Boone Baby Boone!
I had plans to fish with my Dad yesterday afternoon on good old Boone. Chuck AKA the Landlord and my buddy Andy joined us as well. We were well prepared for the trip which began a little after noon. Chuck brought some quality bait, my Dad brought some homemade calzones and oatmeal cookies from my Mom (mmmmm- thanks Mom), we had chairs, a sandwedge and golf balls and some skates which were never utilized. Since we only had a half the day to fish we decided to walk a quarter of a mile to the edge of the narrows and set-up camp. Chuck's philosphy on winter Bass behaivor was spot on as we landed around 20-25 fish during the 4 hour outing. My Dad and Chuck got things going with a couple nice keeper bass. The first hour was steady to say the least as we landed around 10 fish. The first two traps I pulled were the biggest fish of the day. Number one was estimated at 4 pounds and fish Number 2 was a Boone Beast estimated around 5.25 -5.5 pounds. I knew the fish was a lunker as it shook it's head ferociously during the majority of the retreve. As I pulled it through the hole, the flouro leader snapped right above the hook. Luckily Sir Lawrence had cleared the hole and Chuck was there to keep him on the ice as I regained my composure. My scale decided not to work yesterday so no official weights could be recorded. We had solid action up until 3:00pm, with mainly largemouth bass, the occasional pickeral and a couple crappie. Chuck also hooked into a catfish that came off right at the hole. We played ice golf during the trip- perfect walking and golfing conditions as there was around an inch of snow on top of the ice. Late in the day, a trap near the shoreline that has been robbed a couple times got Chuck's attention. He only felt the fish for a few seconds but knew it was a BIG one. Unfortunately, she never came back to play again. Next time you'll get em' Chuck. It was great to have my Dad on the ice...our first trip of the year and he landed at least 8 fish with a s*** eating grin on all of them. His last one of the day was around 3 pounds...nice way to cap the adventure. Thanks for joining guys! Definately looking forward to exploring different waters on the next trip.
Does anyone know if there is any public parking at the lake?
any local access there went down a couple streets all homes on the water. been wanting to fish it after all those pictures you posted last year ice fishing
Nice write up...cool times with your Dad rocks too...I play Charter Oak CC often...will have to come by Boone during season and give her a try...seems like alot of nice bass are caught there.
20 plus fish! Mom cookies and Dad on the adventure! Thats awesome, good for you, nice day! Congrats