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  • Slow for me at Allen's Fresh

    After Mepps nice report yesterday and a text from Ictalurus with "Inside information" I decided to hit Allen's fresh and pick up a mess of perch.......................did not get a "mess" only one white and one yellow. i WAS SO PLEASED, however, with the nice weather and beautiful setting. Good company, too, when Bill showed up.
    BTW, the "inside info" said go upstream. As we pulled out, another kayaker came out with good action on NEDS....downstream! LOL, my winter luck is still intact!
    Here is a couple of tranquil photos. The first is slipping through the hazards.
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    Last edited by kevinfry; 03-12-2012, 10:17 AM.
    14.5 ft Sand colored Malibu X-Factor "the promise"
    2010 Hobie Outback "the Gift Horse II"

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    Allen's Fresh is one of my favorite spots to fish, but it's also the most frustrating place I've ever fished. I'm always a day early or a day late for the bonanza. Sometimes the guy next to me is bailing fish while I'm not even getting a nibble. In yesterday's case, we went the wrong way. It's fascinating. On the upside, the community that fishes there is really friendly and helpful, and the scenery is hard to beat. When I fish there with my father, it always surprises him how friendly the other anglers are.

    I had a good tip for the location and technique (thanks for the call! ), but I realized when I launched that I didn't have any bobbers with me, which was weird. I don't know when I took them out. That meant I couldn't use the suggested technique (shad dart under a bobber with a bit of bait), but I tried every other perch technique in my repertoire (jigging blade, drop-shot and grub, drop-shot and worm, an assortment of grubs and spinners). Part of the problem was that I caught a fish on the first cast. I need to first cast somewhere where I can't catch something as suggested in the banana thread. It was an 8.5" yellow perch. I spent a lot of my time after that hooking every root, twig, and branch in and around the water.


    I started working my way upstream. Some guys in a jon boat had luck up there, and we ran into master pungo and crew who were headed the same way. I picked up an 8.99" yellow perch near the top, and that was it for me that day. I worked my way back downstream and hit a couple areas more thoroughly to no avail. At least I got to try out the camera mount on my Tarpon. One fish was caught on a chartreuse grub, and the other was on a white grub.



    In other news, I noticed some wildflowers called "spring beauties" that were blooming along the bank, which is 3-4 weeks early for that species. Pretty wild.



    As usual, it was good company and good scenery. Avoiding the skunk was the icing on the cake.
    Last edited by ictalurus; 03-12-2012, 08:40 PM. Reason: Added photos
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    • #3
      This Allens Fresh map might help you find ye olde fishy spots
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      • #4
        Allen's fresh is only 10 min from my house I'll let ppl know when it goes off
        '12 Ocean Kayak Prowler trident 13 Orange
        '09 Wilderness Systems Ride 135 Red
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        -Both fish and men are often caught with artificial's-

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        • #5
          Chaptico? oBX?
          14.5 ft Sand colored Malibu X-Factor "the promise"
          2010 Hobie Outback "the Gift Horse II"

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          • #6
            not far from either. Have not been out or heard of anything going down there yet, but them hard heads should be showing up soon
            '12 Ocean Kayak Prowler trident 13 Orange
            '09 Wilderness Systems Ride 135 Red
            Kayak Fishing Mafia

            -Both fish and men are often caught with artificial's-

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            • #7
              Grady-Black, Mytmouse, & Foursteps got a hell of a laugh at me in the torque when I ran up on the shallows after straying outside of the lil channel at Allens Fresh. LOL
              <insert witty comment here>

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