20180615- Allen Morgan Tungsten Fly Tags the Master Angler B.Gill Highlight Bait of the Day!

20180615- Allen Morgan Tungsten Fly Tags the Master Angler B.Gill Highlight Bait of the Day!

Fishing the three days of the Full/New Moon has always been a successful pattern of fishing for me, nailing the Master Angler tags… I was still reeling over the Master Angler Tag just two days ago the day before the New Moon I decide to fish the same lake with the same methods… right?

I set sites on today’s trip for a potential repeat performance So using the same rod bundle from just two days ago I set out on a beautiful spring afternoon to hit the Major.Period, Same lake same methods. Water temps at 77°slight north wind, clear skies looking for the mid afternoon bite… not another fisherman in sight on this typically highly fishing-pressured lake.

I timed the trip to be on my waypoints at just the beginning of the Major.Period which would last about 3 hours. The Major.Period started at 13:06 and lasted thru 16:06.

I started long-casting the Allen Morgan Tungsten Ice Fly (Pink) tipped with a Ping GULP Waxie. I immediately started tagging large Lepomis straight away with lunker class mixed in.

The first Trophy Bull B.Gill 10” class hit at 14:57, then the Master Angler B.Gill soon followed at 15:36 then the trophy P.Seed followed at 16:36. Just an outstanding trip! I was literally shaking the whole time out there.

Definitely a trip to remember!

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20180603-Found the fish despite the weather. 

I waited out the lingering morning cold showers and headed out to one of my favorite lakes… I was at the launch in less than a half hour when a pop up shower delayed me for about 20 mins cutting into my Major.Period of fishing. Once the shower quit I was on my first waypoint quickly.

Once settled in tagging fish the wind kicked up to the point white caps were causing havoc with my methods and boat control. i fished thru another cold shower. Slip/floating was out of the question. Long-casting the UL jigs seemed to be the viable option only when casting with the wind. So positioning the boat multiple times to scour an area was also required.

I was amazed even with a slight bow in the line was able to pick up on the hit with the GLISS and Nanofil lines... just amazing.

Water temps were dropped to the mid 70’s and air temps in the low 60’s. the fish were on the spots hitting the bait in tune with the solunar Major.Period. at times it was fish on every cast taken. The fish were eater slot in quality for the majority with a handful of Michigan Lunker 9” class.

The majority of the fish were hens without eggs leading me to believe some spawning took place recently during the last full moon of May 29^th… with an avg of 4 or 5 days on the bed spawning for the month has finished up… I believe a larger major spawn will occur in the New Moon and Full Moon of June.

With fast and furious action of feeding fish during solunar periods I prefer the Long-Cast/UL Jigs to cover more water quicker than the live bait options. The time loading and reloading live bait cuts my production usually by half in the same period of time.

Short term forecast shows the cold front will linger for a few days further dropping water temps till next week. I still like being on the water to monitor productivity data even during the predictable poorer fishing periods.

after all the dust settled ;>) i was over 60 fish count for the day!... another multiple limit day!... of course all CPR'ed

… continued good fishing everyone!

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