G-Man Fishing

The weather was great today so I made a trip to Burke Lake. We’re in the middle of a deep recession and its obvious that people are cutting back on other forms of recreation and instead spending their recreation time fishing. I commend people for that since I think enjoying outdoors is a great and affordable way to spend a Sunday afternoon. Much of the shoreline near the parking areas were crowded with anglers as a result. I saw one angler pull in a decent channel catfish. I, however, decided to hike around the lake and work selected spots without spending too much time on any particular place. I figured that if there are fish I would get bites pretty quickly. I was right. The best spots I found were weeded areas near shorelines with a somewhat steeper drop off. I caught two LMB in total; both of which were in the 1-2 lb range. It was very efficient fishing given that most of my time was spent hiking around the lake with just a few casts here and there. I didn’t spend more than 10 minutes at any particular spot. The places where I caught fish I didn’t spend more than 5 minutes or so. That says to me that the pattern I used was the right one for that day. It was more a matter of finding the right spots while on foot- not always easy given that the shoreline is pretty wooded with few clearings near the ideal fish holding areas. See the videos below for the fishing action.

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