Fishing Up And Down

[Fredrick]

Fishing lately on lower taney has been hit or miss. One day I go out its great another not so much. I have been hitting turkey creek 2-3 times a week walking up and down sight fishing for rainbows . I see 20 inch plus rainbows one day nothing the next. My advise if you see big rainbows throw a live worn on 4lb test or even 2lb test the trout will hit it in a heart beat. They seem turned off by powerbait and spinners right now this can all change on a mins notice these days(the temps have gone up and down). I went out one day before work tons of big trout caught one after another got all excited. So the next day I took my wife out to a nice lunch convinced her to shoot video for me I had all the gear everything set up the fish were gone. I ended up catching a few small rainbows after I told her to forget it . So I will try again. Lol just when you think you have it all setup oh well anyways good luck and good fishing.

[Gatorjet]

Thanks Fredric. Is Turkey fishable by boat? I haven't had much luck going up into creeks on Taneycomo, just wondering if the boat spooks the fish even when you try to slowly move into them.

[freelancer 11]

I have better success catching green fish up in turkey creek. Maybe this year will be different.

[Fredrick]

Its funny i know the creek so well their are parts that are a foot deep and it looks like its a foot deep to the other shore but its not. Their is alot of optical illusions with that creek especially when the water isn't clear. Even when it is clear it looks like nothing. I know the contours of part of the creek really well. Its funny with the super low water parts that even at normal water level look like you could walk across are actually deep. You walk up see no fish then u think their is nothing here at all. Then u cast and boom fish. It also interesting how it switch from a trout fishing spot to a bass and sunfish fishing spot.It depends on the season and water temps. I was neat to see oct-march trout and march thought sept bass and panfish now ts switching to trout again its a neat eco system. And the the transition period were u could catch anything.Another thing I found interesting is that in the spring and summer the bass have wised up to worms every joe blow goes down their with worms the bass wont touch them i threw a worm on 2lb clear test by a school of nice bass don't want it at all I see every one else their with worm catching sunfish but no bass i switch to a swimmin minnow they hit it like a bad habit.