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I was able to sneak out at sun up today to get a couple hours in on the South Fork of the Licking this morning before work. We didn't get any of the rain they were predicting, but it sure did cool off like they said it would. It was 62 degrees with a 10mph wind out of the north, thus the need for the sweatshirt. The water level has been at pool stage (5.0 feet) in town without any significant rains for a week or so, and the color has finally evened out. The fish were not very aggressive at all (cold front?) - they would just nibble if anything at all. I had a nice bite on the fluke, but I never could catch up with him to set the hook before he dropped it. Really didn't have much action with the Spider - couldn't even get a Rock Bass to take it. Which reminds me, I need to see when they normally spawn because they were nowhere to be found, and they usually are suckers for the Spider. Then I went with the trusty tube; I had an old river rat tell me years ago that if they weren't biting on a tube, then they weren't biting. He was probably mostly correct as I have rarely been shut out on a tube. I usually like to use a Mizmo Slim Jim tube with a 1/4oz 3/0 red sickle hook tube head made of bismuth/tin alloy. I get the heads from leadfreejigheads.com. He is a super nice guy and only charges around 5.00 to ship even though they come from Hawaii. I like these because of the sickle hook (seems like they are less likely to get gut hooked) and because if you've ever used tubes with exposed hooks you know you are bound to lose some, and I hate putting all that lead in the water. If you have not used tubes before you need to very careful using them, as the fish will really inhale them when they are biting, and it's extremely easy to gut hook and kill a fish. Always maintain some tension on the line to feel for ticks or bites; if the line starts to move, set the hook immediately. It would be wise to carry a set of hook cutters with you when fishing as they are extremely valuable in saving a fish that has been gut hooked. The pictured smallie was 17.5 inches - pretty large and pretty old for a river smallmouth. He was either showing his age with the humpback and prolapse, or was trying to pass something rather large. He's the first fish out of literally hundreds that I've caught in the Licking that ever showed any type of abnormality...I caught another 15" and two 11" smallies this morning.
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