Oct. 5th Indian Point

[MOBass]

I started late and hit the water about 9:30 at Indian Point. First stop yielded a hand size blue gill from shallow brush on a finess jig, a missed bite off the corner of a dock, and finally a keeper small mouth off the end of a boat ramp. I was pretty sure there were more fish there but just couldn't get them to go.

It felt like spring so I got out all of my traditional spring time baits. 4" grub in watermelon which is a change from my normal milky white, splitshot with a green pumpkin french fry, the jig, and a wiggle wart. I went to one of my favorite spring points and picked up some short smallies on the french fry and missed a few scrubbing the grub. Depth was from 4' out to 25'.

I saw a couple of guys fishing a bank with a white spinner bait picking a few fish so I decided to give it a shot for awhile. No love for me on the spinner other than a short smallie popping it a few times. There was plenty of shad in the bushes and I figured that all I needed was wind. I got some wind and the results didn't change for me and I could still spy guys picking up fish now and again. There was a piece of the spinner bait puzzle missing for me so I had to give it up. The wart didn't treat me much better so back to slower stuff.

With the wind blowing and a little boat traffic I went back to where I started the day and found some brush on the side of a small point. It would prove to be my best stop for keepers. Three cast for two keeper smallies and one keeper K. Smallies on the fry and the K on the grub. I also picked up seveal more short smallies and a few more short Ks. They were stacked up on the brush and with the wind going they were on the feed. Most everything came from 10-15'. They eventually shut off so it was time to move.

I found another piece of brush in the same depth on the side of another point and went to work on it. Same bite with only one keeper but lots of shorts. I worked it over with the jig, grub, and splitshot until they just stopped biting. That let me end on a high note and head for home.

[fisher19]

Mobass, What boat were you in? I was at Indian piont around that time, and I think it was me and my buddy you saw, but if it was we weren't throwing spinnerbaits.