throttleplate Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 With the water levels so low here in minnesota and being a bank and wader fisherman i had to go all in and wade out into the lilly pads and give it heck. I threw a green pumpkin rage menace t-rigged with a pegged 3/8 bullet weight and I dipped the tails in yellow spike-it and let it rip out into the thick pads. I crawled it on top untill it would fall between the pads and boy did they hit it. I stood in the same spot for an hour and just casted all around me and when they hit it was a real struggle to get them out as the stalks of the pads were like casting into a full grown corn field underwater. I caught 7 bass and each one i had to at one point grab the line by hand and pull them through the pads as my pfleuger supreme 30 on a ugly stick carbon medium fast 7 ft with 30lb braid and a clipped on 30 lb fluoro leader to the hook didnt have the muscle to reel them in on their own but at least my line, clips and knots held up fine along with my arms and shoulders. This was the most fun i have had this year wading and the first time i caught fish on a rage menace, senkos t-rigged couldnt come through the pads without hanging up, rage craws didnt do well either but i will pull off 1 claw next time to make it more compact. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Catt Posted August 5, 2021 Super User Share Posted August 5, 2021 That's determination right there! There was a time back in my prime I'd be standing next to ya. ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desmobob Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 Cool. But how the heck did you end up with two fish to hold up for a photo if you were wading? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throttleplate Posted August 5, 2021 Author Share Posted August 5, 2021 i carry a stringer on me in my wading pack and when i caught the big one i put her on the stringer and tied it to my pack and kept fishing. Then when i caught the other one i just kept her on the line as she was well hooked and then waded back to shore as it was 8.30 pm and gettin dark. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throttleplate Posted August 5, 2021 Author Share Posted August 5, 2021 On 8/5/2021 at 2:32 AM, Catt said: That's determination right there! There was a time back in my prime I'd be standing next to ya. ? Thanks for the reply as it does get lonely out there so i talk to myself alot and do alot of thinking while fishing. Whats so strange and eerie when standing in the pads is the snapping turtles that come up to me and then a large pike swam a foot in front of me, panfish sucking the bugs making that weird poping sound, fish jumping in front of me if i move because i scared them while they really did scare me more. Big snow geese, canadian geese, ducks, cranes flying just yards away, so close you watch them and see there eyes and hear the wooshing of there large wingspan as they fly by. Cant forget the muskrats and beaver that welcome me into their territory swimming by like old friends. Wading is a blast, makes it feel like a real adventure but its not easy, trying to retie or put a new lure on while standing in chest deep water all the while keeping the reel out of the water while opening up my wading pack which is now soaked. I also caught a pike that day and had to pull out the mouth spreader and pliers from my pack and work to get the hook out. Heres a pic of my pack that i sling around my neck and shoulder and can rotate from back to front by pulling it around my body as it slides easilly. I use tubberware containers to keep my lures and worms in and what isnt in a baggie, nail clippers,pliers, scissors... just gets wet which i then spray down with wd-40 when i get home. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubba 460 Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 A hardy breed. I did this when I was younger but not now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User gimruis Posted August 6, 2021 Super User Share Posted August 6, 2021 That is quite the expedition @throttleplate. The photo of you standing in the mine field of pads in the distance is the best one. What the heck are you wearing out there? A Nike wind breaker and jeans? LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throttleplate Posted August 6, 2021 Author Share Posted August 6, 2021 4 hours ago, Bubba 460 said: A hardy breed. I did this when I was younger but not now. i dont want to own another boat, maybe when i am in my 80"s i will change my mind. 1 minute ago, gimruis said: That is quite the expedition @throttleplate. The photo of you standing in the mine field of pads in the distance is the best one. What the heck are you wearing out there? A Nike wind breaker and jeans? LOL hi gimruis, i have chest waders on and it was cloudy and sprinkling a little bit, just enough to get my wet-dry shirt damp. Then the wind was blowing actually made it chilly standing out there so i waded in and got the windbreaker, put it on over my waders and was much warmer even though the bottom half of the windbreaker was submerged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User gimruis Posted August 6, 2021 Super User Share Posted August 6, 2021 Ah yes, that makes more sense with the chest waders. Still need some rain... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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