It was cold outside! 8 degrees F. But 4 troopers made it: BJPete, ILDiver, Whopperhead & dotey. Some uncontrolable things prevented BJPete from diving today- but the rest Ready & Willing to SLAY some CARP.
The water temp at the entrance was 30 degrees, but as I worked my way up closer to the discharge pipe it got warmer 40 degrees and warmer to a BALMING 54 degrees
As soon as I got to the warmer water (without speargun in hand) I was seeing FISH EVERYWHERE! CARP, CRAPPIES, BLUEGILLS, and some good size MUSKIES. Oh, and as many ducks as one could want. I hand my hands full trying to get some good video of ILDiver & dotey shooting carp, the problem was the viz was pretty bad- For the most part I'd say 6' - in the good areas I'd say it improved to 10'- So, it was tough shooting
After awhile, I took the speargun from dotey as he wasn't too comfortable shooting yet and didn't want to shoot the wrong fish. I ended up shooting 4 carp- I got 3 of them actually in the colder water away from the discharge. All in all we had alot of fun- until we had to get out- MAN was it cold! Again I had a heck of a time trying to climb the hill - I must of fell and slide down at least 5-6 times
dotey got a kick out of it though. After I thaw I plan on returning- hopefully to clearer water- Maybe in a few weeks.
