What the heck?

[LongLine]

So there I am on Saturday morning, clean screen for the last 3 trips but then I see this:

 

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What the Heck?  It’s almost 30 high & 50 ft across!!!!

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Sunken boat?

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Monstrous pile of seaweed?

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Stack of Quagga mussels?

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Go a little further:

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Hmmm…..

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Headed further west:

 

Probably saw 15 more.  I haven’t seen this much in years!  Wow! And hugging the bottom!

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Anyways, launched at 5:30.  All 4 ramps open now.  Love this scene:

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Got past the dredge & headed out:

 

Great day to get cooked out on the water.  Just like a mill pond as far as you could see. Surface running 60-62F, dropped to 59 then back up again.

 

Put in at 90, went to 160 & back in.  Lots of activity on the scene, but all on the bottom.  Took 2 steelhead on riggr’s running mupped bloody Blk & Silver, 35 ft down over 120-130. 

 

Off at 10:00, got warm out there.  They’ve installed a “drop box†at the launch & they put a reminder on your vehicle to fill out card & pay. ($8.00)  Maybe they’ll fix that dam rut!

 

All of 6 boats in the new marina.  (2 freaking yachts!)  Oh boy, City blew another 30 million!

 

Luck to all,

 

Tom B.

(LongLine)

 

 

[ITS A FISHAL]

Dredge dumped those piles.

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[CopperJon]

I was thinking large schools of spawning alewives

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[thork9]

Show me were that first pile is ,the first picture is a pile of gold!!

[fisherman21]

We saw so many huge piles of bait out of sandy yesterday with streaks around them.

[sszoldra]

Looks like bait to me

[shawn393]

they were dumping the barge inside of 100 ft. on friday

[skipper19]

What did the construction company do with all the rip rap?

Dredge maybe too..

Looks like a downrigger snag in ant case. Maybe not..who knows?

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[Gator]

Gold, barge, maybe our own Nessie...but most likely bait. We had the same from 55-70'. Bait moves in, fishing starts to stink.

[Silver Fox]

"fishing STARTS to stink"? The worst start to the season ever.

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[ITS A FISHAL]

"fishing STARTS to stink"? The worst start to the season ever.

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[CopperJon]

Even worse than last year?

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[LongLine]

Definitely bait.  Dredge dumping east of river.  Mud/slit would have shown black like rest of bottom. 

[JR]

What did the construction company do with all the rip rap?

Dredge maybe too..

Looks like a downrigger snag in ant case. Maybe not..who knows?

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They used the rip rap to line the banks of the new Harbor.  I loaded a lot of it and glad it's over till the next job

[skipper19]

They used the rip rap to line the banks of the new Harbor. I loaded a lot of it and glad it's over till the next job

Ahhh ha! Straight from the man himself! Good job John!...[emoji598]

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[copperpin]

DEC was out with us today.  We marked a lot of similar piles in the river itself.  He said they're alewives.

[Adk1]

So there I am on Saturday morning, clean screen for the last 3 trips but then I see this:

 

.

What the Heck?  It’s almost 30 high & 50 ft across!!!!

.

Sunken boat?

.

Monstrous pile of seaweed?

.

Stack of Quagga mussels?

.

Go a little further:

.

.

Hmmm…..

.

Headed further west:

 

Probably saw 15 more.  I haven’t seen this much in years!  Wow! And hugging the bottom!

.

.

Anyways, launched at 5:30.  All 4 ramps open now.  Love this scene:

.

Got past the dredge & headed out:

 

Great day to get cooked out on the water.  Just like a mill pond as far as you could see. Surface running 60-62F, dropped to 59 then back up again.

 

Put in at 90, went to 160 & back in.  Lots of activity on the scene, but all on the bottom.  Took 2 steelhead on riggr’s running mupped bloody Blk & Silver, 35 ft down over 120-130. 

 

Off at 10:00, got warm out there.  They’ve installed a “drop box†at the launch & they put a reminder on your vehicle to fill out card & pay. ($8.00)  Maybe they’ll fix that dam rut!

 

All of 6 boats in the new marina.  (2 freaking yachts!)  Oh boy, City blew another 30 million!

 

Luck to all,

 

Tom B.

(LongLine)

that looks to be about a 1985 or 1986 vein rude 70 outboard to me. My dad has the same engine on his 1975 sea nymph ss170

[LongLine]

75 hp & still going strong.

[rolmops]

We had the same mountains of bait on our fish finder today in Mexico bay.

[Bearcat]

75 hp & still going strong.

 

 

 

 

Just mounted two Evinrude 70's on my whaler, the boat goes like hell but neither motor idles well, been frustrating for trolling so far.  Cleaned carbs but otherwise out of ideas - hate to mount a kicker on a boat with twins to save the season.  Those marks sure look like bait to me!

[LongLine]

Bear - Give Hank a PM (L&M).  I'm sure he'd look at them for you.  My 75 idles right down with no problem.  I only carry the kicker for emergencies & when I want to troll real real slow..  (I'm at the age where I don't want to find out if I can paddle in from 4 miles out or not.)

 

Rol - They're in spawning mode right now.  Mussels have pushed them out & salmon generally cruise above them (pelagic).  Nature's law of survival I guess.

 

Tom B.

(LongLine)

[Pike Hunter]

Good job on the steelies!

I am certain it's not the Godzilla monster sitting at the bottom of the lake!

The lake continues to amaze us each time we venture out.

Tight lines

[starcraftloaded]

You found the missing Drone😂😂😂