4-17-08. A little shakey

It was a little slow last night. Myself, Ken Schumacher and Luis Saucedo Jr took 2 hours to do some damage. By most people's standards we did great. But given that we know every rock of the lakes we fish, we were a little disappointed. We're going to go ahead and blame it on the earthquake we had in Illinois this morning. Yeah...that's it. Riiiight.
The baits we threw were Rapala Husky jerks and a Rattle Trap. Luis scored the 2 biggest of the day and a few others along with a couple HUGE greengill sunfish. Ken and I didn't do as well but held our own. I got 7 bass and a couple huge greengills. I don't know Ken's numbers but I'm sure he was right there with me.
Luis is also a bit of a rock & fossil hound as well as being one of the top bass anglers in the area. Included in this post is a picture of one he found while casting.
AND..the bonus picture is from a bass that Ken caught. A very hungry bass. Hungry enough to hit his bait even though it had a 4" bluegill in it's throat.
Photo credits: Ken Schumacher, Jamie Riani, Luis Saucedo.
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