Later in the day some kids showed me a big bug (2 or 3 inches long) at one of the lake's beaches where my family swims. After a little research it turns out it was a Dobsonfly, which I'd never heard of or seen before. Here's a picture of one:
NAME --------------------- CJ Tuite
E-MAIL --------------------- seigeman53@msn.com
DATE ---------------------- 8/15/05
TIMES --------------------- 11:30 am
CONDITIONS ------------- Cloudy and 3 to 4 mph winds
AREA FISHED ------------- bertrand island
WATER TEMPERATURE-- warm
FISHING METHOD ------- deep crankin spinnerbait
BAIT/LURES USED ------- blue and black skirt silver blades
NOTES --------------------- Awesome fishin for a not so awesome day.
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NAME --------------------- Norm ,John, Allison and Lauren Small
E-MAIL --------------------- nmsmall@earthlink.net
DATE ---------------------- 8/13/2005
TIMES --------------------- 3:30 p.m to 9 p.m
CONDITIONS ------------- sunny and hot
AREA FISHED ------------- Main Lake, Cow tongue, Sharps Rock and Sunken Is
WATER TEMPERATURE-- 80 to 82
FISHING METHOD ------- Casting, Trolling, Liveline Herring
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Big Cranks, Rattling Rogues, Rattletraps and Herring
NOTES --------------------- One of those day's, to start off the day my son knocked off the fuel vent cap at the launch dock. After some unsuccesful recovery diving decided to use the ever popular tinfoil ball. After 2 hours of unsuccesful trolling Rogues and Rattletraps with the riggers dedcided to switch to Muskie trolling but not before losing a 10 lb ball (broke at the swivel).. Was nothing more than a bait washing for 2 hours although did mark quite a few open water fish and a floater near Byram(approx 38 to 40"). Spent the last hour and a half livelining Herring at Cowtongue and Sunken Island. All that produced were a couple smallmouth a crappie, a rock bass and a bullhead. One of our worst outings if not the worst of the season. Cant wait for the cooler water temps and less boat traffic, wakes were horrible even in the coves till 8 p.m....C'mon fall!
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NAME --------------------- Dan Lehr And Mary-Elise Lehr
E-MAIL --------------------- workdanny@aol.com
DATE ---------------------- 08/10/05
TIMES --------------------- 5:30- 8:30
CONDITIONS ------------- Clear skies
AREA FISHED ------------- Yacht Club
FISHING METHOD ------- Live Bait
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Herring
NOTES --------------------- Started off with a small striper leading to another one and then 2 catfish and to perch. Not bad for my daughters first time fishing on the Lake.
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NAME --------------------- Eddie Mackin, Dan Lehr
E-MAIL --------------------- eddiemackin@yahoo.com
DATE ---------------------- 8/9
TIMES --------------------- 6-9pm
CONDITIONS ------------- calm
AREA FISHED ------------- byram
FISHING METHOD ------- bait
BAIT/LURES USED ------- herring
NOTES --------------------- We started in Byram Bay and we caught small fish but not much. Then we went over to byram cove and we cleaned up. We caught 2 stripers,1 walleye, 5 smallmouth, 1 crappie, and more then enough catfish. Dan had never cught a striper ever. He caught one of the two and it was about 5lbs. I caught a 7lb 14oz walleye.28inch. Very good day fishing
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NAME --------------------- Norm,John and Lauren Small
E-MAIL --------------------- nmsmall@earthlink.net
DATE ---------------------- 8/6/2005
TIMES --------------------- 4:30 p.m to 9 p.m
CONDITIONS ------------- warm and sunny
AREA FISHED ------------- Main Lake points, Great Cove, Sharp's Rock and Cow tongue
WATER TEMPERATURE-- 79 to 82
FISHING METHOD ------- Casting, Tolling and Herring
BAIT/LURES USED ------- Cranks and Bucktails
NOTES --------------------- Trolled and casted for Muskie up till 7:30 p.m, no action at all except for a nice lawn chair in Great Cove (released). Switched over to Walleye/Hybrid fishing with Herring caught one small Walleye, 2 small Hybrid's a few Bullheads, Crappie and Smallmouth all at Cow tongue from dusk till dark.
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NAME --------------------- Webguy
E-MAIL --------------------- webguy@kneedeepclub.org
DATE ---------------------- 8/6/05
TIMES --------------------- 6-11am
CONDITIONS ------------- nice
AREA FISHED ------------- main lake
WATER TEMPERATURE-- 79-81
FISHING METHOD ------- troll
BAIT/LURES USED ------- cranks
NOTES --------------------- I trolled for muskie again hoping to help a friend catch one, but had no luck. Time to gear up for this weekend's catfish contest! Later in the day some kids showed me a big bug (2 or 3 inches long) at one of the lake's beaches where my family swims. After a little research it turns out it was a Dobsonfly, which I'd never heard of or seen before. Here's a picture of one:
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