Bsl-Oakland 4-7-11

[Ham]

Fished out of Oakland with Larry Richards yesterday. It was a very enjoyable and successful trip althought not at all what I expected to find.

Water temps were 53-55 in the Oakland area and 55-58 in the Pontiac area. Water is VERY clear in the Oakland area and has a little color in the Pontiac area. The wind blew pretty hard in the afternoon and affected where we could fish effectively.

I got a couple of keeper walleye on a jerkbait.

We got a few smallies.

I caught two carp. One on a roadrunner and the other on a 4 inch grub. The RR carp was that run of the mill 3 pounder, but the one on the grub was a giant. I saw that beast run and get my grub about 15 foot down and was hoping it was a monster SMB. About 15 seconds into the deal, I figured out what it was. About 15 minutes later, Larry got a net under it.

I also caught two Drum on the 4 inch grub, both of which ate a grub like a smallie and pulled like a mule. Big fish mon.

We each had a LMB over 19 inches on a jerkbait and Larry caught a Dandy 21 1/2 inch LMB on one of his home crafted skirted jigs. Larry was talking to them with that jig. He was talking to them witht he jerkbait pretty good too.

We had a half dozen "keeper" spots.

We had a boatload of big ole White Bass that hit hard and pulled harder. 10 to 1 sow to males.

The smallies were not on yet, but soon. Maybe.

The LMB were not back shallow like I expected them to be, but soon. Maybe.

Lots of traffic on the lake for a Thursday.

Lots of new brush in the water that I plan on catching lots of crappie off of. Somebody did a lot of work.

So go. Keep an open mind and a bait in the water. You'll catch fish.

Read Mike's reports. He gives details that I won't, but his stuff is spot on.

[Larry Richards]

Fished out of Oakland with Larry Richards yesterday. It was a very enjoyable and successful trip althought not at all what I expected to find.

Water temps were 53-55 in the Oakland area and 55-58 in the Pontiac area. Water is VERY clear in the Oakland area and has a little color in the Pontiac area. The wind blew pretty hard in the afternoon and affected where we could fish effectively.

I got a couple of keeper walleye on a jerkbait.

We got a few smallies.

I caught two carp. One on a roadrunner and the other on a 4 inch grub. The RR carp was that run of the mill 3 pounder, but the one on the grub was a giant. I saw that beast run and get my grub about 15 foot down and was hoping it was a monster SMB. About 15 seconds into the deal, I figured out what it was. About 15 minutes later, Larry got a net under it.

I also caught two Drum on the 4 inch grub, both of which ate a grub like a smallie and pulled like a mule. Big fish mon.

We each had a LMB over 19 inches on a jerkbait and Larry caught a Dandy 21 1/2 inch LMB on one of his home crafted skirted jigs. Larry was talking to them with that jig. He was talking to them witht he jerkbait pretty good too.

We had a half dozen "keeper" spots.

We had a boatload of big ole White Bass that hit hard and pulled harder. 10 to 1 sow to males.

The smallies were not on yet, but soon. Maybe.

The LMB were not back shallow like I expected them to be, but soon. Maybe.

Lots of traffic on the lake for a Thursday.

Lots of new brush in the water that I plan on catching lots of crappie off of. Somebody did a lot of work.

So go. Keep an open mind and a bait in the water. You'll catch fish.

Read Mike's reports. He gives details that I won't, but his stuff is spot on.

To the my fellow fisherman parked next to me at the Oakland boat ramp that side swiped the bed of my truck and scraped a 3 ft.area of paint off.You should man up.I realize that your back seater maybe the guilty one and you may not know it happened but if you find some light blue paint on your truck its mine.

As for the fishing, Ham (the carp Master)and I had a great time we caught a lot of fish at the end of the day the counter showed 54 fish but when we was on busting fish we missed hitting the counter a few times in a hurry to unhook a fish and cast back out to the feeding frenzy.There was a slow down mid day but I think we could have done better then, Jig fishing off the points had the wind not been blowing so hard.

[Ham]

That sucks Larry. I didn't even notice when we left the ramp. I'm sure I had left plenty of room between rigs. I had pulled straight in from the ramp. I had almost no steering to do. Crap.

[Falcon]

Sounds like a great trip guys. Sorry to hear about your truck Larry.