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Thursday, September 29th, 2011 | Author:

I went to Monticello early so I might have a chance at the topwater bite.  The water temperature was 73 degrees.  The fish did not cooperate until Jackson came at 9:00.  He stepped into the boat and caught three in short order, mostly in very shallow water.  He was using a Rage Tail Shad, a plastic bait that skips over the top of the water and makes a commotion.  Finally, before our day ended prematurely at 11:45 I managed to catch up using the “found” square billed crankbait and a Ribbit frog. There were some airballs that would not come back for a second chance but nothing else to indicate disinterest by the fish. We ended up with 6, none big. My having to leave may have saved us from some misery since it was beginning to get hot and was the bluebird day after the weather passed through.  On the other hand, I talked to Hal last night who went to Enid.  He caught 24 with three over 4 pounds and 3 or 4 over 3.  Most were caught on spinnerbaits in shallow water.  He had to resort to a worm in some of the brushtops because of the fish blue bird day inactivity.  Berkley Nanofil line is a new line that Hal has been testing.  It is sort of a cross between braid and flurocarbon I gather, with a small diameter so it is only suitable for spinning reels.  The 12 pound has a smaller diameter than the 8 pound Gamma I presently use on my spinning reel. It does not have much stretch and comes in nothing over 12 pound test.  It is supposed to keep the line from looping on the spool and causing those “wind knots” that plague you with braid.  I may have to try a spool now that it has passed the test.

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