Members fish king Posted April 2, 2011 Members Posted April 2, 2011 has anyone been out in the last week thats willing to share some info on the bite
RSBreth Posted April 3, 2011 Posted April 3, 2011 Water's still up just a little, but the color is awesome, and it's getting warmer. Bass - Fair on suspending jerks, grubs, swim jigs, and slow-rolled spinnerbaits. Crappie - fair on tiny swim jigs and grubs, and everything else is unknown. I found a hole on the Finley that's just stuffed with Crappie - sorry - find it yourself. I fished both in the park here in Ozark, and above the park (down from Linden), and also down near where the Finley dumps into the James.
OzarksRiverman Posted April 7, 2011 Posted April 7, 2011 I'm thinking about hitting the upper finley this weekend, with temps in the 80s you think the waters warm enough for some wader-less wading?
OzarkFishman Posted April 7, 2011 Posted April 7, 2011 Only if you are a hardcore riverman. I still need my waders.
smallmouthjoe Posted April 8, 2011 Posted April 8, 2011 Only if you are a hardcore riverman. I still need my waders. I'll need mine until at-least the middle of May.
RSBreth Posted April 8, 2011 Posted April 8, 2011 I'm thinking about hitting the upper finley this weekend, with temps in the 80s you think the waters warm enough for some wader-less wading? Sure it is, if you like wading in water about 60-degrees. That's like wading in Taney on a warm day, at best. If you aren't following my "drift" - I'm saying no.
OzarksRiverman Posted April 8, 2011 Posted April 8, 2011 Yeah, don't do it. I went yesterday after work. Up in the John's Ford area. I only made it a few hundred yards upstream before aborting the mission. I did manage to catch two smalls on a bitsy tube fished VERY slow. It's like all the fish were in a coma. I'll try again in about a month.
OzarkFishman Posted April 11, 2011 Posted April 11, 2011 I waded a little on Saturday night. The only thing I caught anything on was a swimming minnow ... 6 ozark bass (2 decent sized) and 2 little smallmouths. All 8 fish came in the same hole. Should have committed to that hole and not lost my only swimming minnow. The fish didn't want anything else. Good luck out there, OzarkFishman
OzarksRiverman Posted April 11, 2011 Posted April 11, 2011 Caught this on the upper Finley behind a friend of mine's house Yesterday morning on green pumpkin bitsy tube. This is the only fish I caught all morning. I'm guessing my lure somehow fell into the fish's mouth as it drifted to the bottom. Good news is the creek and it's ever-changing ways has created new fishing holes for the summer.
Members Daily Catch Posted April 11, 2011 Members Posted April 11, 2011 went fishing all this weekend and made some orange and green jigs. they seemed to love it, not to mention the water is warming up! fishing is not about how big the fish is, but the fun you had and the lessons you learned while catching it
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