Dam Area Report

[Quillback]

As you can see I got these two at the same time on a surface popper, decent fish also, 1 was about 1.5 and the other 2 lbs. And when I brought these 2 guys to the boat they had a couple of other spots still trying to grab that plug. For you striper guys, lots of stripers busting topwater, I did not get there early as I would have liked so I only managed to catch the tail end of the surface action, but the stripers were really busting the shad, only problem was they would show up in one spot about 100 yds away and as I moved over there on the trolling motor they would go off somewhere else, really frustrating.. I did manage to hook up on 2 stripers on the redfin, but both spit the hook. One was a pig, sorry to have lost it.

Could not get much of a bass bite, threw grubs, worms, topwaters and only managed a few dinks.

[J-Doc]

Wish I could get on the water and try my new Redfin. I think the stripers are hearing the trolling motor or the shad are moving before you can get there and the schooling effort dies down. That sucks. I bet the stripers will bite well over the next several months since the weather is still cool and not terribly hot yet.

How fast do you work your popper? I always work it slow but I'm thinking a walk-the-dog rythmic cadence may be better. Jimmy Houston says "sing Jesus loves me" because it's the perfect cadence for sammys and spooks. I gotta try that! Haha

Last time I was up by the dam, the water was bathtub clear and the fish could spot a fake bait easy. They wanted it as fast as they could swim or slow and steady.

[Quillback]

I like to work a popper fast myself, but I'm no expert. The water up by the dam isn't quite as clear after the rains. My mistake yesterday was not getting there early enough.