04-11-09, 04:13 PM
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Good first day out for 2009
I wasn't sure what to expect. It's been cold and the lake has been ice free only 3 weeks. Water is only in the low 40's. Today we were in the midst of another cold front. Windy, temps this morning at 31 degrees, and bright sunny skies. Took my first bass at 7:30am off a Rapala X Rap size 10 in olive color. He was in 8 foot of water in the back of a bay off the main lake. The biggest bass was I'm guessing around 6 - 7 pounds. She came off a black/blue 1/4 oz Strike King jig with a black/blue NetBait Peca Chunk Sr. She was hiding down inside a large laydown that was mostly submerged. Dropped the jig right down inside where the trunk and two main branches split off. Thought I had hit a snag untill she showed me the business. The other four bass, 2 at four pounds, and two at 2 pounds came off a chartreuse/white/gold chatterbait worked near submerged laydowns and brush where there was some vegitation mixed in. I always have great luck with chatterbaits in early spring. I was pleasantly suprised to see the bass hitting as well as they were in shallow water. Spawing time is weeks away yet. And with so many strong cold front passing through this spring I was sure they would be deeper. No doubt many are, but outside of the first bass I caught, I wasn't able to draw a strike from deeper water today.
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04-11-09, 04:17 PM
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Nice job Keith. Shallow water seems to be the theme in Michigan right now, surprisingly enough
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04-11-09, 04:48 PM
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nice kieth glad ya had a good first trip out
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04-11-09, 06:49 PM
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great catches keith! and yea..........i hate ya pal, hahahahahahhaa. kidding of course.
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04-11-09, 09:04 PM
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Bamma, thats so funny. A guy told me that down at the boat launch today, hahaha.
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04-11-09, 09:06 PM
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Good job, buddy! Congrats!
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04-11-09, 09:16 PM
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nice fish dawg..
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04-12-09, 08:07 AM
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Sweet! First fish of the season is like your first kiss all over again!
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04-12-09, 09:33 AM
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Nice bass Kieth!!
Way to start the year off!
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04-12-09, 05:48 PM
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Nice fish man. glad you guys up north are finally able to get out now and catch em.
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04-12-09, 07:36 PM
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great work keith. those fish have great color too.
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04-13-09, 08:53 AM
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And what's also interesting to note about this, is that just two days beforehand, we were observing a -Full Moon-
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04-13-09, 06:37 PM
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Thanks guys, they were a lot of fun. And just so ya know, they were all released.
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04-13-09, 07:47 PM
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reading the tempurature enough makes me shiver lol, great catches tho!!
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04-13-09, 07:50 PM
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Keith, great catch, nice to breath in some of that fresh spring air huh
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04-13-09, 07:52 PM
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Nice haul, must feel good to get back out there
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04-13-09, 07:54 PM
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Not sure how fresh the air is here in NW Indiana JB but yeah, it was nice, lol
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04-14-09, 08:17 AM
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That's a great day Keith! Nice fish!!!
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