Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted January 3, 2013 Global Moderator Posted January 3, 2013 Jon and I got the La Cygne today and fished from dark to dark I guess that makes it pretty obvious the fishing was pretty good the entire day. It was a balmy 11 degrees when we got on the water but I still caught a fish literally on my first cast of the day on a swimbait. Jon caught his first bass of the year pretty quickly on a football jig. It looked like he hooked a monster at first because it was in the current on a long cast but was still a pretty stout fish. I lost a big fish on a shakyhead that was ripping drag and then caught a solid fish my next cast. We caught several more bass at the outlet then decided to try for some whites and wipers on the flat north of the outlet. Not much going on, we doubled up on wipers that were about a pound apiece when a bunch of gulls started diving at the mouth of the river so we ran over to them. Had a little flurry of smaller wipers and then we doubled on nice wipers, Jon's was his PB wiper. I had a baitfeeder with a freelined live shad in the rod holder that started slowly feeding out line and after a fight that wore out my forearm I netted this channel cat. The picture does it no justice but it was probably 10-12 pounds. We worked up the lake and were about to dock the boat so we could get drinks that weren't frozen at the boathouse when I got another solid one right by the ramp on a jerkbait. It was a really good day for a little bit of everything. We probably put 30-35 bass in the boat, a dozen to 15 wipers, several big whites, 2 catfish, 2 buffalo, and a carp. A shakyhead with a magnum finesse worm, a lucky craft or Excaliber jerkbait, swimbait, or rattletraps were the deal all day. 4 Quote
Super User 00 mod Posted January 3, 2013 Super User Posted January 3, 2013 Nice day for sure!! Jeff Quote
Super User flyfisher Posted January 3, 2013 Super User Posted January 3, 2013 Wow real nice day there Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted January 3, 2013 Super User Posted January 3, 2013 Braving the elements and bagging some bass. Nice Job ~ A-Jay Quote
Super User Goose52 Posted January 3, 2013 Super User Posted January 3, 2013 WOW! WTG - I think you're gonna have a 3,000 fish season this year... Quote
Super User Tuckahoe Joe Posted January 3, 2013 Super User Posted January 3, 2013 Thats awesome man. Congrats! Quote
Super User Dwight Hottle Posted January 3, 2013 Super User Posted January 3, 2013 A couple of Kansas cold weather troopers. Nice bag. Quote
Super User Bankbeater Posted January 3, 2013 Super User Posted January 3, 2013 Great job in the cold, Congrats!! Quote
G_money Posted January 4, 2013 Posted January 4, 2013 Clayton I really want to try La Cygne some time this winter. I've never been....give me a call bro. We'll get out there sometime, hopefully on a day that at least hits the mid 40's. tight lines Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted January 5, 2013 Author Global Moderator Posted January 5, 2013 Clayton I really want to try La Cygne some time this winter. I've never been....give me a call bro. We'll get out there sometime, hopefully on a day that at least hits the mid 40's. tight lines Thursday will be my next day off. Right now they're saying a high of 48 but a slight chance of rain and a little stronger wind than I'd like but we'll see how that changes between now and then. Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted January 6, 2013 Author Global Moderator Posted January 6, 2013 Wipers are stripers?Nice fish there! Wipers are a white bass/striped bass hybrid. They're build more like a white bass but they can grow upwards of 20 pounds but they average 3-6 pounds in the lakes I fish. 1 Quote
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