Greybeards Gripes

The East Arenac Sportsmens Club is trying to give away guns again.

Check it out at http://eastarenacsportsmen.blogspot.com

The waves were around two feet,  and 4 of us decided to brave the predicted scattered thunder storms for a little Walleye fishing.

We fished hard for about 8 hours and pulled in 7 Walleye, (six keepers) and 2 big Catfish.    The keepers varied from 15.5 inches to about  23 inches.  Not a trip to write home about,  but still,  a pretty good day on the Bay.   We worked the waters about 3 to 4 miles out from the river,  and from there,  maybe 3 miles south.  We varied between 47 and 31 ft of water.  We marked a lot of bait fish,  and a lot more (Walleye looking) fish than actually took our harnesses.   I’m wondering if their lack of aggression has anything to due with the abundance of bait fish.  Maybe they’re just full and lazy?

We finished the day with a pan fried Walleye dinner,  backed up with a huge Taco salad and a nice bottle of Pino Noir.

When we left the house today,  the river was pretty normal.  (Au Gres River).  It was moving slowly and about 8 inches up onto the seawall.   There were numerous thunderstorms around us,  but the weather was nothing spectacular in our area.

When we returned about two hours later,  I noticed the the dock ropes on the boats were tight.  Inspection revealed that the river had risen nearly 2 feet in the 2 hours we were absent.  A couple of stationary docks upriver,  were completely covered, with only the dock poles sticking up out of the water!   Within the next 45 minutes,  the water moved back out and the river was back to normal levels. 

I reckon there must have been a storm out somewhere on the bay.

It’s looking like the Walleye -have- moved to parts elsewhere.  We did a 4 hour tour today,  and though we saw lot’s of bait fish on the Fishfinder,  not a Walleye showed up for the party.     It’s looking like the next trip will be to the south a bit.

The “Late Harvest” is back in the water.  The new Lowrance x-510c is installed and appears to be working quite well.  We took a quick run out into the Bay yesterday,  (braving what looked like a brewing thunderstorm).   The 510 grabbed the bottom quickly and held a lock securely up to the boats top speed of almost 40mph.  I think it’s going to work out quite well.  Today we’ve got severe weather threatening again,  so no fishing,  and I’ve been hearing that “the Walleye have moved”. 

The whole of the Sotomayor hearings are a bit more than I can take.   I listened to a bit yesterday,  while a supporter asked her questions designed to build her image, (that had very little basis in reality).   Then today I turned on the tube at lunch,  just in time to hear a question about the Second Ammendment.    I listened very carefully to this line of questions.   The questions I heard going to her were often very good inquiries about her stance,  and personal opinions.   The answers I heard were,  WEASEL WORDS.   I heard very few, if any direct answers.

It might be just me,  but when someone can’t answer a direct question directly,,, I DON’T TRUST THEM!!!!!

I have one defining quote from the Second Ammendment that I’d really like Sotomayor to study/analyze,,   “SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED“!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!