The Three Amigos Do It Again!

Met up with JayBee and Ralph at o'dark thirty AM Saturday.  We had enough golden horseshoes between the three of us to overcome ParaguayGuy setting up a banana bread stand 50 yards away from us.  The bite was fast and furious in the morning.  Jeff boated a monster that would have been both me and Ralph's new PB.

Jeff's 67.8# PIG!:

Look at the head on this thing!:

Ralph also boated a monster that went 58# - 45":

Luck of the draw, my 37.5#:

The bite unfortunately shut down mid-day, and didn't pick back up until just before dark.  We dropped Ralph off around noon, and Jeff and I boated a couple more 30's to end the night:

37#:

Jeff and I also fished Sunday for a few hours in the cold rain. We didn't catch anything and got at best one dink nibble at each spot. I'm sure there were some monsters feeding somewhere on the river, we just didn't find them. I ended up killing my phone and camera which were sitting in my "waterproof" pants.

Nonetheless, I had a great time with some damn good fishermen! Much thanks to Jeff for his hospitality! It was a great time all around, and catching nice fish was icing on the cake!

Final tally for the day:
Jeff - 67.8#, 34#, 29#, 15#
Ralph - 58#-45", 18#
Josh - 37.5#, 37#, 28#, 28#

Ice be Damned!

Got a call from the M.I.A. Ralph (B8itup) to join him and his buddy Greg on a trip to the river.  To hell with the cold and wind, we wanted to do some fishing!  Aside from busting ice on the river and generally freezing our tails off, we had a damn good day.  We notched 10 citation fish, including three in the 50's.  We also hooked up on a couple doubles.

Ralph's 56#:

Greg's P.B. 56#!:

Ralph's 49#:

Double Hookup: 52.5# for myself, 44.8# for Greg:

Another Double: 44.5# for Ralph, 34.7# for Greg:

The bite completely died at noon.  The morning bite was probably the best 3 hours fishing I've ever been a part of.  A companion boat notched 11 citations with the biggest 60#.  Saw no other boats all day.  Contrary to what you might think about a day as cold as this one, all the fish came off a shallow mud flat in less than 10' of water.  Just something to think about.

Final tally for the day:  491#
Ralph - 56#, 49#, 44.5#, 5#
Greg - 56#, 44.8#, 34.7#, 30.5#, 15#, 15#, 4#
Josh - 52#, 39.5#, 30.2#, 15#