Spring Break ‘10 started for me when I left Spanish class at 10am. I was planning on fishing Clinton all day long and had to wait for Frank to get out of class at noon, so I killed a couple hours going through my fishing tackle. As soon as he got back, we and my friend Jared embarked on the journey eastward to Clinton Lake and was fishing there by 1. It was very slow for a while and had nothing on rattletraps for hybrids for 20 minutes, so I switched over to panny gear and after a while caught a bluegill. Frank and Jared did the same and caught a few fish and Frank finally hooked into the target species.
First hybrid of the day
After a few hours of little activity and 5 fish between three of us, the winds started blowing right into the shoreline we started noticing blowups on the surface as the hybrids were starting to chase the schools of baitfish that were getting blown into shore. So we resumed tossing rattletraps and all hell broke loose. We started catching fish one after the other averaging close to 2lbs with a few going in the 3-6lb range and soon we were getting worn out from these fish that fight harder than any fish that I have ever caught. They literally hit the rattletrap like they are trying to kill it on impact and then the fight is on. Frank’s 6lber took him at least 5 minutes to land as it kept going on runs.
Some of the fish from the day
Frank’s 6lber
Release
My biggest going 4lbs
All in all it was a great day. I wish Jared would have caught more fish, although he did have a big one on that taking out a bunch of line that eventually got off.
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Went to Salt Creek right by Clinton Lake Spillway and ended up snagging a bunch of asian carp and shad because yes, we were that bored.
Then, the next day Frank and I went to another pond in town and ended up hitting the jackpot, as we caught 4 decent bass, 2 decent crappie and many other bluegill and crappie. Here are some pics…
Overall a very productive day on the ice…and that 18 inch bass was Frank’s personal best lm through the ice.