Location: Pineview Reservoir
Fishing
Time: 8:00 am to 5:00
pm
Weather: calm and partly cloudy most the day.
Breezy in the afternoon. Temps were cool
but nice, ranging from 60-75 degrees.
Moon Phase: 98% Waning Moon
Water Temp: 65 degrees
Best Baits: Spinnerbait in white or crappie
patterns
Who Went: Casey Davies, Dunc
Casey invited me on a trip to Newton Reservoir on his pontoon boat that he just outfitted with a new Minn Kota trolling motor. His dog Charlie joined us and sits like a human!
On
the way to Newton Reservoir, I mentioned that Pineview is also good at this
time of year, and half the driving distance.
We made a quick decision and got off the next exit headed to Pineview
Reservoir.
We arrived to
cool temps and calm waters. The Port
Ramp where I usually launch was closed so we launched at Anderson Cove. After launching we motored across from
Anderson and started working our way up towards cemetery point. We tried a few different lures before I
landed a few quickly on a white spinnerbait.
After making our way around the point we moved into party cove where Casey landed one small bass but that was all the cove was willing to give up. Next stop was the private marina where I landed a few more smallmouth before we made our move to the narrows.
On my first cast in the narrows, I had a small musky swipe at my spinnerbait right next to the boat. Made me so mad I missed him!
We weren’t
having much luck in the narrows until I put on a green pumpkin senko and then
it was game on! Caught quite a few on it
before it finally turned off. The wind
picked up by this time, so we decided to try out luck trolling, but that
produced nothing.
Not ready to
give up yet we went back to the run across from Anderson Cove and started
casting the white spinnerbait again. On
one of my retrieves, I was not far from the boat and out of nowhere a good-sized
musky came up and inhaled my spinnerbait.
I yelled to Casey, Musky! He had the net ready but not before the musky decided to make a big run. I was worried as I didn’t have a leader on
and didn’t want to lose it. Luckily, I
was able to get it to the boat for a couple photos before releasing him
back. He swam off strong and I was
thrilled! Been a while since I caught a
musky.
We continued
working up the bank and into the cove near the ramp at Cemetery Point and just
like the first musky I had another small one shoot up to my bait like a rocket
and I was hooked up again! This was a
small one, but still a musky! What a fun
trip with multiple smallmouth and two muskies!
