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8/26/07
Madison Chain – Sunday Morning Conditions: Winds Calm, Sunny, 73
deg water temp. It had been a while since I was out on Mendota, so
I was looking forward to the couple hours I would spend on the lake this
morning. The fishing, unfortunately, did not cooperate. I expected to
find some smallmouths off of offshore weedlines and rock flats. I
started out by casting Carolina Rigs and a Drop Shot in the 16-18-foot
depths. I caught a couple short smallies to start on a Drop Shot Giggy
Stick (a slender hollow finesse worm). I could not catch any fish to
surpass the 18” mark, though. After figuring that the offshore bite
was somewhat off, I headed to the shoreline. The heavy rains had brought
the Mendota water levels to some of the highest I have ever seen. The
Dane County Sheriff, in fact, had imposed a slow no-wake zone extending
500-feet from the entire shoreline. Many trees, limbs and tree bases are
now in water. With such great targets to cast at, I would surely find
some bass, correct? Wrong. All I tricked was a 4 pound northern hiding
in a willow tree. I only fished until 9:00am, so I ran out of time to
explore other areas Drop Shot Rig: Rogue Rods Drop Shot rod (DS 693S) with 6 lb Trilene XL and #4 Owner Octopus Hook. Green Pumpkin Red Flake Gambler Giggy Stick. Carolina Rig: Rogue Rods Magnum Bass MB704C with 15 lb P-Line FloroClear leader and 5/0 Owner J-Hook. Gambler Baby Bacon Rind – Green Pumpkin Color. |
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