Shoal Creek 8-24-08

[Buzz]

I took a few hours this fine Sunday afternoon to do a little bank/wade fishing near the house. After fighting my way through the undergrowth, I started out with the old trusty spinnerbait. I only got one hit but it was a good one.

The next fish came from an undercut bank and slammed the buzzbait.

I threw it for a while in a few different places but only had a few short strikes. I then switched to a wooly hawgtail and caught 1 smallmoth of about 13 inches and 2 more short largemouths.

I decided to go back to where I caught the fish on the buzzbait and see if I could coax any more fish out with the hawgtail. First cast I caught another nice one. I caught 4 fish on five casts with the last being the big old crappie. All of the fish were very healthy and full of fight.

Buzz

[fishinSWMO]

Looks like you found a good honey hole! Those are some healthy

looking fish for sure. I caught some bass out of the creek

on thursday, but mine were all less than 12inches.

Fishin

[Buzz]

That little section always holds fish, but at different times of the year they are at different spots. Today is the first time to catch any on that particular bank, although I'd always suspected them to be there. Usually in April and May I can catch a lot of pre-spawner's along the banks if we don't have too much rain. I was really surprised to catch that big crappie. I haven't caught any on the creek for a long time.

What stretch of the creek have you been fishin' ?

Buzz

[fishinSWMO]

Buzz,

I do a lot of quick wade trips close to the house to save on gas money. Where the creek runs by old scenic and hickory road t's off, is my closest put in. I went down river from there the other day and had to swim thru a couple spots. This year has been a change with all the water we got earlier, the creek moves along pretty well.

fishin

[RSBreth]

Nice report.

It's always nice to have a spot close by to fish.

[Buzz]

Thanks RSBreth, It is nice being close to a great creek such as Shoal Creek.

Fishin', I know where you are talking about. We usually fish that stretch down several times a year, it's one of my favorites. The biggest changes on the creek for me is the deeper holes that you used to be able to wade through, even if it was near the bank, are much tougher to get through. A lot of the old trees are gone and places that didn't have any are piled up. I do think all of the rain may have helped by flushing the creek out a little bit. It sure hasn't hurt the fishing. I guess I'm not used to the creek being at what should be it's normal level.

Buzz

[CDC]

Those look like some nice fish.

Fishin, I know that place too but I haven't fished that stretch of river this year. I plan on making it up there in the next week or two.

[Chief Grey Bear]

Nice job Buzz. Did you get those by the bridges or the old dairy farm?

Didn't do very well at Bushwhacker but the boy's had a great time. The water was what I would call tea colored. Clear but dark colored. Caught a few bass and perch and one crappie while trolling to another spot. But like I said the two boys had a great time and are roaring to go agian.