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Shore Fishing => Freshwater Shore Fishing Reports => : spideyjg August 09, 2016, 11:07:38 p

: It's all fun and games until the rats show.
: spideyjg August 09, 2016, 11:07:38 p
Doing some bait making for another IV run and had to make some adjustments to catch some of the swarming sunfish/bluegill.

Lost lots of bait due to larger hook on the crappie jig and got nothing so presto chango as the light got dimmer and started to hit. One bluegill 2 sunfish, small large mouth and a big bull head. Mosquitoes started coming out as did rats who found my bag of bait. I'll go back and clean the litter another day but I wasn't grabbing that bag.

Had I started using the right presentation I'd have cleaned up. I know what to do next time at that AO.

About 6-8 baits in here.

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: Re: It's all fun and games until the rats show.
: Latimeria August 10, 2016, 10:06:02 p
Those dirty rats!  lol

Man, mosquitoes and rats make for a black plague kind of feeling!  Nice bait though and will do great for some big whiskers!
: Re: It's all fun and games until the rats show.
: spideyjg August 10, 2016, 11:14:00 p
Yeah a plague feeling is right. Not to mention the SD river is not the cleanest thing either.

You are fine until the sun starts setting. That was the latest I have stayed because I'm usually gone about the time sunglasses are too dark.

Jim
: Re: It's all fun and games until the rats show.
: mdcesq August 10, 2016, 12:47:45 p

Damn, you did some down and dirty fishing right there: SD River; skeeters; and thievin' rats!  Fish look great but what the rats missed out on is the Gatorade glacier cherry - love that stuff, and frost flavor too.
: Re: It's all fun and games until the rats show.
: spideyjg August 10, 2016, 03:03:47 p
: mdcesq  August 10, 2016, 12:47:45 p

Damn, you did some down and dirty fishing right there: SD River; skeeters; and thievin' rats! 

Just like my yewt in the swamps just no alligators, snapping turtles, poisonous water snakes, fire ants and many more biting/stinging flying creatures. ;)

The Gatoraqde bottle was the standard lemon lime but those little 20 oz bottles are perfect sized to freeze blocks of ice for small chests. I have many in the freezer.

Jim
: Re: It's all fun and games until the rats show.
: mdcesq August 11, 2016, 03:17:12 p
: spideyjg  August 10, 2016, 03:03:47 p
: mdcesq  August 10, 2016, 12:47:45 p

Damn, you did some down and dirty fishing right there: SD River; skeeters; and thievin' rats! 

Just like my yewt in the swamps just no alligators, snapping turtles, poisonous water snakes, fire ants and many more biting/stinging flying creatures. ;)

The Gatoraqde bottle was the standard lemon lime but those little 20 oz bottles are perfect sized to freeze blocks of ice for small chests. I have many in the freezer.

Jim

Ahh, I see.  Good call on reusing the bottle. 

Lemon lime is good too - classic taste.