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Tough Day On The Lake 3/19 Mar 19, 2019 8:55 pm #22661

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Nice day for fishing but the fish were being hard to catch. Marked a lot on the graph even some bait. Fished from about 9:30 till around 5pm. Started out by the beaches and trolled towards Gary light. Stayed in the area for a couple of hours with only two fish. Trolled all the way back to the ditch and joined the small crowd there where we limited out with 3 hands.
We went totally 15 for 22 bites we figured. About half the bites were on flies and 6 inch dodgers and 6 inch spin doctors. The rest came on thinfins and thinfish, red/black and orange coho crushers. The crank baits were on boards and flat lined. The flies were green and gold tinsel and the dodgers and flashers were red. Riggers were set back 15 to 18 ft back and down 11 and 13 ft. Fished in water from 12 to 24 ft deep in front of the ditch.
I hope it gets easier before the tournament. Thanks to the crew Kelliann Bob and One More Time Mike for another good trip.
My Searunner 190, "Four "D's" and a "C". Retirement money well spent.
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Tough Day On The Lake 3/19 Mar 19, 2019 9:29 pm #22662

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Good Job guys - I head it has been rough out there this week
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Tough Day On The Lake 3/19 Mar 19, 2019 10:08 pm #22663

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Great job on a tough day guys! :)
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Tough Day On The Lake 3/19 Mar 19, 2019 10:26 pm #22665

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good job putting in your work. I usually don't try D/F right off, I may have to rethink that. I'm trying to get things set for a shake down and getting psyched reading the reports... hopefully Saturday
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Tough Day On The Lake 3/19 Mar 20, 2019 5:18 am #22676

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Thanks for coming up Don. It was a good time and felt great being on the water. It was a tough day for sure, but in the end we got it done!
Can't wait for the tournament in a few weeks!
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Tough Day On The Lake 3/19 Mar 20, 2019 7:11 am #22678

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Glad you found them Don. We started at Gary Light. Fished there for three hrs without a hit. Decided to run to the donut. No luck. Saw a ton of guys fishing on the rocks at the end of the ditch, but didn’t see anyone catching anything.
Never saw that many people fishiing so close together.
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Tough Day On The Lake 3/19 Mar 20, 2019 7:29 am #22682

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Glad you found them Don. We started at Gary Light. Fished there for three hrs without a hit. Decided to run to the donut. No luck. Saw a ton of guys fishing on the rocks at the end of the ditch, but didn’t see anyone catching anything.
Never saw that many people fishiing so close together.


You know it’s pretty tough when the experienced fishermen are having a bad time of it. Maybe when water temperature comes up a bit the fishing will improve.
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Tough Day On The Lake 3/19 Mar 20, 2019 9:33 am #22690

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Great report and big Thank You!
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Tough Day On The Lake 3/19 Mar 20, 2019 9:23 pm #22712

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Good work don. Glad you had a good trip coming up here when fishing has been tough.
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Nice job guys!
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