AFTER GETTING SKUNKED OPENING WEEKEND WE DECIDED TO TRY OUR LUCK AGAIN. WE WENT UP TO THE CABIN AGAIN, BUT WE DECIDED TO TRY MC CANN LAKE. THE CABIN IS LOCATED ON CHAIN LAKE BUT IS CONNECTED TO THREE OTHER LAKES. THE WATER AT MC CANN WAS MUCH WARMER BECAUSE IT IS A MUCH MORE SHALLOW LAKE THAN CHAIN. THE WATER TEMP ON MC CANN WAS ALMOST 60F SO WE THOUGH OUR LUCK WOULD BE BETTER IN WARMER WATER. WE WERE RIGHT. TRAVELING THRU ONE OF THE CHANNELS JOHN SNARED A 13" NORTHERN WITH A BRIGHT YELLOW LURE HE HAS NEVER USED (I HAVE PICS THAT I WILL POST AT ANOTHER TIME) OUR FIRST FISH OF THE SEASON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE THEN DECIDED TO TRY A BAY THAT WAS JUST OUTSIDE THE CHANNEL OF CHAIN TO MC CANN. AFTER SITTING THERE FOR A FEW MIN. THE FISH STARTED JUMPING. IT WAS AROUND 3:30pm SUPPERTIME FOR SOME PRETTY LARGE FISH. WE COULD SEE THE PANFISH ALMOST JUMPING OUT OF THE WATER, BUT SOMTHING ELSE WAS FEEDING ON THESE PANFISH. WE HAD BEEN TRYING THE SAME METHODS AS OPENING WEEKEND AND DIDN'T EVER HAVE A BITE. I DECIDED TO PUT A LURE ONTO MY CASTING POLE THAT IV'E NEVER REALLY USED. IT WAS A LIGHT GREY WITH ROSEY CHEECKS JELLY MINNOW WITH A SINGLE HOOK. I THOUGHT I WOULD GIVE IT A WHIRL. I THOUGHT MAYBE I WOULD PUT A REAL MINNOW ON THE HOOK SORT OF A DOUBLE MINNOW EFFECT. AFTER 4 OR 5 CASTS I GOT ONE. I THOUGHT IT WAS A FRIGGEN WALL MOUNTER CRAPPIE TIL I GOT IT IN TOWARDS THE BOAT. IT WAS A 16 1/2" LARGEMOUTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I WAS SO EXCITED. AT THE TIME JOHN DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS USING AND WHEN I TOLD HIM HE WAS SO PROUD OF CREATIVITY :) I THREW IT OUT A FEW MORE TIMES AND LANDED ANOTHER 13" AND A BABY 9". JOHN WAS AMAZED AND WISHED THAT I HAD ANOTHER LURE LIKE IT :) I DID NOT. HE LOOKED IN OUR TACKLE FOR EVERY LURE THAT HAD ANY RESEMBLANCE OF A MINNOW AND TRIED THEM. NO LUCK FOR HIM. IT LOOKED LIKE I FOUND THE TICKET! A FEW MORE CASTS AND I SAID TO JOHN I'VE GOT ANOTHER ONE! IT FELT LIKE A SMALL ONE AND WHEN I GOT IT TO THE BOAT I REALIZED I SNAGGED A CRAPPIE RIGHT BY IT'S DORSAL FIN!!!!!!!!!!! NOT MANY PEOPLE CAN SAY THEY SNAGGED A PANFISH :) SO ALL IN ALL IT WAS A GREAT DAY. I WAS GETTING A BIT WORRIED AFTER GOING OUT 3 DIFFERENT TIMES AND NOT EVEN HAVING A SINGLE BITE :) WE WILL SEE WHAT NEXT WEEKEND HAS IN STORE FOR US!
5/8/08
