Friday Night Report

[vonreed]

I went down to Powersite today out of boredom. I Got down there just a hair before 8 o clock. There were 3 guys sitting on the dam wall catching drum left and right. There's no telling how many they caught. There is hardly any room anywhere to fish without strong current. I Finally found a tolerable spot and fished for an hour with no bites using sliders, roostertails, and rogues. Finally about 9:30 i went to lift my rogue out of the water and a fish hit it. It took off like a rocket. I Finally got it in and it ended up being a 25 inch walleye. That was super. I had 1 other walleye on and lost it. Also lost a big big fish that I Never saw. The guys beside me caught a white bass and drum, plus caught about a 4 pound catfish using shad for bait. The water was still pretty stained with maybe a foot of clarity.

[emjay]

Thanks for the report vonreed. I've been wanting to come down and see how the water level is sitting.

[vonreed]

I went down again tonight. I heard the water was supposed to be turned off at Tablerock. I got down there around 7:30 and fished till dark without even a bite. I was using leftover shad from other people on one pole and lures on my other pole while waiting. After it got dark it turned on. I left at 10:30 with 1 huge crappie, 5 whitebass with eggs in them and a limit of walleye! Plus I had a couple others get off close to the bank. The calmer water has the fish turned on again. I hope I can get up in a couple hours and get down there before light to do it all over again. Good luck.

[emjay]

Dang, nice! Looks like I'm gonna take a day to come down and try this place again. Alot closer to home.

[vonreed]

It was strange, last night when I was cleaning the fish. The white bass had shad in their stomachs, which is what I expected. But the walleye had some kind of a chub minnows in their bellies. I'd thought they would be full of shad, but none of the walleye had 1 shad.