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Went out from 6-9 last night with the kids. Not a whole lot of luck. Brent caught a sheepshead on a purple/chart CT paddletail :-)

Natalie caught a 1lb bass on a small rapala.

That was it. I wasn't able to find the elusive crappie. We will have to try again sometime.

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Tough bite last night Carl? I hope tonight is a little better MURPHFISHER and I are going out to try it tonight for a bit.

Where did you try? High banks, Ryans bay, Rattlesnake or somewhere else.

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If you are coming from Ponderosa and going towards Fishermans Inn, it's on the left side after you go around Nietz's point. Just after the houses on the left you'll notice a big hillside with not a lot of trees on it. There is a few houses on the top of the hill and they have some long stairways that lead down to the lake. Hope I didn't make it more confusing. That's the stretch that I call Rattlesnake.

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high banks and the inflow delta of that river.

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We got to the high bank and found a few takers but nothing too special so we went for a long boat ride to my "secret" cat hole. That's when things really heated up. Murph got into some kitties right away. He landed two within the first 2 minutes of arriving.

That's when I decided to put on some of his favorite cat bait and I got busy cathching them also. All in all I bet we caught a dozen of them. All went back.

Then they just quit biting. They shut right off. Oh we got an occasional nibble but no aggressive hammering bites like earlier.

Great fun and good company! Thanks Murph!

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I've talked my wife (and our 2 year old) into going out with me on Zumbro to fish for a while on Sunday for my Father's Day "gift". I also plan on shorefishing from my cabin all day Saturday. Should be a beautiful weekend... grin.gif

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Hey thanks for letting us in on where some of this lingo (rattlesnake) would anyone else mind sharing where the high banks are that are also refered to. I am sure i have fished them but never had anyone say "these are the high banks. Well thanks guy. ike

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Ike, I'm sure you have fished the high banks before but just didn't know what that area was called.

The best way for me to describe it is come up from Ponderosa, stay on the right and after you go by the last house or two you will be there. It drops off very fast. About ten feet from shore it's abut 12 feet deep. About 20 feet from shore it gets around 27 feet deep. The high banks run all along that shore line and if you keep going on the right you will end up in Rousch's bay. I'm not sure how to spell Rousch's but close enough. That bay is rather shallow but at times the white bass will congregate in there and really be easy to catch.

Hope this helped with your lingo question.

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Yes it is. It's at the end of Sunset Bay Road, on the opposite side of the lake from Fisherman's Inn and downriver a little ways from it. It was resided last year and is gray with a plexiglass deck. There's white horse-fencing right next to it. I'll be sitting out there shorefishing later this afternoon and tonight. And my old, green Crestliner MIGHT be in too.

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