Fishing Report--Bass (6/21 And 6/22)

[dwiebenga]

Snuck down to the Shell Knob area for a couple mornings of fishing. I did respectable in the Campbell Point to Holiday Island area. The water was very warm 85 in the morning to 90 in the afternoon. There was no topwater bite that I could find, however I did see 3 schools of white bass blow up, but they were gone before I could get a rod out of the box. Very interesting to see.

Did well on a 1/2 or 5.8 oz PB&J or Watermelon Candy football jigs. Found fish in 15-30 feet water and I just drug it accross the point or hump. I got one nice 171/2 inch LM on the jig.

Caught quite a few fish on drop shot in about 26-35 ft of water off the points. Best color was watermelon red and watermelon red/purple. Also, had at least 6 fish run up to the bait and then dive back down. I am not in to crawlers but that might have got those fish.

Good luck everyone, and I hope to run into some of you in the fall.

Dave

[techo]

Nice fish.

[Bristo_me_quik]

My wife and I went camping at Long Creek Public Use Area starting 6-17 until 6-22. We had some trouble finding a solid bass bite until dark, then we could get a few on deep banks with jig and craw, black and blue seemed to be the best, but they were few and far between. Since my wife is not a life long fisherman like I am, she got bored easily. I tied her on a chartruese rooster-tail on a light combo and told her to throw it as close to teh bank as she could. To my surprise, she caught about 50 bluegill and pumpkinseeds the first couple hours of fishing. Most were small, but about 20 of them were 7-9 inch eatin size. So the last 4 days of our trip was spent catching fish after fish on light tackle. I don't think I have ever had so much fun catching small fish. On Saturday it came up a cold front, and we boated around 75 fish within an hour between the two of us. We were both using chartuese or various bright colors, and the bite would normally come within the first few feet of reeling. Also, right before the front came in, we saw alot of whites busting shad back in the creeks. My wife was able to catch three nice sows before we got soaked. All fish were released. As far as the bluegills, we began snipping off the barbs of the hooks to make them easier and faster to unhook! So if you have some kids or a wife that is impatient, the bluegill bite was (and probably still is) phenomenal!