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OK, well I have 14 staying now. Myself Wounded One Phil and Duane Johnsfolly Griz Stinger160 Terrierman +2 Little Red Billethead JestersHK Jdecoudre $1350 for the total, so we're at about $100 each for 3 nights. We have 2 places, which means 2 refridges and stoves, keep that in mind when you are stowing food that is perishable, no need to stuff it all in one fridge.
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I have plenty of utensils/plates/cups, just picked them up at Sams. I also got ketchup, mustard, cole slaw, tabasco sauce, napkins and a couple of cases of water. A couple of loaves of bread and some lunch meat. Probably not enough lunchmeat if everyone packs a sandwich, so if people want to bring lunch fixings (for out on the water), might be a good idea.
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TR and Beaver are not bad walleye fisheries. Certainly not easy fisheries, but good quality fish are there. 18" minimum limit helps I believe.
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You channeling your inner Spock?
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Yeah darn front will probably change things. Hopefully for the better.
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I can't think of anything else we need food-wise, but if anyone thinks of anything, chime in.
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Went over to Indian Creek early in the AM and fished with Mike M. Early it was flat calm, as you can see from the pic. That's when the fish were biting. The smallies were hitting jigs and there was top water action, mostly stripers but a few black bass also. We caught the smallies dragging 1/2 oz football jigs with craw or twin tailed grubs dragging them in 5 - 20 FOW. Once the wind picked up, and it really started blowing, the bite slowed down. We totaled about 15 bass, mostly smallies, but a couple of spots and one largemouth. One smallie went about 3 lbs., the rest were in the 12-16" range. I had two stripers blow up on a pencil popper, one was a huge explosion, but he missed the popper, had another blowup, just felt a tick, but he didn't get enough of the lure. Saw one boat fishing for striper that came in a bit later after the wind picked up, he was in the right area, don't know if he caught any. Saw water temps from 57-59, given the forecast that won't last. Quite a few eagles back in Indian if anyone wants to do some eagle watching, that's not a bad place to go. Saw some turkeys too. -
Went over to Indian Creek early in the AM and fished with Mike M. Early it was flat calm, as you can see from the pic. That's when the fish were biting. The smallies were hitting jigs and there was top water action, mostly stripers but a few black bass also. We caught the smallies dragging 1/2 oz football jigs with craw or twin tailed grubs dragging them in 5 - 20 FOW. Once the wind picked up, and it really started blowing, the bite slowed down. We totaled about 15 bass, mostly smallies, but a couple of spots and one largemouth. One smallie went about 3 lbs., the rest were in the 12-16" range. I had two stripers blow up on a pencil popper, one was a huge explosion, but he missed the popper, had another blowup, just felt a tick, but he didn't get enough of the lure. Saw one boat fishing for striper that came in a bit later after the wind picked up, he was in the right area, don't know if he caught any. Saw water temps from 57-59, given the forecast that won't last. Quite a few eagles back in Indian if anyone wants to do some eagle watching, that's not a bad place to go. Saw some turkeys too. This post has been promoted to an article
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No problem, $1375 total and it looks like 15 right now. We could make it $100 each, and that would cover it and leave a $125 tip.
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Buzz-Bait fish, I am jealous!
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Congrats!
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Fished with my buddy Mike today, wish I could give a report with lots of fish catching, but it was a bit slow. I did catch 8 smallmouth, 3 of them were right around keeper size, the rest shorts. All the fish were in one cove on a shelf rock bank with scattered trees. They liked a 3/8 Nutech jig with a twin tail grub trailer. They were aggressive, hit hard, no doubt when they grabbed that jig, but it was only on that one stretch of bank. Fished some other, similar banks with Ned and jig and nothing doing. Weird day to catch some smallies but not one spot or largemouth. I think the green dudes are still out deep. There was some scattered top water activity mid-channel, but hardly worth chasing. Had a good one come off close to the boat. Mike had a tough day, he had one good bite and that was it. I'll needle him about it next time out, but thought it was a good idea to keep quiet about it on the way home.
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Yeah that's funny, they must have some really old people working there. They'll probably claim Washington crossed the Delaware in one of their boats.
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I'm not familiar with that end of the lake, but I have found that many of the COE parks on the lake have quite a bit of shore access. You may have to scramble around a bit on the rocks, and duck through some bushes, but I bet you can find enough bank to stay busy. Personally, I'd throw a Ned, not going to cost you much when you get hung up and have to break off, and you should be able to get a bass or two (assuming that is what you are targeting). I'd look for deep water close to shore to fish. Water is down some now which helps.
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If my memory is correct, I believe last winter they took it down to about 906 or so. I don't know if that is normal policy or not, but it would not surprise me to see it down there again this year.
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Just took a look at the level chart, it's dropped almost a foot in the last week.
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Just took a look at the forecast, everyone be sure and bring your warm jammies as there's a cold front coming in. Doesn't look to be any frozen precipitation, just cold.
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Thanks for the tip Thumbs!
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Don't worry about it, the $80 was an estimate based on what we had. Pretty much figured we might lose a person or two. Sorry you can't make it, maybe we'll see you next time!
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I've caught a few 3 lb. smalls back in Indian, but never any monsters. I've gotten a couple on the point by the bluff at the entrance of Honey creek, but never did well further back in that cove, but it has always looked good back there. Once I get back in Indian, I can spend the whole day in there, so much fishy looking cover to work through, but it's never easy to catch a bunch.
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There's stripers that will spend all winter in Indian creek. A couple of them are probably swimming around with one of my jerkbaits in their jaws from a few years ago.
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I can only tell you what I observed in the Indian creek area, but it appeared to me that the stripers were keyed on very small, 1-2" shad. There's lots of shad, but they aren't balled up, they are scattered and all over the place. I could certainly be wrong, but if I was going to chase them again using minnows, I might downsize (smaller minnows than brooders), and fish them only a few feet deep under a float. I would also try small spoons like a Kastmaster, and maybe small marabou jigs or grubs on a ball head. The fish are very spooky in that clear water, you have to be stealthy, if I was trolling I'd have my baits way back behind the boat.
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Very clear around the dam, 10 feet of viz maybe, that's just an estimate, but it is pretty clear. Back in Indian the water is more of a stained green, maybe 5 feet of viz.
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Got out Sunday morning, really nice day, very little wind and warming up as the day went on. There was striper activity right out in front of the Indian creek ramp and all around that area. Scattered fish coming up on top, and from what I could tell they were chasing fairly small shad as in 1-2" shad. I spent probably a good hour and a half chasing those things, but they would not touch anything I threw. Water is very clear in that area, fish were spooky, very tough to get within casting distance even with the TM set at low, I could get some close to the boat if I slowly approached them, and then let the boat drift in, but still could not get them to eat anything. If I could do it all over again, I'd bring some small spoons, grubs, and marabou jigs and give them a shot. Anyway, if you're looking for stripers they are there at the mouth of Indian. Gave up on the stripers and went back in Indian to chase smallies, which was my reason for launching there. Never did find much of a bite, caught 3 smallies in the 12-14" range on jigs and Ned. Caught a nice walleye (released) pictured above, I was swimming a jig back to the boat when he hit it. I'm also pretty sure I had another good one on earlier that got off. I believe that if a person went back in Indian and worked a swim jig with a paddle tail trailer around the rocks and trees you have a decent chance at putting a good walleye or two in the boat. It's not going to be a numbers game, and you're going to have to fish hard, but the opportunity is there. I might give it another shot later this week and target some walleye (maybe I'll catch a good smallie if I chase wallies ). -
Dang, last time I was there, Jigfest before last years, they were running too much water.
