Thanksgiving Weekend?

[gitnby]

Anyone want to predict any patterns for the next few days?

Looks like nice weather, and that's usually not a good thing!

I'm thinkin deep? Spoons, drop shots and grubs.

Maybe FB jig for some smallies?

[MOBass]

I'm debating about going to Table Rock. If I do I'll have a Eakin's style jig, a drop shot, football jig, and a spoon tied on. Jig around the docks, drop shot for bridge pillings and any fish I mark deep, spoon if I find a slug of shad on the graph or what I found last time which was scales and shad bits floating. If it looks like glitter on the water follow the trail and drop a spoon on it.

[Whack'emGood]

We're going Friday.

1) Jig

2) Grub

3) Crankbait - maybe, if we get any wind.

Rolloffs, ledges, mid-depth trees will be our plan-- and then when that doesn't work... we'll figure it out from there.

Good luck everyone and Happy Thanksgiving!

Whack'em

[motoman]

Aaawwwww dang! I'll guess; spoon, crankbait, spinnerbait, jig. Not necessarily in that order.

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Everyone be sure to post a report when you get back in! Since I can't get out, I LOVE reading the reports.

[Sam]

what I found last time which was scales and shad bits floating. If it looks like glitter on the water follow the trail and drop a spoon on it.

I look for those too - areas of floating scales and shad parts, and sometimes a trail of bubbles. In my experience that's usually the aftermath of a white bass feeding frenzy, but black bass are often down below it too, picking up the pieces and dead minnows. Either way, a spoon's the ticket.

[brownieman]

Same way with shad in lakes...

Gulls hitting the water are generally the first indicator. Birds, fish, whatever their food source is they follow it...smarter than us in their world so we follow them, lol.

IMO the whites blow the shad and while they are exausting their energy killing and injuring shad the big old hybids often are below or close by to pick up on the injured, parts, whatever is left.

I don't feel there are many species of big fish (besides spoonbill and they move constantly and slowly to filter plankton) that wear themslves out chasing small baitfish around.

My opinion is that's why muskie take on avereage several hours on the water for a hook up. IMO they feed big and for a short period then sit, digest and watch all the youngins wear theit butts out...then take advantage of the situation if they are hungry.

Anyway...another idiots opinion, lol.

later on

BTW, Happy Turkey Day to all...I used to be married to a big family, you know how that goes (hopefully not, lol) but I must admit I do miss it...more of that change stuff, guess it really is the only 'Constant'.......

[brownieman]

I look for those too - areas of floating scales and shad parts, and sometimes a trail of bubbles. In my experience that's usually the aftermath of a white bass feeding frenzy, but black bass are often down below it too, picking up the pieces and dead minnows. Either way, a spoon's the ticket.

I agree with the spoon but have to say from what I've seen dropping a live shad down there just might catch one to...or are we considering that a given amoungst those of us that fish bait also.

Without a very nice live tank (a shad tank) they have to be one of the fragilest bait fish I've ever messed with.

Might be a good topic for another thread...reasons shad are so delicate and take certain tanks, rounded corners, excellent filtration due to an excessive amount of very small filter clogging scales, whatever it may be.

Could be something good to discuss.

With the diversity on the board maybe we could all put our noggins together and come up with a prototype, outsource it and get filthy rich...YEAH RIGHT !!

LATER ON

[Sam]

Naw, I don't even like to handle a shad. If I do I smell that oily thing on my hands all day - and as you say, they're about impossible to keep alive as bait.

Though I'm a crappie fisherman I seldom use live bait. If I were going to, I'd just buy a couple dozen minnows - that's the same thing and a whole lot easier.

[tapout]

1) Jig

2) Grub

3) Crankbait - maybe, if we get any wind.

Rolloffs, ledges, mid-depth trees will be our plan-- and then when that doesn't work... we'll figure it out from there.

Whack'em

and then when that doesn't work...we'll figure it out from there

I love it. I'm confident you're an experienced fisherman.

[Whack'emGood]

and then when that doesn't work...we'll figure it out from there

I love it. I'm confident you're an experienced fisherman.

Yep. I know one thing you (if you're like me) can count on in bass fishing-- you'll nearly always need to modify your plan. Adjustments are almost always needed, and unfortunately it seems that much too often I have to make a total rework of my original plan.

We'll go out tomorrow and keep moving and keep on thinking and see what we come up with. No matter what, we always find a way to have a great time. That's what I love about fishing.

Good luck to everyone going this weekend. We'll be somewhere between Mill Creek and Campbell Point tomorrow. White Nitro with silver and black. If anybody sees us out there, come over and say hi.

Whack'em