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I launched from Solley's before sunrise yesterday. I followed the exact same path that I followed many times before....a very short paddle downstream to a perch "hotspot" from last year. I threw my favorite perch lures (with great confidence, at first). I did not even get a bite in this spot.
Next, I traveled upstream into and past Marley Creek. I was trolling paddletails in the same path where I had success numerous times last year. I do not have a fishfinder or GPS, but I more or less remember the areas where i was successful last year. As I approached each spot, I expected my luck to change, but still nothing...not even a bite or even a rod going down. I changed colors and jig head weights and still nothing.
I stopped to fish an area that Scorchy hipped me to last year and I caught a few small perch. At this point, I was relieved to avoid the skunk. I worked hard to find more perch, but was unable to find them willing to bite.
On the way back, I trolled the opposite shoreline...something I had never done before. I caught two small stripers on the long paddle back.
I was disappointed in the morning's catch, but I am pleased that I was able to paddle much farther than last week without aggravating my healing shoulders.
The launch was dirtier than I remember and there were more crabbers than I remember also. I do not recall if I was fishing Solley's at this time last year...once again, I wish I had started logging my trips into a spreadsheet like John recommends. It would be nice to see if I was fishing Solley's in late August last year. My recollection is that most of my success there last year was in the late Spring and early Summer.
Next, I traveled upstream into and past Marley Creek. I was trolling paddletails in the same path where I had success numerous times last year. I do not have a fishfinder or GPS, but I more or less remember the areas where i was successful last year. As I approached each spot, I expected my luck to change, but still nothing...not even a bite or even a rod going down. I changed colors and jig head weights and still nothing.
I stopped to fish an area that Scorchy hipped me to last year and I caught a few small perch. At this point, I was relieved to avoid the skunk. I worked hard to find more perch, but was unable to find them willing to bite.
On the way back, I trolled the opposite shoreline...something I had never done before. I caught two small stripers on the long paddle back.
I was disappointed in the morning's catch, but I am pleased that I was able to paddle much farther than last week without aggravating my healing shoulders.
The launch was dirtier than I remember and there were more crabbers than I remember also. I do not recall if I was fishing Solley's at this time last year...once again, I wish I had started logging my trips into a spreadsheet like John recommends. It would be nice to see if I was fishing Solley's in late August last year. My recollection is that most of my success there last year was in the late Spring and early Summer.
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