Fatbass, Nibble Nuts and I went out to Birch Creek today. I know there are those who don't consider the lake to be public, but I checked with the county and the DWR and come to find out it is. Plus, all three of us have known about the lake long before any untimely admissions from either forum and it's not super special or secret to any of us, so we're just gonna tell you where we were at. Plus, there were at least 15 other people there today, so maybe Birch Creek truly isn't a seceret.
Anyway, it was cold as hell when we got there and the fish were a bit sluggish. Nuts soon hooked into the first fish of the day. Fatbass took that picture and will post it later. Fatbass hooked up next with a nice looking female. Here she is...[attachment=3:3f0hkprd]FatbassTiger.jpg[/attachment:3f0hkprd]
I was the next one to hook up, and here is the photo.[attachment=2:3f0hkprd]J-bassTiger.jpg[/attachment:3f0hkprd]
Nuts then hooked up again with a tiger, but it flipped of his lure, landed on shore, and splashed back in the water, so no photo.
To re-cap the action, Nuts was using a white tube jig tipped with a worm up to this point, and I was using a minnow. Fatbass can explain his setup later, if he wants.
I then proceeded to hook up with two more fish in a row. The first of the two was a way nice looking male who streched the tape at 20.5". He is my best Tiger to date and was quite a beauty. Fatbass has a pic and will post it later. The second of the two was a pretty female, who I just released without a picture.
The final fish of the day was also caught using a minnow by Nuts. This SOB was a hog!!! It measured in at just over 25"!!! It put up one hell of a good fight too. We let 'er go and headed back for the truck as the sun was setting and the temperature was dropping. Here's a couple of pictures of the beast.[attachment=1:3f0hkprd]Thebeast.jpg[/attachment:3f0hkprd][attachment=0:3f0hkprd]Thebeast1.jpg[/attachment:3f0hkprd]
All in all, it was a helluva nice day out on the lake. We missed several more fish, but landed a total of seven. The scenery was beautiful, the company was second to none, and we walked away with two trout over twenty inches. You can't ask for more than that.
Anyway, it was cold as hell when we got there and the fish were a bit sluggish. Nuts soon hooked into the first fish of the day. Fatbass took that picture and will post it later. Fatbass hooked up next with a nice looking female. Here she is...[attachment=3:3f0hkprd]FatbassTiger.jpg[/attachment:3f0hkprd]
I was the next one to hook up, and here is the photo.[attachment=2:3f0hkprd]J-bassTiger.jpg[/attachment:3f0hkprd]
Nuts then hooked up again with a tiger, but it flipped of his lure, landed on shore, and splashed back in the water, so no photo.
To re-cap the action, Nuts was using a white tube jig tipped with a worm up to this point, and I was using a minnow. Fatbass can explain his setup later, if he wants.
I then proceeded to hook up with two more fish in a row. The first of the two was a way nice looking male who streched the tape at 20.5". He is my best Tiger to date and was quite a beauty. Fatbass has a pic and will post it later. The second of the two was a pretty female, who I just released without a picture.
The final fish of the day was also caught using a minnow by Nuts. This SOB was a hog!!! It measured in at just over 25"!!! It put up one hell of a good fight too. We let 'er go and headed back for the truck as the sun was setting and the temperature was dropping. Here's a couple of pictures of the beast.[attachment=1:3f0hkprd]Thebeast.jpg[/attachment:3f0hkprd][attachment=0:3f0hkprd]Thebeast1.jpg[/attachment:3f0hkprd]
All in all, it was a helluva nice day out on the lake. We missed several more fish, but landed a total of seven. The scenery was beautiful, the company was second to none, and we walked away with two trout over twenty inches. You can't ask for more than that.