Fishing Report

[Trav]

I was out from 10:30am until about 3pm today. Focused mainly on bass. Last weekends draw down has the Lower looking like a dirty toilet.

The shallow bite is pretty much shut down since all the coves and inlets are full of stained water. So I mucked it on the main lake trying to find clear water. Picked up a couple sports dragging deep divers along bluffs. Got a couple more with a top water off a couple points. Did run into some whites. Picked up a few before they managed to shake me.

Seven fish in five hours. I had to work hard for them. Never did quite get a pattern going.

[fishbobber]

welcome back. I look forward to the lower lake reports.

[patfish]

Glad you're back on the water Trav. Always enjoy the reports.

I haven't been fishing since June 23rd! Major depression has set in....

Think I'll go curl up in a corner and cry now.

[laker67]

Welcome back out the lake Trav!

[Trav]

Thanx guys.

I dont know about depression setting in, but I was starting to have some serious anger management issues.

I might have to cut back to three days a week, instead of five with the price of Gas though. Better than nothing though!

[bigredbirdfan]

Just eat some bubblegum powerbait and you'll feel better.

[Troy Gregg]

Trav,

I havn't been out on Lower taney a bunch per say, but the few times we have been out, we havn't been able to put a pattern to the bass at all. I am beginning to think they all got swept over the dam We have tried up in Bull and that is where we found the biggest concentration... I even tried my # 1 topwater cove and there was one bass that I saw, with no takers... the cove was full of gar as well. I snagged one with the ultralight for a lil fun .

The Bass have just really fooled me this summer. We have found a few, just nothing like we have done in years past. Trav, what do you think the deal is?

[Trav]

To be honost, you probably hit the nail on the head. The floods pushed them out. Before march, I had tons of gills under my dock, not a one now.

I have a feeling the next couple years are going to be rebuilding years. As a Miami Dolphin fan, I am getting pretty used to it. Ha!

I will be interested in how many browns make it to the ladder this winter. I have only caught one since the floods in march and it was a little 20 incher. I have pretty much given up on them.

The lake should rebound pretty good though. There were alot of fish that dumped in from Table Rock as well. I expect that in a few years, the diversity spectrum should improve greatly.