Mid Lake Fishing Report 3/11 & 3/12

[Ham]

Lake was very busy, but no one else seems to have anything to say. Hmmmm.

Friday was a very pleasant day to fish once the heavy frost melted away.

Water temps had cooled significantly from last week. We struggled to find even 47' water. Lots of the water we found was less than 46'. Cajun Angler and I fished hard with very little to show for it until very late in the day. We found a few fish late that were willing to hit jerkbaits for us. Nice sized fish AND we ended the day on a high note.

Saturday we headed back to the fish we found friday afternoon and there was an OUTSTANDING morning bite. We put 18 fish in the boat in about an hour with the largest about 19 inches long and a handful of other fish that would make a tournament angler happy. The local club tournament boats (held out of Leadhill) got there JUST a little too late.

Tough after that. We found another small group of fish early afternoon. Smaller fish though.

We finished the day back in the area we started in hoping for a replay of the morning bite, but things had changed. We knew the fish were there, but those fish WOULD NOT hit a jerbait anymore.

Again Saturday was beautiful, but I would rather it had been ugly weather and GREAT fishing.

Conditions are rapidly improving after today and soon I expect it will be unsafe to stick your toes in the water for fear of a fish hitting them.

NO White Bass intell to share. SOOO many boats going into Big Creek that we changed our plans and fished other areas.

[Mike Worley]

We fished the Jimmie Creek & Sister Creek areas Friday afternoon and Sunday. Friday was a pretty good day with several LM & a keeper walleye biting on stickbaits. We also found some good size white bass biting in the back of the creek that bit on white bucktail jigs. Sunday the cold front slowed things down but still caught a few fish on the stickbaits and bucktail jigs. The most productive bait for us was a 1/16 white bucktail jig fished on 4# test line tipped with a 2 1/2" gulp minnow on both days. The walleye was caught after dark near the new Frost point launch ramp. Water temps on both days in that area was 48-52.

[Ham]

I don't think the water ever got as cold at the dam area as it did up lake.

We fished Shoal Creek from the WAY back to the mouth trying a variety of areas and lures.

We caught one small LMB.

Waters temp was about 44.5" in the way back and 46' near the mouth of Shoal.

White Bass were in the back and would ocassionally strike, but we could NOT hook a single fish.

Water temps will be increasing. I expect my success to improve as well.