Trav's Fishing Report

[Trav]

We found the lake eight to ten feet above normal pool and three to four degrees colder. Saw water between 63 and 66 degrees. Of course I stayed close to the dam. I like the gin clear water and that is where I found the best clarity.

I knew there was some high water from what my father had reported to me over the weekend but I was shocked to see the extent of it. I shouldn’t have been surprised but I was.

The bite had also gotten a bit tight lipped as well. I had fully expected bass to be moving into the willows by now but they were exactly where we found them two weeks ago. With the big difference being, where it was twenty feet then, it was close to thirty today. However, they were still being found in fifteen to twenty feet so they had moved up with the water.

They have not moved into the flooded brush yet. I do expect them to do so in the next couple weeks though. We have big time rain coming the next three days and there isn’t any major water being let out of the lake. I predict the willows will be submerged for at least the next three weeks.

In a couple weeks as the fry and the baitfish settle into the flooded shoreline the bass will definitely follow. They just haven’t done so as of yet. When the temp rises it will be a flipper’s paradise.

I am not a big white bass guy but my father is and he has been struggling this season. He is almost getting tired of catching foot long Largemouth. He was calling them pesky today and even said the high water ruined catching “real fish” until June. To him…”real fish” are walleye, whites and muskie. Dad is a trolling guy so I understand his mentality….

They are not moving back into the main lake but last Thursday he did manage to pick up three walleye in the two to four pound range before the rains deluged. Maybe the whites will be close behind. Although…with all this rain…they really don’t have any incentive to leave the nutrients of the shallower parts of the two rivers.

Oh…and the bread and butter for the muskie in Pomme are the whites so I don’t see them moving into the shallows until they have some food to chase.

It wasn’t a total bust. We managed fifteen fish including this guy who was a surprisingly strong fight off a lipless crank…..

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[DChance]

thanks for the report......I am going down to Pomme this weekend.....with them pulling 3500 cf will this bring the muddy water to the dam? I haven't been in a couple weeks, what is the best pattern/technique now? I was thinking flipping, but you reported otherwise....great info.

[Trav]

thanks for the report......I am going down to Pomme this weekend.....with them pulling 3500 cf will this bring the muddy water to the dam? I haven't been in a couple weeks, what is the best pattern/technique now? I was thinking flipping, but you reported otherwise....great info.

The clarity shouldn't change too much. You should have three to five feet near the dam.

As far as patterns, you can't find much better than a crankbait at Pomme. No matter what the conditions are. It is pretty much my basic "catch 22" anytime of year there. Pardon the pun....haha.

[JEVPhoenixBass]

Derek,

Keep an eye out for the Phoenix! I'll be there......

[knuck]

Hey guys, Would like to hear about the conditions you find at Pommie, we are going down next weekend.

Steve in STL

[DChance]

13 ft high and FLOODED...had a tourney this past weekend and it was tough....8+lbs won.....best thing I found was fishing a spinnerbait in the am and most fish came off baby brush hog in about 5ft of water.....just kept flippin....best banks seemed to be the steep banks and flipped laydowns and stickups, not floaters....on steeper rocky type banks....2ndary points to main lake...they werent all the way back in coves yet.

[DChance]

JEV what did you fish??? wish you would have hollered, I have a lake lot down there, we could have hooked up. only managed 4 squeakers in my tourney. tough day.