Fishing Report

[tbooks]

Fished dam area again today. 6 fish with 4 being keepers. All smalls but one knt. French fries and shaky head senko. No takers on blade or jigs. Approximately 15 foot depth. Had to keep one fish due to bleeding and cleaned it. Been eating crawdads and also had eggs. Does anyone know why they have eggs this time of year??

[Fat Boy]

From what I know a fish will start makeing eggs in the summer for the falling yrs. spawn, they can build while the eating is good and have healthy roe the next spring. Hope I'm telling you correct.

[steveearle]

From what I know a fish will start makeing eggs in the summer for the falling yrs. spawn, they can build while the eating is good and have healthy roe the next spring. Hope I'm telling you correct.

Yep. I've cut tons of crappie in the early fall with eggs. Should be small and almost rock hard..Wouldn't know about the bass though as I havent put a knife to one in a while... lol

[KC Bass Fanatic]

Fished every day (and some nights) 17-20th. Primarily fished the Aunts Creek, Little Aunts, and Jackson. Wiggle Wart bite was strong all weekend on points transition rock in 4-10'. My partner was throwing the original wart and I threw the Mag Wart; we both caught fish and one didn't seem to outshine the other. Color needed to have some orange in it. We threw blades sporadically but the bite was slower than the wart so we always fell back on that. Caught a few on jigs and baby brush hogs, especially after dark when the wind laid down. We found fish busting shad in the backs of the creeks at dawn and dusk and were able to catch them in a flurry for about 30 min on jerk baits worked just under the surfaced shad - they wouldn't hit topwater for some reason. They seemed to be after the threadfin shad because we saw several groups of gizzard shad and the bass were ignoring them and violently busting the threadfin. Overall the most consistent bite was the Wart but I would classify the whole 4 days as 'junk' fishing because just when you'd catch a couple keeps on something it would die off and you'd have to keep switching it up.

Thursday - 10 fish, 5 keepers biggest LMB 3lb

Friday - lots of shorts, 5 keepers no big ones

Saturday - lots of shorts, 7 keepers, no big ones

Sunday morning - a few shorts, 2 keepers

We had 6 guys in our group and biggest bass for the weekend was 4lb 5oz LMB (2 tied) one caught on a wiggle wart the other on plastic.

Overall pretty slow compared to years past in November but I love getting down there because we only get down a few times a year. Good luck!

[Sore Thumbs]

I had the same luck on friday evening. Friend and I caught 11 fish in a little over an hour. All on a wiggle warts with a splash of orange on them. Fish the eagle rock area. Saturday was a little slower. Same colors worked. Made a change to a olive green when i went up Roaring river arm. Water was quite a bit cleaner. Adjustment paid off with two fish within 5 minutes then it was time to watch the Razorbacks. Caught six saturday. Fished from Eagle Rock to Holiday island. I think wr could have done better if the wind wasnt blowing as hard. My partner doesnt fish very often and we had to hug the bank to get any kind of bite. Needless to say he was hung up in trees and the bank all day. I had fun helping him figure out creative ways to get loose. All in all a fun trip. I will be back this coming weekend. The bite is definitley on.