Dale today with a cool surprise

Didnt have any live bait but caught 23 on a jig today. Had 4 smallies, 2 kys, and 17 largemouth. No monsters but our best 5 lm would have gone 17-18lbs. About an hour before dark we were fishing back in fanny creek and saw a bobcat come down to the edge of the water. We watched it for a second and i finally fired the big motor and ran down to where he was. I got a bad cell phone picture from the water and ran my boat up onto the bank and got out to try to get a better picture but hed wondered back into the woods by then. Surprisingly he wasnt bothered bynus or the motor running and slowly went on about his business

Wish I was there!
Water temp?
air temp?

Water was 52-54. Air was 30* when we got there and mid 40's by afternoon

[QUOTE=Fishin is life;551775]Water was 52-54. Air was 30* when we got there and mid 40's by afternoon[/QUOTE]

Thanks for the report. Sounds like DH is treating you right, but suprised at the low number of smallies boated, compared to the greenfish? Water temperature there is about 4-6 degrees lower than Cumberland (West end) was on this past Friday.

Ive caught nearly all smallies my last few trips so i decided to go target largemouth to see if i could catch em good. I ran up Wolf a pretty good ways and actually caught largemouth in a few places i would have expected smallies

Sounds like the perfect fishing trip. Good day catching fish and a seeing some wildlife in their environment.

I always say there is something special about being on the water. A relaxing calm feeling for me and gets me out of the hectic day to day grind. you never know what you will see. It may be a cool sunset or sunrise or an eagle, deer, wild turkeys, familiy of racoons, etc.

We had a bob cat this summer for about 2 months it slept in the pen with the beagles unfortunately it chewed a live wire.
Back to fishing congrats, I nearly struck out both Sat an Sunday

But winter time I try a lot of different areas when the hot areas slow
I enjoy finding or trying to find new areas

Second post this week I have read on a cat sighting on Dale

Saw stained water around state dock cove fished Ashburn much clearer, Perhaps the run off from Sunset is coming,
Did boat 4 nice SM nothing close to measure but strong an healthy, drifted a ditch
Will add some pics later