Lyons Lake Pictures

[Slartybardfast]

What a day we had. I got to the lake at 5:15am and nearly got carried off by mosquito's! Krebs got there shortly after I did and we fished a few minutes before everyone else got there. We tried a 3/4" musky/pike popper on a ten weight and had one hookup! That thing sounded like a light aircraft going by when Krebs casted it. I had the pleasure of fishing with two club members that I have never fished with before and we had a great time. Wayne52 and I have tried to get our schedules together before but it didn't happen until yesterday. He's a very interesting guy and I look forward to fishing with him again.

Wayne with an early morning bass on a popper.



A little later in the day on a popper.



This was my best fish of the day I believe.



Later in the day I got to fish with Jnbales and I paddled him around playing guide. I enjoyed talking to him and stalking fish but we didn't hook up with any leviathans for the fishing had slowed down at that point. Thanks again for the gift JN it means a lot.

Bob sold his lake but retained lifetime fishing rights and I thank him for arranging us coming up there. The two times I have fished here it has been great. There are some monster panfish and bass in that lake. As the sun came out in the afternoon you could catch pods of bass hitting top water. We would row like mad to get over to them and throw whatever you had tied on in front of them and most times it resulted in a hook up. It made me feel like I was in FL stalking Tarpon.

As if all this wasn't enough Krebs and I went down to Raccoon lake and night fished for white bass and crappie Saturday night. As I went to bed I figured out that I was up for 22.5 hours Saturday and fished a lot of it. Night fishing was really cool. As we motored back in the dark you could see lightning in the distance from an approaching storm. That was cool!

We had 6 poles in the water!



Say hi to Krebs.



A big thanks to everyone that came and took part. My favorite memory from the day was the razzing I got for my inflatable life preserver. Those that were there know what was said. Thanks again guys and see you on the water.

JC

[krebsie]

Incredible fishathon!! We had a great turn out of club members. I think everyone there caught fish and had a great time. I fished with Radio till about 11:00am. Thats the first time I've had the pleasure of fishing with Radio sence I've been in the club. For those of you who know Radio he's quite the nutt and twice as fun to fish with! We started on the North side of the lake and slowly rowed around the bank. Didn't take long and Radio hooked up with 3 or 4 of the biggest Gills I've ever seen! I've got pics but haven't had a chance to post them yet. Don't know how many bass we landed but it was a bunch. No monsters but lots of small scrappers. When we got to the south side of the lake we noticed a school of fish at the surface feeding, threw into the pod and Wamo, schooling large mouth. Being the boy scout leader that Radio is he always comes prepared, except we didn't bring the rain coats with us in the boat. Got soaked, but we were catching fish, so it was all GOOD! So after Radio and I went in I grabbed Jay Burton and we headed out again. Jay is an incredible fisherman but hasn't quite mastered the cast YET! We fished the bank all the way around the lake and by the end Jay was getting the hang of it. I droped him off at the pavilion and
Pilot and I went back and started chasing schoolies. Only problem was the Rodger and Rick had a trolling motor, so the race was on! I think they out fished us on the schoolies, at least we can let them think they did, ha ha!! What a day! A huge Thank You to Bob Lyons for making this day happen!
Pilot and I headed out to Raccoon Lake to do some night fishing. Pilot has never had the chance to fish like this. Didn't take him long to go from "Ahh, this is relaxing" to "Holy Smokes". Yep Pilot can handle 3 poles at the same time! What a sight, seeing a guy in the midst of so much chaoss, grinning like a banchie! He would be pulling a fish in, have another pole in with no bait on and the 3rd one would be getting hit, he would just grinn. Was an absolute pleasure fishing with you Pilot!

[radioflyer]

What a great time at Lyons! Sorry I had to leave early but sounded like everyone caught fish. Thanks Gary for the partnership, lessons, expertice, great conversation and all...great time on the lake...even in the rain! Of course Tap and Dan go into town for breakfast...you pikers! I had to leave before talking with anyone else but hope you all had a great time. What a great piece of water and what an incredible club with such awesome members!

rf

[rstaight]

I wasn't there all day but the fishing was great the time I was. My first fish of the day was a 10" gill. I believe the smallest was 7".

When I spotted a school of bass popping the surface I told Roger to after them. He asked what to use and I told him it didn't really matter. After he hooked into the first one that was what we did most of the day.

I don't know about anyone else but for Roger and I the gills fought alot harder than the bass did. All in all it was a great day.

Thanks to Bob for getting this setup for us.

[dave138]

Some random iphone pics from this past weekend. Huge thanks to Bob, I really liked talking to you and hearing some stories. The fish in that lake are amazing, the bluegills are tanks. Always a good time with these folks.