Fishing Report 4/15

[Phil Lilley]

Bill took me and denjac out this afternoon... great day for fishing!

I'll let Bill do the report.

Here are the pics-

[FRENZEL]

couple of toads! I disn't fair quite as well this morning.! We had to quit by 10 and the wind was just coming on! Blah figures!

[Bill Babler]

Had a taney trip this AM but kept in touch with the boys upstairs, and most reported very cool water, little wind and a extremely slow bite from daylight till about 11 oclock.

Dennis told me if I would show him some stuff on the stick he would let me in on how he is swimming his grub. Thought we were going to do it tomorrow but booked a full day for menyona, so Denny, Phil and I headed out at 1:30 out of the Little Indian.

Dennis, true to his word, had a stickbait and a 4 inch grub hooked up and ready to feed. I picked the first spot, and we swam a grub on some steep gravel, and got a big zero. Dennis had fished all morning and was only able to come up with a couple, during the slow period.

Next spot was a compilation of mine and Dennis, and we captured 4 keepers, including the big Jaw in the photo. 1 on the grub, and 3 on the stick.

Next spot a little wind on a ledge main creek rolloff and Phil started us out with two nice keepers, and a couple of swings and misses. I then caught 6 straight and then Phil snared another one, and Dennis grabbed another grub fish. He put down the grub and picked up the McStick, but that was it for that location.

Very similar location with trying to keep the boat in about 20 ft. I caught 3 toad keepers on the expensive stickbait and the boys thought it was time to move on.

Couple of no-go's due to no wind and we landed in a big creek, south of the dam. About the third cast, I caught a small K, and then Denny made the day by capturing that 5 pound 7 oz LM. Swimming his white grub. He was making me a believer, now. He had also caught one over 5 on it last night.

Great work with the grub, being very patient and just letting it ride. Phil then caught one of the very nice 3 pound plus K's I am holding and we preceeded to catch 4 more all keepers on that bank. I guess I caught them.

Next location, a large cove point and timbered channel swing bank with some breeze on it. I have pretty much been plowing them here and it continued this evening, with Phil catching 4 Denny Catching 4 and me catching, Well lets just say a couple. Most all over 3 pounds looking like clones, in green and white. That is except for the 4.7 pound K I am admiring in one f the photo's. Sweet!! it liked stickbait meat.

You can add the 4 hr. swa-ray up to see the numbers, but the best deal was the best 5 at a shade over 20 pounds with a 5.7-LM, a 4-SMJ, a 4.7-K and 2 more 3.7 pound K's. Gently weighed them and sent them back to the maturnity ward.

Surface temps averaged about 53 saw some water warmer and some a bit cooler. Wind and keeping the boat in the right location is the key, along with speed control on your lure.

Great afternoon on the water with two good friends.

Good Luck out there.

[Phil Lilley]

Pretty much right on. The one thing we looked for was wind. If it got calm, we didn't get bit. Wind and the right kind of bank- inside a point on a 30-45 degree slope.

I didn't take a pic of each keeper Bill and Kenny caught... I wanted to keep fishing.

[Phil Lilley]

First 2 pics are the same K.

[Champ188]

I must say that the obscenely obese K in that last picture particularly compliments Bill's new "leaner and meaner" figure.

A fine trip and great report, boys.

[denjac]

Had a great time with tough conditions. If they wind woulda blew no telling how we would have done. The stick way outpreformed the grub. But the grub caught the money fish. Had a great time. Fishing with friends and for fun,doesnt get any better.

[Whack'emGood]

Way to go guys... Thanks for the report. Nothing like fishing with good friends... and catching with good friends is even better!

Whack'em

[dtrs5kprs]

Wow...will the stick ever quit this year? It's like we're trapped in March. Am getting antsy for the soft stuff to fire up, heading for Kimberling on Tues.

[zzjonze]

Wow!! Great fish Guys

ZZ