Out of I-Bay, last time this year

[rolmops]

Fishing Report

Your Name / Boat Name:Rolmops

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TRIP OVERVIEW

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Date(s):11-25-'11

Time on Water:8.30am-1 pm

Weather/Temp:balmy

Wind Speed/Direction:SW first around 15 then it picked up to 25

Waves: at first around a foot as time went on up to 3 feet

Surface Temp: 45.3

Location:east of I-Bay

LAT/LONG (GPS Cords):

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FISHING RESULTS

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Total Hits: 7

Total Boated:7

Species Breakdown:4browns,2 smallmouth bass,1 laker

Hot Lure: brown trout lures

Trolling Speed: 2.6

Down Speed: 2.4

Boat Depth: 45 to 50

Lure Depth: 20 to 40

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SUMMARY & FURTHER DETAILS

We fished with an 8 length 27 pound leadcore and an 18 pound 8 color leadcore + 2 downriggers . I tried stick bait on the rigger but no takers, so we just changed to typical brown trout lures.The first 2 fish were browns but then the next 2 that hit were the small mouth bass. Neither of them hit hard like you would expect from a bass but when we brought them in ,they gave a good fight.The first was 3.3 pounds and the second came in at 4.9. Then another browny and some time later the laker who behaved like a salmon. Towards the end another small browny.

The thing I learned today is that 18 pound test leadcore runs a lot deeper than the 27 pound.(I lost a lure getting it caught on the bottom) I did some checking and it turns out that 18 and 27 pound test leadcore have the same amount of lead per foot,which makes the 18 pound test run deeper.

Now it is time to winterize the boat.

Cornelis.

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[LongLine]

Cornelis - That's quite a smallmouth! It's really something how the gobies have thinned them out but the suvivors have gotten BIG.

Tom B.

(LongLine)

[ifishy]

i'm not looking to start an argument but research suggest the small mouth numbers are not reduced signifigantly because of gobies. the size is up it the fishing for them has changed dramaticlly but they are still there

[rolmops]

The tables have been turned on the gobies. They are now a main food source for bass and brown trout. The bass and also the browns are growing faster and bigger because of it.

[hammer289]

The tables have been turned on the gobies. They are now a main food source for bass and brown trout. The bass and also the browns are growing faster and bigger because of it.

Just a thought, iv used soft goby swimbaits for bass the past couple years and they nail em left and right but i was wondering if the browns would hit em the same either trolling or casting of the piers in the spring time?

[Pike Hunter]

What a beast of smallies! I sure missed hitting em hard back in 1995 era right off hedges.

Thank you Cornelis for sharing the reports.

[rolmops]

Thanks for the kudo's on the small mouth. I did not target them and it is probably the second smallmouth I ever caught, I did not know that it was a big one.