Fish Report 11/3-11/12

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Fished 11/3 to 11/12 more or less from Big Creek area back to Cow Creek vicinity.

Struggled on my usual brownie places around Hwy 13 and Baxter. Moved on to flipping deeper docks with 3/4oz football jigs in the Baxter area. Big jig was better than the little round head jigs (reaction bite?). Decent bite there for blacks on the docks until the lake kept dropping, tapered off around Monday/Tuesday for me. Some nice fish, but a lot of work, as docks always are. Best docks were on chunk rock banks or points, about 30-50' on the fronts. Fish were mostly 10-20', a few shallower early in the week on walkways. Lots of shorts later in the week fishing a shakey head in same places. Could not catch them pitching the spoon in the slips. Still working on that. Also did not do well on docks on gravel.

As that bite died, moved on to deep ends of flats, 20-35', in the Indians dragging the same FB, also fishing "nothing" looking secondary points in 15-30' with the jig. Decent there, but not fantastic. Little bit of an early morning redfin bite on bluff ends and swings, probably tried it too much.

Found some deep kentuckies and whites on 11/4, finally went back to them on 11/12. Around Point #9, 40-60' on a white spoon, kind of off to the sides of the tops of the high spots. As I just saw Bill mention in a catch-up read (man, I need a lap top to take to the lake), I could not see the fish on the graph. They were smack on the bottom, but very aggressive. Did not necessarily have bait around them, which was a new experience for me. Stuck some nice 15-16" whites, no whites less than 12", and a few decent kentuckies.

Learned a lot, fished a lot of water I do not normally (and may not again). I learn more about this lake when I am not on fish and have to really work at it.

Lowlights:

Cell phone preventing me from hooking up with troutgnat. Sorry Darren.

My brownies abandoning me.

Highlights:

Discovering that the BPS Speedo Craw is a flat awesome FB jig trailer, esp in W'melon Red and their "swirly" PB&J colors. Really stay on the jig and swims/flaps well.

Not hitting the peacock that flew in front of me on H highway going to Baxter . Did not realize until then how similar peacocks and turkeys are (feeding together that morning).

Putting a face and a handshake with all of our own Bill Babler's great posts and info at Ma's on Wednesday. Also watching him clean about a million white bass at the Schooner Creek dock . So you want to get paid to fish...