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6/8/2017 11:14:07 AMGreat Report Alan,
Nice to see someone is getting out. Very nice RB for Dave, Congrats! See you know Bill, he old me Tuesday he had gotten into some eyes up at Kettle.
Would have like to see some sturgeon in the report also.
Nice to see someone is getting out. Very nice RB for Dave, Congrats! See you know Bill, he old me Tuesday he had gotten into some eyes up at Kettle.
Would have like to see some sturgeon in the report also.
Mike Carey
6/8/2017 12:40:30 PMWow, glad no harm to prop, motor, or riders.
downriggeral
6/8/2017 9:12:41 PMIt's hard to imagine what happens when the prop gets ventilated (air) while at high load settings. I was running at 4,600 RPM against a four knot current. The noises were BAD for sure. If it had been an aluminum prop there would be nothing left; not good in the fast moving water! Gotta love the stainless .....it's a great wood chopper!!
CCTMark
6/9/2017 7:12:12 AMAl,
I was up at China Bend on Saturday also; I took my buddy Jay out and we easily boated 100 eyes. We worked both the big eddy side and the left side below the rocks. We caught almost all of our eyes on 4" swim baits with green/red flake and perch Cabela's hootchie cootchies doing the most damage. We never tipped our jigs with worms because the bite was already very active. Most of our fish were caught in less than 20' of water. We may also have fed the eagles a few times; it is always amazing to have an eagle snatch a fish within 20' of your boat and the pair up there at China Bend are not shy what so ever. We also had to dodge all of the wood, mostly, on our long trip up from Kettle. Thankfully the ride back down was much less of an adventure. I will be up there again on Sunday in my Tracker with my oldest daughter, we should be able to launch out of China Bend if the water continues to rise at its present rate.
Mark
I was up at China Bend on Saturday also; I took my buddy Jay out and we easily boated 100 eyes. We worked both the big eddy side and the left side below the rocks. We caught almost all of our eyes on 4" swim baits with green/red flake and perch Cabela's hootchie cootchies doing the most damage. We never tipped our jigs with worms because the bite was already very active. Most of our fish were caught in less than 20' of water. We may also have fed the eagles a few times; it is always amazing to have an eagle snatch a fish within 20' of your boat and the pair up there at China Bend are not shy what so ever. We also had to dodge all of the wood, mostly, on our long trip up from Kettle. Thankfully the ride back down was much less of an adventure. I will be up there again on Sunday in my Tracker with my oldest daughter, we should be able to launch out of China Bend if the water continues to rise at its present rate.
Mark
downriggeral
6/10/2017 8:49:22 AMThanks Mark - As always you are the consummate walleye fishermen. I don't know much about the China Bend area and we didn't want to spend a bunch of time up there for no fish exploring. Looks like "no fish" was not a problem for you! Have fun with your daughter Sunday - Alan
hewesfisher
6/9/2017 9:44:09 AMGreat report Alan and that's a dandy 'bow Dave is hoisting. Happy to hear you had a nice, and productive, weekend. Really need to use caution, there's some really nasty stuff in the water now. Saw a vertical deadhead Wednesday, about 15" diameter and only about 6 - 8" above the surface. With some wind chop very hard to see and something like that would rip a lower unit off at any on plane speed - please be careful!