Fishrman Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 Fished the Kings Sat. from about 5:45 am to 11:00. All in all had a great day, only caught 3 keepers, but caught fish all day long. Started out by burning a spinnerbait on bluff banks really shallow, my boat was almost on shore. Fished from Viola to Akin Back. At Akin Back started catching them flipping a Stacey King finesse jig. Probably caught in the vicinity of 25 total for the day. Water was 82 degrees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassman1308 Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 We Fished Kings saturday evening till midnight. Threw SB for 20 min. around dark just below jackes, nothing. Spent the rest of the time from viola dock to the island and ended up with 2 keepers about 3 1/2 lbs each. We had several non keeps but generally a pretty slow night. Not as much boat traffic though so that made it more enjoyable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishrman Posted August 26, 2008 Author Share Posted August 26, 2008 bassman What were you catching your night fish on? I don't night fish much at all, but it gives me and idea of what to do early in the morning. By the way, I did catch some fish on a buzzbait, I forgot to mention that in my report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Champ188 Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 Also fished the Kings area Saturday, launching at Viola around 9:30 a.m. and fishing til 6 p.m. Caught some shorts flipping jigs around docks and dragging FB jigs around points. Did eventually catch eight keepers but all of those came between SK bridge and Big Creek. Again, FB jig was the ticket but the fish weren't deep ... 10-18 feet. Used a half-ounce FB jig in watermelon candy with the Zoom Creepy Crawler trailer. Did hit a keeper grand slam ... SJ, KY, LM and 3.5-pound MM. Would like to have weighed in that sack in a tournament just for novelty purposes. Best five went 13-14 pounds. Not a big sack obviously, but not bad for getting started late and you don't often see all four species in a five-fish tournament sack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rps Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 I realize that fishing up lake the odds of a meanmouth are reduced. Having said that, I hope to catch one someday soon, just to see what they are like in person. Does anyone have good photos of an example? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gone Fishing Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 I know Don had a nice picture of one awhile back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members HeavyC Posted August 27, 2008 Members Share Posted August 27, 2008 I know Don had a nice picture of one awhile back. Correct, I did see that on his website. Maybe I can hook into one this week! Leaving Colorado tomorrow so this is your warning! I am on my way! HC Out! "Imagine reaching for an apple on a tree and having your hand suddenly impaled by a metal hook that drags you—the whole weight of your body pulling on that one hand—out of the air and into an atmosphere in which you cannot breathe. This is what fish experience when they are hooked for “sport.” - Does this make us sportsmen? - HC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Champ188 Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 Wish I had used my cellphone and took a picture of the one I caught Saturday. It was a pretty one ... shaped like a KY but with smallmouth coloring and markings. It was raining at the time and I had put my phone away. Hope you catch one soon, too, rps. Don't tell anyone (lol) but this particular one was on the first secondary point on the right at the mouth of Big Creek. Maybe you can catch him. He seems to like WMC football jigs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassman1308 Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 Fisherman: All the fish were caught on salty craws, neon black. steep banks. Sounds like I should have been using the wm jig. Champ figured them out pretty good. Are you still running the burg / white R 93 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishrman Posted August 28, 2008 Author Share Posted August 28, 2008 Yes, still running the same boat, but have upgraded electronics. Need to sell it, but hate to. Thanks for the reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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