they where biting they would take almost anything I through at them.
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Post by darrellmyskiw on Sept 5, 2006 7:01:49 GMT -6
how are they feeding now-a-days (as of late) Are minnow imitations or nymphs working better ? Although it took kilgortrout to kick me in the arse yesterday - the caddis are flying up a storm around home (man was the window screen plastered last nite) .......... Food for thought if the bite seems to slow on leeches / minnows ............ darrell,
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2006 12:26:42 GMT -6
Goldeye......(visualize a Homer-like trance and the word "beeer").
A friend of mine just smoked up a batch of goldeye that I had kicking around in the freezer for the last few months...Man, that stuff is fit for royalty. C & R for goldeye..it's going to be tough!...TIM
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2006 14:00:26 GMT -6
The Goldeye were a little slower this morning. Still caught though. Using Nymphs off the point of the island. Allthough around 9:30 it completely shut off.
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Post by RickL on Sept 10, 2006 21:04:15 GMT -6
Tonight the water levels were a lot lower than when I was out last. The usually-an-island was now a point and was elbow to elbow with the usual crowd at the tip, closest to the dam. Chris N and a couple of other fellows were downstream a bit with me where I think we were well located as there were a number of fish surfacing as they chased down what looked like young of the year drum. ( I saw a pike chase one up into the air about 15' from me and it had that drum profile)
I caught a couple of pike, a walleye, and my personal best sauger. I did not measure it, but it was bigger than any sauger I have caught, maybe about 15/16 " ? I thought it was a wallie at first, until I landed it. Saw a few carp surface, feeding on the drum (?) or perhaps the caddis flies that were hatching.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2006 9:46:48 GMT -6
Had to give Lockport one more try - this morning - hoping for an accomodating cat or two.
Like Rick, I found water levels very low - I waded well past the second abutment of the dam. Are we seeing a drop in flows or just the persistent south winds? Caught one sauger but nothing else. Saw a few fish finning early on; looked like suckers. The shoreline crowd were catching a few saugers.
I have not fished in the river before at this water level. It was interesting to see the conformation of reefs in the main channel. Interestingly , the boats that were out were all drifting their baits under bobbers in areas that were pretty shallow. I saw one boat catching cats along the reef that's on the west side. It is just under the surface (pelicans can roost there) and has almost no flow around it. Eminently fishable with a fly rod, if you have a boat to get there.
I'd like to give it another try, but after a north wind and a bit more water depth...TIM
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Post by flyfisheranonymous on Sept 19, 2006 21:48:15 GMT -6
The wayer was a bit higher today because of the rain and it turned the fish on. Got to Lockport and who do I see, Rick. It was a pleasure to fish with him. He foul hooked a Cat and a Carp. What a bummer. I managed to land 1 Pike, 1 Drum, and 2 Cats. One about 30 inches and the other would have been about 35". Oh yeah I also managed to break another test rod from Emery. It done blowed up real good!!!!!
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Post by Robert Burton on Sept 20, 2006 7:18:45 GMT -6
So how many Emery rods have you broken?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2006 10:51:27 GMT -6
So, Stu, what exactly is the warranty on Emory rods (asks the recent buyer who never bothered to check such things )...TIM
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Post by flyfisheranonymous on Sept 24, 2006 11:42:42 GMT -6
Just broke 1 rod so far. It was the Jupiter. That being said there is usually only one reason a rod should break and that there was a flaw in the graphite during construction. Whether it was nicked or an uneven application of material during construction there has to be a reason. Once I find out I will let you know. The warrenty on a Streamside rod is 5 years. To let everyone know I have not had the Streamside rod even close to breaking and I have put so much pressure on these rods you would cringe. I do try to break the rods while fighting fish by putting extra pressure on the fish I catch. Kind of a cool experiment.
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Post by darrellmyskiw on Sept 25, 2006 8:52:04 GMT -6
... I have put so much pressure on these rods you would cringe. believe me - I was cringing at PlaP ........
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2006 20:35:24 GMT -6
Lockport update: There yesterday, two walleye, two sauger (then back to Kingfisher for two more trout ;D)
Ken
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