No Fish Today
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Registered: 09/04/03
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Mike V., no clue. I've heard no reports from Enfield.
29.April: Cliff Notes version after I lost the detailed post I was working on...
Bart's, ~8:30am for an hour after an appointment. One lone regular, nothing to report. Nada. I took casting practice for an hour, and headed down to Bissell to see what was shaking. Good news, no surf nazis! Bad news, no fish today. After another 45 minutes of casting practice I headed to the second of 3 appointments today.
After that, I slabbed down to the Wall. Reports from the rogues' gallery were that the action was good ~7:15-10 or so, then it shut off. Scattered shad hooked since then, until I arrived about 11:50. About an hour later, I hooked a decent shad when the current had slacked and I switched to my U/L. As Radio reached for the net, it made 3-4 good runs. On the last run, it stripped off about 50' of line before it turned and smacked head-first into the Wall, and ran off another 20' or so of line before the leader parted, and we parted ways. (Bad knot or too much stress? The leader failed at the leaf.) After my final appointment, I stopped back at the Wall, ~3:pm. Not much action reported in my absence. I fished for about an hour before hunger got the best of me. Before I left, I hooked into a small shad and we danced until it came close to the Wall, rolled and dropped the leaf.
Not a bad day to be on the water between appointments! Tight lines!
Tackle at Bart's: Rod: one-piece Ugly Stik, 4'6" U/L Pro Reel: Shimano Sahara FJ 1000, spooled with 15# Power Pro (Hi-Viz Yellow).
Terminal Tackle: 1/2 oz drail over a 4', flouro leader, a hammered silver willow leaf, in red/white w/black dot, and white/chartreuse/orange after I lost the former.
Tackle at Bissell and the Wall: Rod: 7' one-piece Ugly Stik GX2, med-heavy action Reel: Penn 4400SS spooled with 15# hi-viz yellow Power Pro.
Terminal tackle: 1 oz drail over a 4'+ 12# flouro leader, and hammered silver leaves in chartreuse/orange, and pink w/black dot, and white/orange after losing the first.