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I've been wanting to get out one last time. I was out of town doing the college tour thing Thurs. & Fri. so I was looking forward to last weekend. Lake wind advisories were posted Sat., Sun. & Mon. Nice temps, but too much wind. Tues. was going to be warm and little wind, saith NOAA. Thinking hope they aren't wrong again, I awaited Tues. AM. Looking good. I had a dentist appointment in the morning so I didn't get on the water until 10:30 AM. As I headed out of St. Albans Bay I immediately got into some rough water. Here we go again NOAA I thought. Within 30-40 minutes it became very calm. Thank you.

My mission was SM so I decided to hit as many SM spots that time would allow. I figured the fish to be bunched so I reasoned that I wouldn't spend a lot of time fishing a spot, If I didn't get bit pretty quick. In the next 3 1/2 hrs I hit 7 spots and caught a total of 4 fish for about 6-7 lbs. Oh well, it's Nov. and I'm out fishing and that is what counts.

Time to give on SM and try to rescue my day. I decided to head back into St. Albans Bay to a spot that I have had success with LM in the past in Nov. I Wasn't there long when I noticed bait fish being chased to the surface. Trolling motor on high and off I go. I repeated the process of chasing bait fish for the next 1 1/2 hrs and boated 15 with only one under 2 lbs. I could have kept catching, but it was starting to get dark and I had to take my daughter to soccer practice in S. Burlington.

A nice finish to the season. Can't wait for next year. Anyone want to go South this winter to fish a few days? Trying to find a way to avoid withdrawal symptoms.

For those who could not get out it looked like this:





Best of day 4 lb.



Bob

Great day to be on the water,good report .

Glad you enjoyed your season finale Bob. Great pics of the lake.

By "South" did you mean Crown Point?

Raz wrote:Glad you enjoyed your season finale Bob. Great pics of the lake.

By "South" did you mean Crown Point?

Nah. South-South as in Lake Okeechobee. Been there several times in Feb. It breaks up the Winter and makes a better transition from one season to the next. Thinking of going again'

Bob

rvq wrote:

Raz wrote:Glad you enjoyed your season finale Bob. Great pics of the lake.

By "South" did you mean Crown Point?

Nah. South-South as in Lake Okeechobee. Been there several times in Feb. It breaks up the Winter and makes a better transition from one season to the next. Thinking of going again'

Bob

Gee, I thought you just wanted to to to Whitehall.
Thanks for the good posts of your season Bob. If you do get "south", post a few lines for those of us looking down into 6" circles in the ice.

Nice last hurrah Bob! I bet you can get someone to go South this Winter. Brian? That would be a great report from Florida.

Nice last outing Bob. The lake looks smooth as glass. It won't be long till it is smooth and hard as glass. Then Florida will sound great!

Nice fish! I'm hoping to get out one more time this weekend. Then I think the kayak is going away for the winter.