Eliminating Water

[mudbug]

In my quest to learn how to eliminate water. I would like your opinion on railroad cove. http://ozarkanglers.com/tablerock/maps/baxter.jpg

As I look at the map it looks like a good place to fish. It has points, deep water, shallow water, flats, and lots of cover.

In my way of thinking it should be a good place to fish. But I can not remember ever catching a fish in there. And very rarely see other boats there.

Hopefully with your comments I will be able to further my under standing of that elusive yet very important skill of eliminating water.

[Champ188]

Mudbug,

Sometimes after applying all of the logic and scientific knowledge in the world, a likely-looking area still doesn't produce. That's part of the siren song of fishing ... in the end, they are living creatures and will do unpredictable things. Bottom line is that every lake has areas where "fish just live" and areas where they don't, no matter how promising they seem.

You might try drop-shotting or dragging a football jig around the mouth of Railroad Cove in the summer months. I've caught some there but never anything to write home about.

[techo]

When I was fishing with Bill, we had this very conversation. I really don't fish Aunt's Creek more than any other part of the lake, but.....I find it easy to determine what I am doing today. I have a few spots that I can fish fairly quickly and eliminate water.

I read all of the posts and pay special attention to guys who fish the way I do...grub, jig sort of stuff. Then I try what worked for them and try a little shallower or a little deeper. There are plenty of arms or areas like Aunt's Creek where you have seconary points, main lake points with rock. trees, deep, chunk rock. gravel, sand.....and so on. I usually determine where I am going after I find where I think the fish are.

The challenge after that for me is determinng where the bigger ones are. I seem to find the 12-14 inchers in a particular location (example trees..18 feet of water), but are the bigger ones deeper, shallower, or not even in the trees? Ths is a really fun puzzle and I like it!