GMR Report 1/8/06

[H2O Mellon]

Made a real quick trip today. Launched Salmonid's drfit boat. We actually "fished" for prob just under 2 hours or so. Only landed one channel. We should have boated 4 others. I was in the front of the boat batling the anchor & wind, screwed up a couple time & missed a couple. Take me away from circle hooks & rod holders & I just cant cut it anymore! :p Every single hit was on frozen Skipjack, which is a 1st for me out of this river. Normally frozen Shad outfished Skips, but today nothing touched the Shad.

[flathunter]

Those skips may be good for something after all, how well did the boat preform.

[H2O Mellon]

I was surprised w/ the boat. It has plenty of room in it. We had some pretty high winds, there for a while fishing was rough. Yes Jack, I am glad the Skips performed, I was about to throw out a whole freezer of them.

[dinkbuster1]

well at least they are biting! i might go out later after 'eyes if the wind dies down.

[Salmonid]

Bryan, Good deal today, 39 degree water and we had enough good runs ( 5) for 2 hrs to make it interesting. Now if either of us could just hook the darn things, The one I got was nice plump 4 1/4 lb fish about 2 minutes after we got there, a great start!

Lesson learned, As "side kick, it seems I keep outfishing my Mentor, perhaps Mellon should be moved back down to "Sidekick" level ( with me) Perhaps I could teach Mellon a thing or two, ( Just kidding) :p
Jack, what do you think?? Is Mellon justified as my Mentor or is he more like a Sidekick with experience :rolleyes:

Another lesson learned is that as Sidekick, I should have brought a outboard motor that actually had a prop with a "working" shear Pin!!! Lucky for us the drift boat has a backup set of oars!!

Hoefully the halfway decent weather will hold through the week and we can get out again next Sunday am. I promise a working motor!

Salmonid

[dinkbuster1]

hey mark, just got my boat back today from your brother in law. he did a really good job for me. if you guys go out next weekend you might just see me out too (depending on weather), im startin to get the itch too. the place you guys went is one of three of my winter channel spots.

[H2O Mellon]

Well, I'm sure I'll be fishing next Sunday morning, sure as hell wont be watching the Bengals in round 2 of the playoffs. :cursing:

[Salmonid]

Hey Bryan, dont tell me your a little "Bitter" about that loss are we? Sure you didnt bet your avatar again did you?? What a sucker! ;)

Now that the Bunglers are out, you can now spend more serious time cleaning reels and waiting for warmer weather like the rest of us...It took me about an hour to Thaw out this afternoon, that wind was downright nasty!

Hey Dink, Im glad Steve hooked you up on the boat, he does great work!, The only honest mechanic in the SW Ohio area too!! Perhaps next time we can get a Mini outing out and fill a few boats and see what we can do out there!

Salmonid

[H2O Mellon]

I got in the Jeep & the Cincy weather said it was 44. Yea right, well in Dayton is sure wasnt that! I was chilled even when I came home. I got under some blankets & curled up like a baby.

Something I noticed today, I think I messed up the drag on my 6500 Trophy. :cursing:

[H2O Mellon]

Salmonid, her eis the pic, if you wanted to save it on your cpmputer

[Salmonid]

How can you have screwed it up, all you did was reel in bait a few times today?? Then there was those Half-arsed things you called a Hookset?? :p
Just teasing ya !!
What is it doing? Im sure that Chris H. at Fishermens Quarters can fix it, he is the local guru.
Salmonid

[dinkbuster1]

mini outing doesnt sound bad, i'll be out sat or/and sun this week depending on the weather. the saugeyes just dont cut it for me. how big were the pieces of skip you were using?

[H2O Mellon]

Youd have to be blindfolder, spun around 100 times, tied upside down & donate a live animal for sacraifce in order of not revealing this spot.

[dinkbuster1]

oh yeah, i wouldnt tell anyone unless they know already. you couldnt get but a couple of boats in there anyway. ive only told 2 others about that area and they dont do channels.

[rockbass]

I wished the water was decent level to try for some cats around here right now. Good going on the fish! :D

[Salmonid]

Hey Dink, most pieces were between about 1" wide by 2" long by about 2" wide. My fish had no problem eating the bait but the other runs could have been smaller fish, we also fished small frozen shad pieces about 1/4" wide by the size of a Silver dollar, not a hit on those.
Experimentation will take many years, Ill get back with ya on that when I figure out whats going on under the water ;)

Salmonid

[Salmonid]

Hey RockBass. What part of the state are you in? SW Ohio is back in fishable shape finally until the next rain...... :sad:
Salmonid

[dinkbuster1]

this is the first winter that i've had shad stockpiled in the freezer, never used them this time of year, cant wait to try them. i used to just go catch a bunch of creek chubs and use them freshly cut.

[rockbass]

Tusc county about 2 hours east of Columbus. The river right by my house is up and and decent winter spot to try is out of the question right now, but it is coming down.

[loanwizard]

Y'all are real men! Til it gets 50-60 degrees out, I ain't a goin out!

[shovelheadwolf]

Hello to all. I ran into the china man on his bicycle at the new park just down stream from Proctor&Gamble on East miami river rd on thursday. He had 6 black crappie and 2 blues in his bag. Said that he has cuaght alot of cats since the park has opened. Any body been there yet?

[dinkbuster1]

they made a park down there? how far down from p&g? i cant even picture a park in that area. is it along the river or is it a lake?

[shovelheadwolf]

The new park is not even a mile past P&G where the old wilhelm farm used to be. Pretty nice park, has a boat ramp-sorta- for canoes and porta pottys.

[bill_gfish]

Mellon as your mentor? God help ya man!

Mellon, I need to drive your way and take a bag of those skippies from ya. I need to see what the maumee flatheads think of them.

Comming from a professional sidekick, we gotta outfish our mentors every now and then to boost our self esteem. The other times we let them outfish us to feed theirs.

[H2O Mellon]

Bill better yet, lets try to get together if you want & go fishing for them! I think we can still get some through out Jan & Feb. Let me know if your interested. I'm sure Flatlesshunter will meet us there.

[H2O Mellon]

PM sent to ya Dink.

[dinkbuster1]

lol, "Flat-less-hunter" lol. you got room to talk! lol

[bill_gfish]

ok, and where would this skippy catchin take place? Lemme know where and I'll let ya know if I will go or not.

[bill_gfish]

Bill better yet, lets try to get together if you want & go fishing for them! I think we can still get some through out Jan & Feb. Let me know if your interested. I'm sure Flatlesshunter will meet us there.

ok, and where would this skippy catchin take place? Lemme know where and I'll let ya know if I will go or not.


uh, mellon... HELLO!