Dock-in-it 600 Posted January 27, 2019 Report Share Posted January 27, 2019 I struggled on Jan 24-26 catching only one fish in about 7 hrs of fishing. I could find mountains of shad, but no active fish. This morning I was able to find the bait and active fish. I capitalized on a early 30 minute horizontal bite that was done by 8AM. I had 5 good keepers, mostly largemouths including a 6.8 lbs and a 3lbs. They came on a 4" yamamoto grub in smoke/red flake on a 3/8 jig head. I would cast the grub and just countdown to 3 or 4 seconds. From 8-10AM, I caught 7 more keepers vertical fishing with a 7/8oz slab spoon. One of those was a 4lbs largemouth and the rest were mainly Kentuckies. I did not catch one vertical fish on the ice jig and I wasted a lot of time trying. The vertical fish wanted the slab spoon near the bottom and just barely twitching it about every 5 seconds. I could not catch any vertical fish that were above 35ft. The vertical fish are very stubborn and you have to have more patients than they do. I kept the boat in 40 to 55 feet of water. Water temp is between 43.5 and 44.5. There are two pictures of the 6.8 LM and the other two pics are the 3lbs and 4lbs LM. So 12 keepers and about 25 total. View full article Fish24/7, Quillback, Bassmod and 14 others 17 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Members Falcon215 21 Posted January 27, 2019 Members Report Share Posted January 27, 2019 What a giant, congratulations!! Dock-in-it 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bferg 553 Posted January 27, 2019 Report Share Posted January 27, 2019 Fatty! Great fish! Thanks for the report! Dock-in-it 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
evilcatfish 119 Posted January 27, 2019 Report Share Posted January 27, 2019 Great fish, looks like a fantastic time on the water! Perfect example of how braving the cold can really pay off Dock-in-it 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Quillback 9,796 Posted January 27, 2019 Report Share Posted January 27, 2019 Man, those are some good ones! Dock-in-it 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bill Babler 10,284 Posted January 28, 2019 Report Share Posted January 28, 2019 You are rapidly becoming my hero. "Man Crush" Nice job and great fish. Dock-in-it 1 Quote http://whiteriveroutfitters.com http://whiteriverlodgebb.com Link to post Share on other sites
bobby b. 762 Posted January 28, 2019 Report Share Posted January 28, 2019 Excellent - Are you willing to tell what kinda of ground you found fish on yesterday? i.e creek guts, main lake points, flats, gravel runouts??? I'm thinking the same type ground should work down near the darn. Thanks Bobby Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Champ188 8,449 Posted January 28, 2019 Report Share Posted January 28, 2019 You are even putting it on Bo, and that's saying something! Beautiful fish. magicwormman and Dock-in-it 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Members elite203 17 Posted January 28, 2019 Members Report Share Posted January 28, 2019 Some of us are so envious of those fish it hurts.... I am at least. Good job and thanks for rubbing it in. Dock-in-it 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Smalliebigs 2,249 Posted January 28, 2019 Report Share Posted January 28, 2019 23 hours ago, Dock-in-it said: I struggled on Jan 24-26 catching only one fish in about 7 hrs of fishing. I could find mountains of shad, but no active fish. This morning I was able to find the bait and active fish. I capitalized on a early 30 minute horizontal bite that was done by 8AM. I had 5 good keepers, mostly largemouths including a 6.8 lbs and a 3lbs. They came on a 4" yamamoto grub in smoke/red flake on a 3/8 jig head. I would cast the grub and just countdown to 3 or 4 seconds. From 8-10AM, I caught 7 more keepers vertical fishing with a 7/8oz slab spoon. One of those was a 4lbs largemouth and the rest were mainly Kentuckies. I did not catch one vertical fish on the ice jig and I wasted a lot of time trying. The vertical fish wanted the slab spoon near the bottom and just barely twitching it about every 5 seconds. I could not catch any vertical fish that were above 35ft. The vertical fish are very stubborn and you have to have more patients than they do. I kept the boat in 40 to 55 feet of water. Water temp is between 43.5 and 44.5. There are two pictures of the 6.8 LM and the other two pics are the 3lbs and 4lbs LM. So 12 keepers and about 25 total. View full article CONGRATS!!!!.....those are definitely some of the better fish I have seen posted from Table rock in a while, kudos to you!!! Dock-in-it 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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