4/15/15 Bank Fishing

Outing #13
PRY12 - 7.23ft
Clarity - 18"
Catch - 1
YTDC - 6

Made a run to the creek for a short hour and a half wade.

It didn't really go as planned, as I forgot my waders at the house.

Luckily we are still in the early part of Spring, so the weed coverage which

usually lines the river and creek banks has not grown as of yet.

Picked up one (1) smallmouth that taped 14".

All fish caught using a tube.

Ran across these three (3) eggs lying on a sandbar island.

Must be victims of the tornado .

No nest, and no mom & pop gooses to be seen anywhere at all.

Makes one wonder where the coons are?

4/14/15, More Gooder than Goodman

Outing #12
PRY12 - 7.50ft
Clarity - 18 inches
Catch - 1
YTDC - 5

                                                      BACK ON TOP

A buddy of mine claims that he has already landed a 17 1/2" smallmouth this year.

I don't doubt that he has, but it sure is funny how he has never made any

mention of it until he came upon an opportunity to rub it in my face.

That's fine with me, I can take it.

Not to be out done, I stopped down at the creek today and tossed around 

a 3 1/2" YUM Tube. (green/purple) with a 1/16oz bullet weight.

I wasn't getting any action as I waded my way up-stream.

Not a single bite.

I should mention that I was quite surprised at the water clarity after

last weeks storm. The creek looked to be in great shape.

I started wading my way back down-stream and paused at any area

that just had to have fish in it. It's a classic spot.

Riffle, Run, Pool.

I started floating my tube from the riffle, down into and drifting

thru the run, and then into the pool.

Bump.

(was that a hit?)

(or a rock?)

Hard Tug.

I did a half-assed upward motion to set the hook, but faild.

I tossed the tube back into the run and let it drift into the pool once again and

BAM!

FISH ON!!!

I could tell the first time the fish hit that it was a nice size fish.

Now that I'm fighting the fish, I'm thinking, Brutus?

Not quite, but a hell of a nice fish that taped 

18 1/4"

More Gooder than Mr. Goodman

18.25 inches

4/9 Disappointment

Outing #11
PRY12 - 6.53ft
Clarity - 18 inches
Catch - 0
YTDC - 4

Got out for a couple of hours before work and about 7 hours before

the big rain fell.

Skunk.

4/5

Outing #10
PRY12 - 6.34ft
Clarity - 2 1/2ft
Catch - 1
YTD Catch - 4

Hit the creek with Jim. I picked up one smallmouth the taped just shy of 12".

Caught on a tube.

Nice day to be out.

Brad Pitt?

11 3/4"

4/4/15 - It's about damn time!

Outing #9
PRY12 - 6.45
Clarity - Slight stain 2 1/2ft.
Catch - 3

So the plan was to fish the Kish south branch at Deer Run F. P. but a quick

stop at Oak Ridge to see the water level with my own eye kind of made me 

change my mind and head back to the 'buck. The wind was blowing hard on

this day, and at one point where the creek opens up and there are no trees to block the sun or wind,

there were whitecaps. This area is where I landed my third and largest fish (15 1/2") of the day, but the wind was just too great to fish the area very long.

I never have bought in, or believed, in the smallmouth migration theory, but after the last two

weeks of outings, fishing the same area, I am now a true believer. I have seen it with my own eye.

With that being said, I'm kind of excited to see what the 2015 smallmouth migration class brings in.

 

All fish were caught using a tube.

4/3/15

Outing #8
PRY12- 6.53
Clarity - Slight stain 2 - 2 1/2ft.
Catch - 0

DAMN IT, DAMN IT, DAMN IT!!!

Not even a bite.

I am starting to lose my patience.

4/2/15

Outing #7
PRY12- 6.38
Clarity - Slight stain 2 1/2
Catch - 0

It's been 4 months since I caught my last smallie.
You can't say I didn't try. Still looking for that first smallmouth

of the season. Today I burned my last 2014 vacation day and spent

5 hours wading Kilbuck. The creek is still flowing clear and beautiful, so

I still managed a very enjoyable day away from work.

I waded up stream casting a tube into eddies, deep holes, around submerged logs, and

along current seams. No luck. Tied on a swim jig and cast that around for a while with no luck.

Tied on a spinner bait and tossed that around for a bit with no luck. I was digging thru my vest and ran across a weighted float and some flies. What the hell.

The float-n-fly produced the same as everything else this outing, nothing.

Better than a day spent at work.

On March 31, 2015, I stopped by the confluence I could see in the distance that

Julie's Tree still stands.

Julie's Tree

http://smallmouthadventurestd.blogspot.com/2014/10/julies-tree.html