McguirePat

Sorry for the busted day but helps me feel better about my decision not to drive all the way down there because of this weekend's forecast. maybe next weekend? -Pat

Good to hear, I'll be there in the morning! and then say "should have been here yesterday" story of my life.

Actually pretty good size. We were saying maybe some crickets next trip? They were all over the state brush piles.

Got busy when I got home but for what it’s worth: Summer pattern is aways hard for us this weekend wasn’t any different. We fished the first 3-4 hours a day and picked up 5-6 SM and Spots each morning. Tried drop shotting some live night crawlers for walleye but just fed bream and channel cats. Hear are the best of the few.

Oh man I can’t get back down there for a couple weeks 😞

Being a “weekender” and not often as I would like at that. I don’t get to contribute much but here’s what we did over a windy weekend. Put in at daylight Lost Bridge and fished that area a couple hours before deciding to get to our dock Rocky Branch area before it got ugly that turned out to be a good decision. Then trying to avoid heavy wind we fished pockets and coves the rest of Saturday. hard to fish a Ned in that wind so we went with a heavier tube. Nothing on Warts or Rock Crawlers. Ended up with 6 shorts and one barely 15” all spots. Sunday we took back to Indian Creek before wind got heavy. Same baits for same reason 8 on the day with one 17” smallmouth and a couple other that were close to keeper length. 2-3 chunky spots as well. We really didn’t see any beds but it was hard in the wind most of the time.

I follow several post of those chasing the top water action. Yesterday Rocky Branch area was scattered. Saw several short blow ups that looked like stripers but only managed to be close to the ones containing white bass. Good size whites though 👍🏻

Great report! Thanks

Scattered action across from rocky branch this morning. Broke off the only bite I got. Chased them around for about an hour lots of fun. Need to get me an Evergreen

No surface activity around Rocky Branch that I saw this morning. Resorted to short spots on a ned rig.

Keep them on top! I’ll be back next weekend for 4 days. 👍🏻

Rolled in Friday night and down to the dock at dawn Saturday morning to Shad all over the dock fish busting 50 yards away! (Slowest boat lift drop ever!!!!) no giants but plenty of fun and lasted long enough to call in reinforcements. Sunday morning no show managed a few spots and smallmouth. Monday linesides were back for a short run. Great weekend fishing and family!

Great post and pictures! Good news is my girl is now 24 and all that is still the same!!!! Don’t ever let it go.

Headed south in the morning. We plant to hit Table Rock first and unless we really do well there we're headed to Beaver Saturday in hopes of top water stripers! Will report in Saturday. With pics fingers crossed.