Sunday In A Different Direction

[rps]

At the risk of boring everyone, I'll report today's findings. Tried a few things different this morning. First 45 minutes I hit my good spots in Leatherwood. Not so good really. Nothing - not even perch. Left the cove and went up river. I started fishing boulders and laydowns on steep shady banks. The pattern still worked. First two fish I had on jumped off. I really wish the first one hadn't as it was a very nice fish - I would guess 5 to 6 pounds. The next four were keepers 15 to 18.5 inches. Last one jumped off too, making me 4 for 7. All were largemouths, but considering the way I was fishing, I was not surprised. What surprised me was the fact none of the fish were dinks. No pictures today because I charged the battery last night and forgot to take the camera with me to the boat.

Since I was upriver, I ran up to where the water temp dropped to 53, just down from Blue Springs. I fished a slow death worm rig back down for a mile or so. No walleye, but two large trout and a small brown bass.

[techo]

That wasn't boring at all! We didn't get on the lake this weekend and wanted to say thanks for letting me live through you this weekend!

[Tfsh4bass]

At the risk of boring everyone, I'll report today's findings. Tried a few things different this morning. First 45 minutes I hit my good spots in Leatherwood. Not so good really. Nothing - not even perch. Left the cove and went up river. I started fishing boulders and laydowns on steep shady banks. The pattern still worked. First two fish I had on jumped off. I really wish the first one hadn't as it was a very nice fish - I would guess 5 to 6 pounds. The next four were keepers 15 to 18.5 inches. Last one jumped off too, making me 4 for 7. All were largemouths, but considering the way I was fishing, I was not surprised. What surprised me was the fact none of the fish were dinks. No pictures today because I charged the battery last night and forgot to take the camera with me to the boat.

Since I was upriver, I ran up to where the water temp dropped to 53, just down from Blue Springs. I fished a slow death worm rig back down for a mile or so. No walleye, but two large trout and a small brown bass.

Sounds like a good trip and always nice to fish up where it isn't as crazy.

We were actually in the same area today but I was playing with trout and fished from Blue Spring up to Dicks Creek...pretty slow without the water running but I caught enough to make me happy

[Stump bumper]

At the risk of boring everyone, I'll report today's findings. Tried a few things different this morning. First 45 minutes I hit my good spots in Leatherwood. Not so good really. Nothing - not even perch. Left the cove and went up river. I started fishing boulders and laydowns on steep shady banks. The pattern still worked. First two fish I had on jumped off. I really wish the first one hadn't as it was a very nice fish - I would guess 5 to 6 pounds. The next four were keepers 15 to 18.5 inches. Last one jumped off too, making me 4 for 7. All were largemouths, but considering the way I was fishing, I was not surprised. What surprised me was the fact none of the fish were dinks. No pictures today because I charged the battery last night and forgot to take the camera with me to the boat.

Since I was upriver, I ran up to where the water temp dropped to 53, just down from Blue Springs. I fished a slow death worm rig back down for a mile or so. No walleye, but two large trout and a small brown bass.

Was that a typo temp of 53, I have been lucky to find a water temp of 83 ?

[rps]

No typo. When they release water from Beaver, the water temp is very low because it comes from the bottom of Beaver. That is how the trout fisheries are sustained. Most of the fish I caught came from 75 degree water.

[Stump bumper]

No typo. When they release water from Beaver, the water temp is very low because it comes from the bottom of Beaver. That is how the trout fisheries are sustained. Most of the fish I caught came from 75 degree water.

I should have thought of that, I have fished the tailwaters just below the darn from the shore a lot on hot summer days but I am so used to fishing Beaver I forgot where that cold water ran. I will have to put in at Holiday Island and give that area a try.

[T-RockJaws]

I have fished the area from the Eagle Rock bridge up to the Arkansas state line for the past several years. I really enjoy fishing shallow more so than having to go deep to get the fish. It seems that it is easier to find some water that is a little cooler which allows for the more shallow fishing. Plus, the big boats do not come that far up as often. Don't get me wrong, they are there, just not in the large quantities you find from Big M on down!

[rps]

The fish do the deep thing up here as well, and when they do, I think they are harder to find than down lake. Something about the lack of depth makes them more secretive.

Yes we have large barges, but not in the numbers you see downstream.

BTW, this morning I went out between storm cells for about two hours. Caught 14 spotted bass and one largemouth. Several were close, but none measured.