Well, I finally made the trek to Mauch Chunk Lake to fish with the Mudster and what a time it was...

First, I gotta say that Muddy is a class act. Very entertaining and very knowledgeable about his home lake. I had to laugh that he lives in the area and I still beat him to the lake (I live 2.5 hours away). LOL

We started off fishing over shallow weed beds. Let me tell you, Muddy REALLY CAN FISH. LOL Him and his dang watermelon purple swirl Trick Sticks were kicking my rear when we first started.

I picked up the big stick and started throwing the wake bait. You should have seen the look on his face when that thing started crashing the water. All day long, every cast I threw....All I hear from the front of the boat is Muddy chuckling to himself when that thing hit the water.

We fished different types of cover and structure, most notably the very defined creek channel and the pads/slop at the upper end.

Fish were caught a variety of ways including soft plastics, swimbait, deep jig, crankbaits. Muddy also got introduced to the Rage Tail baits and the RT Shad seemed to mesmerize him.

At one point, I pulled out the JJ's Magic and Muddy's Italian garlic meter went through the roof!!! It got even better on the next cast when I pulled in a largemouth from the creek channel. LOL Muddy decides that he needs to try some as well. On his very first cast, the bait doesn't even hit the water and a fish has the bait. I think JJ can expect an order sometime in the near future

The evening ended fishing in the slop and Muddy catching fish w/ the Ika and * in the lily pads.

All in all, we had a decent day. Nothing huge, but more than enough fish to keep you in the game.

Muddy, thanks for being a great host. The meatballs were awesome and so was the conversation.

I will post the pic of Muddy's biggest of the day at some point today.

Wayne

PS...Muddy wasnt lying when he said they have a jackazz for a Fish Warden up there. When asked why he thought all the lily pads had disappeared, his PROFESSIONAL response was, "Huh? How should I know? I'm not a biologist." It was funny watching this guy go from boat to boat and pester people. You could see his head getting bigger as he went up the lake....I was thoroughly entertained ;D

Sounds like a good time.

First off I was late because we needed ice, and the Pocono 500 is close by, I had to go to 5 spots to get a bag of ice, he beat me by all of 1.5 minutes :

I had a great day fishing with Speedbead, that swim bait was the bomb. I think the first big splash really catchs a fish's interest. We caught some good fish, had great conversation and both had a good time watching Officer Moron harass everyone he could. Especially when he picked on 2 little kids for swiming by the campgrounds, what a *#@@#* This guy is  

  Anyway: Wayne is a geat guy to fish with, The Swim Baits and Rage Tails and the Boyaah Claker were pretty cool and it is always fun to watch a topwater bait get slammed! Thanks Speedbead, hope to do a night trip with you soon. WORD OF CAUTION: Unlike fishing with JIMZEE at night, on my boat pants must be worn at all times

That's awesome Muddy + Speedbead.  I am going fishing this weekend with somebody I met at BR Tokyo Tony.  Hopefully we will have a similarly good time!  Except were gonna catch at least one huge one! lol

Unlike fishing with JIMZEE at night, on my boat pants must be worn at all times  

I can't help it if I like fishing in the buff.  The fish don't seem to mind...

Glad y'all had a good time.  Hope to see Muddy at Kentucky Lake this spring.  I know we will have a blast.

sounds like a good day! wayne i'm workin on getting friday the 22nd off so maybe we can head out for a day before the CAST event. you down?

Show me where to sign up...

BTW, "your" slammer is on its way to me as we speak  

Maybe you'll be aloud to see it.  Maybe....

With a moron for game warden on the lake I am surprised you two didn't wind up in jail!

Glad you got to make it out together and catch a few. Keep on keeping on!

Ronnie

With a moron for game warden on the lake I am surprised you two didn't wind up in jail!

Glad you got to make it out together and catch a few. Keep on keeping on!

Ronnie

LOL, us two? Nah...  

I kept asking him if he was catching anyone, giving him a little ego boost (like he needed it).  Each time I asked him, he got a little more cocky.

By the end of the day, it seemed like he would just cruise past and hold up the number of fingers for people he wrote up...

Like I said, thoroughly entertaining to me.    ;D