Last day of Winter, Big Green

               3/19 ---9:10am      Sunless skies, 39 degrees,  Lite wind, Water temp 44

   When I got here the forecast was for patchy clouds and blue skies, warming to 58. By 10 o'clock the wind was howling and the white caps had started. It was a good thing that I put on my ores. Like so many times that I've been to Green I had the lake to myself.  I headed toward the south end working the shore line with my intermittent line down about 150 yards from the launch. I pick up a few small Bluegill. and no trout. I then changed out and to my type 4 sinking line with one of my # 6 Disco Dolly Parton "DDP" booby fly and gave it a long cast out towards the middle of the lake. Let it sink a good minute before stripping in.
  Half way back to the boat I started getting what felt like the bottom or short strikes. I striped in all the way no weeds. Casted back out again let it sink and started my retrieve back the same thing. Little bumps and on weeds. I changed out to a # 10 DDP and gave it a fling let it sink, retrieve, on the fourth strip Bingo !! Let the games begin. A small Bow of maybe 10".  Another cast repeat 3rd or 4th strip bingo again. This went on for maybe 8 or 9 fish just about every cast until Bam! What ever hit it hard broke it off. I tyed on another and hooked more of the same last years plants.
 Then just before I was ready to pull in for another cast on a faster strip. I get the tug the one I been waiting for. This is not one of last years plant. This guy has some shoulders and really wants to play tug a war. He took a run 20 ft. 30 ft. I had casted about 45 foot I was now down to having line taken off the reel and he exits the water 18-20inches long with a flip and splash 1,2,3 times. and the line goes slack I lift the rod and find hes still there. I slowly reel it in and  is healthy and strong. In the measure net 7 and 12 Nice Bow, the hook falls out of his mouth with on tension on the line. he flips around in the net a few times while I try to dig out my phone buried deep in my Jacket pocket inside of the waders.

I caught a few more of the smaller Bows the wind started picking up from the south and a few drops started down. I let the wind blow me to the north end and set the anchor in 15 ft. of water changed to my Chronimed rig set it for casting into 8 ft of water 50 ft out and found that I was going to have a hard time casting that far with the wind beating my back I raised anchor and drifted down to 30 ft of target re- dropped anchor, tried a cast and was into my Chroni position for the rest of the day.
   I left Big Green with a smile on my face. From the catch, picked up a few pieces of trash made home by 2. The water is getting warmer my feet weren't as cold today the fishing is still good at at least to me anyway I had fun and that all that really counts.
                ""TRASH"" IF YOU SEE IT JUST PICK IT UP IT WON'T HURT YOU.    
                         1:30 PM white caps on the water, 45 but feels like 35
                                    Time for some hot chili and cornbread.