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Rain on the radar scared me away. Couple of early top water fish caught by Ken and his BIL.

Talked to Ken today who went out this morning with a buddy of his. They boated one they estimated at 20 Lbs. and broke off another on a mishandled netting that they think went 30 or more. On top water baits. Top water bite ended fairly quickly. Best to get out there early and hope you find them soon, at least if you want to catch them on top.

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Wondering that myself. They've were running water out of Beaver non-stop before the gauge went down which may account for a part of the rise.

There's some in the area around the dam. I like to go on calm mornings and look for top water activity to locate them. I don't think that the bulk of the fish are in the dam area however. There are certainly enough to fish for, but I'd bet there are more somewhere else on the lake.

Fished out of my friend Ken's boat today. Some stripers were coming up early, but by 0730 or thereabouts it was over. Ken's son Kellan (Not sure if I spelled it correctly), caught one good striper and 3 smaller ones. His dad and I did not do so good, we picked up a few smallmouth. I had a couple of striper blowups, but could not connect. Kellan's striper blew up on his topwater, missed it the first time, but came back and exploded on it the 2nd time and the fight was on. It made my day just to see that fish blow up like it did.

Nice fish! I have a buddy that is camping at Indian for a few days and I plan to go with him one day while he is there. We'll be looking for a top water striper bite.

The bad fishing karma Dutch and I encountered Wednesday must have moved your way.

Ohio has a law on cheating for sports. If it involves more than a $1,000 then it is a class V felony. They pleaded to the charge and won the felony conviction prize. They also lost their fishing license for 3 years which is the maximum under Ohio law. Here's the statute if anyone cares to peruse it. Section 2915.05 - Ohio Revised Code | Ohio Laws

I believe they won the boat in a tourney. Or they won another boat and traded it for that Ranger. But they are now convicted felons and get to deal with the consequences.

That's Ron. We call that spot "Ron's House". I know someone else that talked to him yesterday. Small world. 😃 I might have a Spook tied on next time, or a buzzer.

Did not see the other one. I bet you are right, snagged while spoonbill snagging.

118# Big head carp. OK state record. Caught in Neosho river near Miami OK. Got it from a Facebook post, so not official as far as I know.

It was tougher out there than an Oklahoma pork chop. It is fun to get out there and fish, but the fish could've been a little more cooperative.

Where is this lake? HAHA, just kidding - That fish is a biggun!

Thanks for posting that PDF.

So much so that they spawned on the transom and motor today. A bunch of them were spawning on the bank, and had my own personal shad school following me around. You'd think that I would've really smacked the bass, but I caught only about a dozen spots early on the Surge Shad before the bite ended once the sun came over the hill. Had a few opportunities with bigger fish, but could not stick them, and had a good one break off due to a bad spot in the line. Tried a Whopper Plopper for a bit and they would not touch it. After the shad spawn bite died off, I moved around to different spots and picked up a few more, but never got into them again. Could not get anything going with the Ned or the Keitech. Left at 11 AM, bunch of shad around the Big M dock too when I left. WT 69 when I launched.

Are both reels doing it on the same rod? If so, I'd think it would be something with the rod. Trying to think of where I have had rod tip vibration, can't think of it ever happening. Might check the rod tip insert.

I think they all migrated up the White river arm.

A bit of a Surge Shad bite this AM, scattered fish, some were out as deep as 40 feet, but my best one came right off the front of a laydown. Early they bit it pretty good and held on, but later in the AM, they'd swirl and slap at it, but wouldn't touch it. Got pretty windy about 9 or 10 and that put them down for the most part. Got a few spotted bass on the ned rig. Caught 16, with 4 keepers. WT was 66 when I first put in.

That is one fat fish!

That is a nice smalls!

I bet you were the only boat on the lake. 😀

Nothing wrong with catching 2 lbers on top.