Fishing Report 05/10

[Troy Gregg]

I hope somebody caught some fish today, because It was TOUGH for me today.... it was a great day of fishing and casting... but not alot of bites.

After about a week of the boat being down, I finally got it fixed and took off from Gage's at right around Noon, and headed way down the long creek arm. I ended up down in Yocum creek and hit spots all the way back to gages. I held the boat in twenty to thirty feet of water for the most part... certain areas I went holding in 10' and flippin to the bank.

First stop... somewhere down in Yocum, couldn't tell you where cause I have no idea . The water is dirty down there.. not stained, not dingy... Dirty. I threw a spinnerbait and had one hit it and that was it... I threw darn near everything I could think of in that dirty water too.... I tried buzzbaits, spooks, grubs, a wiggle wart, a square bill, a jig, and pretty much everything else (minus the Kitchen Sink). I would fish about a 200 yard stretch and idle to a different spot. I fished in flooded sycamore trees, I fished on chunk rock, I even tried a channel swing.

Moved out towards cricket creek marina and the water cleared up a little, but still had a good amount of stain in it. No bites.. Fished along a main lake bank, fished both points going into the pocket and all the way to the back...

Fished another little pocket... I think this one was called Hurt Hollow or something or other... fished both banks and a secondary point... still in high stained water and still no bites to speak of.

I decided to run to clearer water which brought me back into Missouri, I stayed on main lake stuff and started flippin willows and brush and picked up my only fish for the day... a short KY. Jig was the lure. Flipped the jig some more and the shakey head a lil had a few light bites... but nothing I could stick. I swam a grub, and scrubbed a grub as well, had one follow on the swim and the lil punk took my grubs tail and that was the last fish I saw... I fished one more spot before I called it a day and came Home...

I hope you all had better luck than myself, and if you did tell us about it