Long Creek / Dam Trip April 1st

[Don House]

Had one of those hoo daddy days on the Water with one of my doctor clients and his wife.. We started out of Big Cedar around 9:00am in the Long Creek Arm, ran right across the lake to the first creek and found it to be slow in the morning, dead calm winds and blue bird skys not a good thing!!

Started fishing with a split shot rig and a 4" Watermelon Cotton Candy French Fry and a Green Pumpkin Fish Doctor. Found smaller fish in the backs of the creek arms off of the main lake, we ended up about 3/4 of the way back into the creek arms and it seemed all fish were right on the bottom in 15 - 20 feet.. Here was the key for this type of fishing, all of the fish were hanging on the left front corner of the docks on the flats or right in the mouths of the spawning flats.. That bite lasted about 3 hours or until the clouds started to move in and the wind did blow!!!

In a matter of 15 mins we went from no wind to well over 30 plus MPH winds on the main lake! We moved right over to the wind blown banks in the creek arms of Big Indian and started throwing a 3/8 jig head with a 5" grub in smoke and gold flake.. Fish were just waiting to kill this bait as it swam by! Any bank with big waves crashing into the banks had the fish just loaded on it.. This went on until well after 4:00pm with alot of very large fat keeper spots just flat eating this guy.. We had a 15" spotted bass that went well over 2 plus pounds, just fat and really eating good!

Trick was to keep the bait moving along the bottom and watching the rod tip for the bite.. I would get two small light ticks then I could watch the rod load up, we never stop reeling in the bait or jerking when we felt the bite, we just allowed the fish to do all of the work! Really great day for sure now we did have just a few fish on the stickbait in the wind but the grub is what they wanted for the big guys to start eating..

Good Fishing Everyone!!

Don House

[Jason Essary]

Don, were u fishing Big Indian around Indian Point? I was out till 4 around the area. Didnt have the luck u did but i didnt really get on a bank the wind was crashing against. Did find the fish eating a grub.

[Don House]

Don, were u fishing Big Indian around Indian Point? I was out till 4 around the area. Didnt have the luck u did but i didnt really get on a bank the wind was crashing against. Did find the fish eating a grub.

Coyote, Yes I was in Indian Creek as a matter of fact, Stayed in the Big Indian arm most of the time, about 1/2 to 3/4 back in the AM then left . But we ended up coming back into that area once the wind really got out of control! That is when the fish were just going to town, just like Mr. B did today with his post had to have the wind to get bit really good! I know I should have went back out today.. Next two days will suck bad with High sky's and calm days..

See you out there

Don

[snakem]

Had one of those hoo daddy days on the Water with one of my doctor clients and his wife.. We started out of Big Cedar around 9:00am in the Long Creek Arm, ran right across the lake to the first creek and found it to be slow in the morning, dead calm winds and blue bird skys not a good thing!!

Started fishing with a split shot rig and a 4" Watermelon Cotton Candy French Fry and a Green Pumpkin Fish Doctor. Found smaller fish in the backs of the creek arms off of the main lake, we ended up about 3/4 of the way back into the creek arms and it seemed all fish were right on the bottom in 15 - 20 feet.. Here was the key for this type of fishing, all of the fish were hanging on the left front corner of the docks on the flats or right in the mouths of the spawning flats.. That bite lasted about 3 hours or until the clouds started to move in and the wind did blow!!!

In a matter of 15 mins we went from no wind to well over 30 plus MPH winds on the main lake! We moved right over to the wind blown banks in the creek arms of Big Indian and started throwing a 3/8 jig head with a 5" grub in smoke and gold flake.. Fish were just waiting to kill this bait as it swam by! Any bank with big waves crashing into the banks had the fish just loaded on it.. This went on until well after 4:00pm with alot of very large fat keeper spots just flat eating this guy.. We had a 15" spotted bass that went well over 2 plus pounds, just fat and really eating good!

Trick was to keep the bait moving along the bottom and watching the rod tip for the bite.. I would get two small light ticks then I could watch the rod load up, we never stop reeling in the bait or jerking when we felt the bite, we just allowed the fish to do all of the work! Really great day for sure now we did have just a few fish on the stickbait in the wind but the grub is what they wanted for the big guys to start eating..

Good Fishing Everyone!!

Don House

CAP DON I did not know you had a fish cooker and a filet knife in your boat as you said that 2#plus kt. was eating good

Snakem Out. Good report.