Post by Greenedog on Jun 23, 2010 15:54:53 GMT -5
We finally got out for some striped bass fishing today. The plan was to fish Raccoon Lake, but after hearing about the flooding going on up there, we headed east to Lake Monroe. We got there about 6am and launched at the Sugar Creek ramp by the dam. The water is pretty high at Monroe too, it was way up the ramp and the walkway to the dock was under waist deep water.
Sun coming up over Lake Monroe. It was a beautiful morning, but HOT even as we were loading the boat at 4:30.
We were trolling umbrella rigs, crankbaits, and 3-way swivel rigs with a deep running crankbait and STORM curly tail minnows. About 8am we caught this monster yellow bass on a crankbait that was bigger than he was!
Right after I reeled that one in, this one nailed one of the 3-way swivel rigs. He ate the 3" curly tail and weighed just under 5lbs.
We quit at around 10, it was just too darn HOT! I fried him up for supper this evening and we all thought it was pretty good. I just trimmed the red out of the filet. That one fish was enough for our family of 4.
Thanks Dad for taking us out!
Sun coming up over Lake Monroe. It was a beautiful morning, but HOT even as we were loading the boat at 4:30.
We were trolling umbrella rigs, crankbaits, and 3-way swivel rigs with a deep running crankbait and STORM curly tail minnows. About 8am we caught this monster yellow bass on a crankbait that was bigger than he was!
Right after I reeled that one in, this one nailed one of the 3-way swivel rigs. He ate the 3" curly tail and weighed just under 5lbs.
We quit at around 10, it was just too darn HOT! I fried him up for supper this evening and we all thought it was pretty good. I just trimmed the red out of the filet. That one fish was enough for our family of 4.
Thanks Dad for taking us out!
, good luck at Raccoon Lake
Just another night at work for me and Monty will be back here again bright and early. 
