Friday April 12

[Missdemeanor]

Left the dock and thought " this forecast is BS. The lake is mint. Great water color, not  terrible waves." Full send!   

   Well mother nature decided she was the boss and only allowed us to fish for a short time. The waves never were super big, it was the wind gust that killed us. I use weights on my Amish clipper releases and they were still getting blown up the planer board line. 

  Called the day early and tucked away the MissD for tomorrow's bigger blow.

   We did manage a bit of action though. Report below.

 

[Gill-T]

Dog clips and pinchpad releases for the wind 

[Missdemeanor]

I use the square motorcycle wheel weights... Adhesive on one side .. also to a brass sleeve for the line to slide through.   Releases smoke down my tow line .. I've never had them get blown back... Except for today.   Lol......

[whaler1]

I know you run Chinook Divers, haven’t heard you mention them this year. Are they still part of your program?

[Missdemeanor]

Absolutely....

   12 ft+ I use the the #1 chinooks ..... I still might set the sinker rig if I have enough peoples. Sinker rig is a flat line with a rubber core football shaped sinker flat lined out ..

    My normal set is 6 board lines, two divers, two sinker sets, and two riggers ...I just pull the divers and riggers out when in less than 10 ft.

Edited April 12 by Missdemeanor

[greenhornet73]

The wind was out of the south today for the most part correct?   I’m still trying to find the sweet spot where I can fish solo and still maintain boat control with my trolling motor autopilot.  E and W is manageable but anything from the North at 10mph or better sends me in circles.  I’m giving it a shot Sunday and hoping I can last a few hours at least.

[Missdemeanor]

6 minutes ago, greenhornet73 said:

The wind was out of the south today for the most part correct?   I’m still trying to find the sweet spot where I can fish solo and still maintain boat control with my trolling motor autopilot.  E and W is manageable but anything from the North at 10mph or better sends me in circles.  I’m giving it a shot Sunday and hoping I can last a few hours at least.

Yes ... Started SE.... Then cranked around out of the SW... 

   Normally not a big deal ... But wind that strong does funny things to maneuverabilty. My boat sits a little higher out of the water, so the wind grabbed it a few times ..

    I would have tucked in super tight, but the shoreline was chocolate milk from the Genny and I bay getting flushed with the monsoon we have been getting...