So I headed out with my float tube and fished rock again. Got there about 1 o'clock and after moving up a little way on the west side of the lake, I started cast a 1/6 oz rooster tail against the bank. Was kinda slow for the first hour, had lost one and landed a small brown. But about 3 o'clock, when the shadows started to form, things got hot. I ended up keeping 3 nice browns and either releasing or not landing about 7 more. All in all a beautiful day for fishing. Something I should note: Twice I hooked into something really big right on the bottom which took off with line and pulled really hard. I was only able to keep each of them on about 5 minutes, and in that time they never broke the surface of the water or gave any line back. Eventually they just shook the hook. I have no idea what they could be, since I was using a rooster tail it doesn't seem likely that they'd be catfish or anything. If anyone has had similar experiences, or knows what these fish may have been, let me know at [email protected]. Also for those of you wanting to be successful on the lake, the rooster tails that work best are those which are brightly colored. The one I was using was green, red, and orange with black dots and the blade was gold. Good luck.

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