The sweet spot on this
bank was located near the fallen log lying in the water. The bluegills had clean
out close to 40 spawning beds to the right and left of the log.
The first gill of the
morning, which nailed an Orvis size 12 legless tiny popper; a lot of fun on the 3 weight.
This fish loved the little popper, the very next cast produce another strong fish which hung my
little popper and the fish in a tangled mess of underwater brush; so much for
that popper. Wouldn’t you know it that
was the only one in the fly box, another trip to Orvis?
Another group of gills
was located at the end of this moss pad in deeper water; again lots of spawning
beds but only a few bluegills left to fish for. The live bait guys did a great
job plucking each and every bluegill out of their beds.
The Bar Nunn popper got
the attention of this bull after my little Orvis popper bites the dust. I was
able to land a number of bluegill from the moss pad area that someone actually
left for me. As I moved from spawning beds to spawning beds I felt like I was
cleaning up what was left of this spawn.
This guy was having a time
landing catfish using chicken livers as bait. In fact, he was hauling one in
when I snapped this picture. He had 7 or 8 rigs all hanging over the edge of
the boat.
I left all my drinking water at the
house so I had to make a trip to the bait shop and purchase a couple of
bottles. As I was leaving the shop I noticed this lady painting a beautiful scene
of the point area in the distance. She told me she had finished a number of paintings
of the lake this past year.
The Pelican now has padded seats as opposed to those hard plastic seats I used for a couple of years.
This is the 10 ft. version and will handle two fly fishermen really well-------as
long as my line is down on the water and their line is up in the air or vice
versa---I think you guys know what I am talking about!!
These are the best of the
best for a very successful morning; these 10 will put a dent in my bluegill quest. I
added 8 more that kept me filleting bluegill for a couple of hours after I got
home. I will go after the big bulls on Smith Lake next week. I am now 40 away from my 50 quests; could this be my year to
make it???