For any of you old timers or anti social networkers, let me explain the title. "Do it for the 'Gram" is a phrase the kids are using for when they go to photogenic locations purely for "pretty" pictures in hopes of gathering likes. I swear these morons think likes are currency. But I digress...this described today's outing perfectly.
I didn't wanna fish today. Between working a 12 hour day and the snow, nothing sounded better than going home, popping open a beer, and watching the Sharks game (aaaaand they got scored on 16 seconds into the game :roll
. But I also kinda reaaaaalllllllyyyyyy wanted to catch a fish for the rare mid april snowstorm photo op. So I went to Wright woods. I also went on Friday and used a Keitech. While fishing the pier, I got a small nibble. It was a really, really small crappie. Hungry to catch a fish, I started slow rolling my lure hoping it'd bite again and have more time to fully grab it. It continued to follow, when all of a sudden a 20"+ pike came out of nowhere, obliterated the crappie, and slowly swam out to the depths. One of the coolest thing I've ever seen fishing. So today I went the swimbait route.
I tied on an Izumi 4" slow sink swimbait. The weeds are already coming up here, so a smaller, lighter presentation seemed right for the conditions. After the first cast I realized that the water was so cold that the lure turned into a REALLY slow sink. I found that although crawling it with my 6.2:1 Shimano Curado DC looked great, I wasn't covering water as quick as I'd like. I started to cast, wait for the sink, pop, and let the sink provide the swimming action. It actually looked damn good.
My very first cast I got a bite. Turned out to be a decent crappie. It looked really funny with that sized lure hanging out of it's mouth. Got my photo op in and hoped for a pike. I got a pretty bad line fluff casting too hard into the wind. I fixed it (or so I thought) and continued. I ended up feeling a bump and saw a flash of the side of a pike striking my lure. I set the hook and heard a zip and suddenly there was no weight on the end of my line. Thinking my drag was too low, after all the crappie was the first fish I caught on it, I tightened it and although it was clamped down, the line kept coming out when pulled with ease. I thought my brand new reel had a busted drag but suddenly remembered the line fluff from earlier. I pulled out all of my line and tightened it up and voila, problem solved. Threw a couple dozen more casts and nada.
Yeah, I realize this is a long report over nothin, but y'all know I like to provide details. And hey, I kinda got the photo op I wanted lol.
I didn't wanna fish today. Between working a 12 hour day and the snow, nothing sounded better than going home, popping open a beer, and watching the Sharks game (aaaaand they got scored on 16 seconds into the game :roll
. But I also kinda reaaaaalllllllyyyyyy wanted to catch a fish for the rare mid april snowstorm photo op. So I went to Wright woods. I also went on Friday and used a Keitech. While fishing the pier, I got a small nibble. It was a really, really small crappie. Hungry to catch a fish, I started slow rolling my lure hoping it'd bite again and have more time to fully grab it. It continued to follow, when all of a sudden a 20"+ pike came out of nowhere, obliterated the crappie, and slowly swam out to the depths. One of the coolest thing I've ever seen fishing. So today I went the swimbait route.I tied on an Izumi 4" slow sink swimbait. The weeds are already coming up here, so a smaller, lighter presentation seemed right for the conditions. After the first cast I realized that the water was so cold that the lure turned into a REALLY slow sink. I found that although crawling it with my 6.2:1 Shimano Curado DC looked great, I wasn't covering water as quick as I'd like. I started to cast, wait for the sink, pop, and let the sink provide the swimming action. It actually looked damn good.
My very first cast I got a bite. Turned out to be a decent crappie. It looked really funny with that sized lure hanging out of it's mouth. Got my photo op in and hoped for a pike. I got a pretty bad line fluff casting too hard into the wind. I fixed it (or so I thought) and continued. I ended up feeling a bump and saw a flash of the side of a pike striking my lure. I set the hook and heard a zip and suddenly there was no weight on the end of my line. Thinking my drag was too low, after all the crappie was the first fish I caught on it, I tightened it and although it was clamped down, the line kept coming out when pulled with ease. I thought my brand new reel had a busted drag but suddenly remembered the line fluff from earlier. I pulled out all of my line and tightened it up and voila, problem solved. Threw a couple dozen more casts and nada.
Yeah, I realize this is a long report over nothin, but y'all know I like to provide details. And hey, I kinda got the photo op I wanted lol.
