June 28th - 30th fishing report

Bella goes fishing June 29, 2013



 

Lake view June 29, 2013

 



No bass pics from this trip.  :(

Friday June 28th -  A real soaker!  Rained over 12 hours straight.  No fishing.  The good new is the lake level dropped 18 inches since last Sunday.

Saturday June 29th - Fished 7am - Noon.  Caught 16 bass.  The bite is picking up.  Fished the mouth of Fish Creek, Dwaynes Island, RP Bay MP Bay.  All bass were under 3 pounds.
Fished 6:30 pm - 9 pm.  Stayed near Conger Island the whole time.  Only caught 2 bass.  West wind was a pain in the butt.

Sunday June 30th - Fished 6:20 am - 11:30 am.  Denise stayed at the cottage with Bella so I fished alone this morning.  Caught 6 bass.  Biggest was 2 lb 13 oz.  Beautiful day today, but time to go home.

All and all, we had a nice three day weekend.  The bass are finally biting better.  We got lots of yard work done and put down some mulch.  Lowered the dock about eight inches a pushed the boat hoist out a little deeper.  We'll be back Wednesday night for an 11 day vacation.  If time permits, I'll put up some pictures during the vacation.  Until next time folks...   Fish On!

June 15th - June 23rd fishing report.

Denise with Lunker of the week, 3 lb. 6 oz.



3 lb 4 oz. I don't know why the hell I am posing like this!



 3 lb. 5 oz.  A more conservative pose!  LOL!

 

6 oz.  At least I'm having fun. :)

 Denise bundled up!  Definitely had some cool evenings.

Denise on a nice day at Browns Bay.



 

OH CRAP!  I have work to do.  Bass opens in the morning!

Yup!  Water level is WAY up.  Photo by my brother from his boat before we arrived.

 

 Crusing out of Upper Deep Bay in the evening, wife took this awesome picture.





Simply stated, the opening week of bass season was not good.  In our eight season at the lake, our catch count was not even close to prior years.  We only caught 60 bass for the whole week.  To give you an idea how bad that is, last year we caught 218 bass during opening week.   The fishing may be bad because of the excessively high water level and lower water temps.  The lake is 2 to 3 feet above average for this time of year.  When we arrived Friday night our dock was under water.  Had to do some adjustments to get it above the water.  The lake level finally dropped about 1 foot by the end of the week.  It still needs to drop a lot more.  Best 3 bass for the week were 3 lb 4 oz, 3 lb 5 oz and 3 lb 6 oz caught by my wife.  There was really no hot spots for opening week.  Our best day was 12 bass. The bass definitely had lockjaw!  I am hoping the bass are biting better our next trip to the lake this weekend.  But, of course, any day at Black Lake is certainly better than a day at work.
Until next time folks...Fish On!

Dock and boat update June 1st, 2nd, 8th & 9th

Launched the boat June 8th

Put the dock in June 1st

 Dock and boat hoist bunks with new carpet

 Storm clouds moving in June 1st

 

We been busy the past couple weeks trying to get ready for BASS SEASON.  Seems we are always scrambling towards the end of May and first couple weeks of June.  Finally got the dock in on Saturday June 1st.  Then we put the boat in Saturday, June 8th.  Somehow we managed to get those jobs done in between rain drops.  We've had quite a bit of rain this spring, especially the past two weeks.  The lake water level is slightly above average.  A big change compared to last years drought.  Anyway, Bass season opens this Saturday, June 15th!  Rain or Shine!  The only weather that could keep us off the lake is high winds.  We plan on fishing 8 days straight.  Well, I suppose we will take breaks to eat a few meals and get some sleep.  ha ha ha.  That's all for now folks.  Stay tuned for fishing updates and pictures.  Until next time...   Fish On!