Fishing Report 6/8/11 - Lake Disston

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Lake Disston Fishing Report
Wed.  June 8, 2011
Moon - 1 day before first quarter
M.F.=  4:40 pm
Temp.:  low 80's
Wind: E @ 5-10mph
pressure: steady (high)
Humidity:   

Rain: 0

Sunny

I decided to stop at lake Disston for an hour or so of last light.

I had rigged my fly rod with a little poppin' bug and I brought my micro spinner with a Rapala f-3 on it.

There was a little 5' gator waiting to greet me at the launch. I put in and paddled his way to see how close he would let me get. Here's a pic of him. I saw 2 more before dark and paddled up on a stump that looked like a huge gator's head! WOW! FULL REVERSE! It was just about dark and that had be a little shook! Once I gathered myself and started ahead I jumped a fish that splashed water in my little plastic boat and I just about abandoned ship!

Well. I did catch a hand full of fish but they were a little small. Probably  had (5 )bream and (2) bass.

Unfortunately, my first cast with the micro spinning rod drew a strike from a little bass and the line failed when I went to lift him in the boat. Turned out the cheap line that came on the thing was rotten.


I Think there's some fish to be caught here. I just need to fix the failings in my gear and put some more time into it.


Good luck,
Larry

Fishing Report 5/31/11 - Lake Disston

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Lake Disston Fishing Report
Tues.  May 31, 2011
Moon - 1 day to new moon
M.F.=  9:45 pm
Temp.:  Low 80's
wind: E @ 6mph
pressure: 30.14

Humidity: 87%  

Rain: 0

Sunny

I decided to run out to Lake Disston and throw the yak in for a little afternoon top water action. I probably got to fish an hour and a half but you can not cover much ground with these little plugs, particularly the Rebel plug.

I fished a Rapala f5 floating minnow (original) and  a Rebel miniature minnow that's about 1.5"l.

The Rapala seemed to out fish the Rebel as all but the first fish was caught on the Rapala. The Rebel is less of a surface plug as it dives easily and is less visible. The Rapala will cast considerably farther also.

I only put (5) fish in the boat. (3) small bass, (1) bluegill and (1) shell cracker. I had maybe another 1/2 dozen strikes that missed the plug. it was pretty fun but it takes a little getting used to fishing with such a light spinning real and bait.

Most of the strikes as soon as the bait touched the water. Next time I will bring mu fly rod as well.

I don't know what effect being so close to the new moon might have had on the bite but the major feed was not until 10:45pm so I was early from that respect. I did hear a few other strikes here and there.

This is one pretty lake, although it is very shallow and has a hard sand bottom.! The cypress trees are unbelievable. It was a little to late for some pictures of the trees but I did take one.

Larry S.