Saturday fishing at Elsmore

Richard and I went to Elsmore this morning to fish at the southwest inlet. The fishing was pretty good as we caught several mad greenies, a rock bass and a couple large mouth bass. The toon boats worked fine again. A guy we talked to showed us a 10 lb. catfish he caught last night. It was a dandy fish. We were about starved so we called it an afternoon and went home. May have to try tomorrow.

At least we aint skunked

Richard and I tried Buffalo this morning but the wind was HOWLING at 15-30 mph. We fished in the east cove but not one real bite. Richard played with a bass that he could see in 2 feet of water but the bass would not BITE the lure. He would take it but spit it right out. Our theory and we are sticking to it is either the weather has the fish messed up or there were millions of fry in the water and the fish were full. Richard took some pictures of the fry. They were tiny about one half inch long. We then packed up and went to Elsmore hoping that things would be better.
At Elsmore toward the south end the wind was bad and some fisherman said they had no luck at all. We loaded the toon boats into the truck and moved to the inlet area at the southwest end. We started catching greenies about 30 minutes ahead of a thunderstorm that came in. Having caught a few we called the day a sucess and kicked for home. de Paul

some fry here

Scout training,Borrowed[stolen] boats and good fishing

Les had Scout training all weekend so Richard and I "borrowed" his boat and kicked for Buffalo lake. The wind was fierce but Richard got the motor going fine and figured out how the trolling motor worked. We caught fine bass, crappie and greenies. It was a great day! The wind was out of the south at 10-20 mph and the water was 64 degrees. The spawn is close but the fish are full of eggs still. We fished the little cove on the west side, across the dam face and the east cove at the dam. We then motored to the big east cove and fished the bass rocks. Richard caught a dandy bass and I caught a crappie. Afer the battery charges tonight we will go tomorrow too! de Paul N0NBD

New motor and GREAT fishing

Yesterday while I worked 12 hours at the campus surplus sale, Les and Richard went to Kansas City to get a new trolling motor at BassPro. Les bought a GPS controlled motor for his boat. That thing is amazing! It has a built in sensor for the depth finder and he just fished our favorite track along the west bank across the dam, then pushed a button and it returned us on the same path. The fish bit fast and furious. The spawn is close for bluegill and the crappie are much shallower than they have been. Here are a few pictures, We caught some really nice fish. All were released to be caught again de Paul N0NBD

Grandson Kile's pictures from Big Hill

Kile sent me some of his pictures today. He was working on a photo composition for school. He did get some neet pictures.

A few pictures that Les and Richard sent

Here are a few shots. I sure enjoyed the weekend..... I think I will do laundry and get ready to go back LOL

Weekend at Big Hill

As soon as I get the pictures all gathered up from Les's, Kile's and my cameras I will have a photo layout from the weekend at Big Hill. The fishing was good, not much size but more than enough fish to keep it intresting. There were black and white crappie, blue gills and bass caught. Kile was fishing with a new used ultralight rig I gave him. He caught some bass and pumpkin seed gills. All in all it was a fine weekend at the lake with the family.

Addition to yesterday's report

I was excited from the race off the lake and wanting to get the post up. Richard did out fish Les, but Les was busy trying to keep the boat under control... Man it was windy and when the storm came in it got WINDY QUICK!
Back to work today!
de Paul N0NBD

"The rough weather won't come for a while"

The weather channel said there would be rain today. I thought it would hold off for a while. I talked Richard into going with me fishing. We rooted his brother off the computer and kicked for Buffalo. We caught the heck out of bass and bluegill. I caught one 6 inch gill and had a bass attacking it at the boat. Les hooked a bass at the boat and missed him, the flash in the water was 18" long. Richard caught some nice bass as well. We were about to the dam when the wind went from 10 mph to 30 mph and the waves were 2 feet high. We made it to the ramp but were wet and cold. It also sleeted with the rain. Great day fishing! de Paul N0NBD