Lake And Tailrace 7-10pm, 7-11am

[mofisher]

We put in at Osage Bluff about 6:00 pm in search of Whites. The water was 81.5 degrees. We found them busting on shad but we couldn't find anything to get them to hit on. We tried shad raps, thin fins, sliders, and a bunch of others but no luck. Pulled out at 9:30 pm. The ramp was usable and the courtesy dock was in. The street light was out so finding the dock was a bit of a challenge. We then went to the Headwaters Inn to get a bit of sleep. Buck and Inez have a nice motel. While it is a bit outdated, it is clean, has plug-ins, a lighted cleaning station, and two double beds for $40 a night can't be beat.

The next morning we put in downtown Warsaw and went up stream. They were running a lot of water. Finally we found a few largemouth, crappie, and drum. I had a few light bites jigging at the thermocline but the fishing is pretty tough. There is also a major mayfly hatch. If you hit a tree they fly off and get all over the the boat. I saw a truck under a light at a dealership that was white with a nice thick mayfly carpet on the roof. We pulled out around 10:30am and went and had a good breakfast at the Rusty Skillet before heading south.

[shaker]

Glad to hear someone else likes to fish for some of my favorite fish too! I've had excellent luck with Vibric Rooster tails, 1/4 oz size, kind of hard to find most of the time I order them from BPS. Have had good luck with Luckey Strike 2 1/4 inch swimmin' minnow using a yellow charteuse jig head with a white body, usually 1/4 oz head, but at times 1/8 and 3/8 work too. If you can find them around Warsaw I've done well with a 5/8 oz. jigging spoon, the one I'm talking about is oval in shape with a bevel on one side. I don't jig it but cast it out and retreive at whatever speed works best at that time, this spoon comes through the water with the usual side to side motion, but the bevel on the bottom causes it to have a nice roll to it at the same time, it can be a killer, favorite color, yellow charteuse head, white body with a bit of bucktail tied on a no. 2 treble. I've been working on some smaller swim baits too, sometimes good and sometimes not, but a go to bait when the big hybrids show up, favorite colors? yellow chart. head and white body, sometimes a all charteuse jig and body. Hope this helps some. Good Luck!

[sportshop]

i know this mofisher fella and he couldnt catch cold running naked in the snow, so im not sure how good a report this may be. hi brian

[mofisher]

Can too Bill. I've been sick a lot this past winter.

Thanks a lot Shaker for the pointers. I will definitely get up to BPS and do some shopping before the next trip. I am learning that the whites can sure be finicky. What you caught a bunch with last trip may or may not work this trip. Odd being they are still feeding on the same old shad.

[shaker]

10-4 on the finicky whites, they never cease to amaze me, but if you do nothing else but pick up some Vibric Rooster tails they will help you a lot. When you see them you will notice that they are made different that any other inline spinner, the shaft runs through the blade and the body is offset to eliminate line twist, you will also see a mylar tape on the blade, this I remove to allow the blade to spin more freely. The originals didn't have this, but in last few years Wordens have been putting these on, look better in the store I guess. Just make sure they are "Vibric" 1/4 oz, white works best for me. Good Luck!

[sportshop]

10-4 on the finicky whites, they never cease to amaze me, but if you do nothing else but pick up some Vibric Rooster tails they will help you a lot. When you see them you will notice that they are made different that any other inline spinner, the shaft runs through the blade and the body is offset to eliminate line twist, you will also see a mylar tape on the blade, this I remove to allow the blade to spin more freely. The originals didn't have this, but in last few years Wordens have been putting these on, look better in the store I guess. Just make sure they are "Vibric" 1/4 oz, white works best for me. Good Luck!

[sportshop]

shaker, you said that those vibronics dont twist your line, have you trolled them? roostertails dont twist too bad until you troll them then they make an absolute mess.

[shaker]

Don't know don't troll. But they might work if you don't troll too fast.