Finley Park

[OzarkFishman]

I hit the park yesterday (4/29) and today. Only for a total of 1.5 hours over the 2 days. I caught 4 largemouth, none with great size, but still fun. All caught on a 1/16 ounce jig with natural colors (smoke, green, and black/silver). Missed a few bites, but a good time none the less.

Water looks good above the spillway, but is up below.

OzarkFishman

[smallmouthjoe]

Seeing your report really makes me want to hit the park. I'm all bogged down with finials this weekend but maybe i can find sometime next week. Thanks for the report.

[OzarkFishman]

With the water being up a couple feet yesterday, I took my lure and swam it over vegetation that I had seen a couple days earlier when the water was down. Only one taker, but my biggest yet at Finley Park. The fish had some good fight and took my 4# P-Line Floroclear into some brush, but the flourocarbon coating held up like a champ.

OzarkFishman

[smallmouthjoe]

What your you using? I'm thinking about buying a pack of frogs to swim over the vegetation. I never used frogs before but I think it will work.

[OzarkFishman]

I've just been swimming soft plastics on a 1/16 oz jighead. Same as on any body of water, vary the speed until you find what works.

As for frogs, I would say they would definately work. I plan on trying them out there this summer. The lily pads should make it a perfect scenario for frogs.

Sometimes, you even get into some nice crappie on Finley.

PLEASE PRACTICE CATCH AND RELEASE!!

OzarkFishman

[RSBreth]

Hey, nice Crappie. You can catch some in our area rivers, but most folks don't know about them. I don't know how many times I've caught a couple out of the slow slack water around a down tree in Bull Creek, but most don't think that's possible, either.

[smallmouthjoe]

There used to be a nice crappie hole about 1/2 mile up from the 1-60 bridge. The biggest crappie I've ever caught came from that hole. The last time I checked though there were no crappie to be found. I guess someone decided to have a fish fry.