Stockton Bassin' In February

[Walcrabass]

I guess I forgot to post. Sorry. Last Thursday I fished about 8 miles of the lake. Right in the middle. Used Stand Up Jigs in Green Pumpkin, Dirty Pumpkin, Okeechobee, Creek Sniper, Bluegill Bandit, and Shad Patterns. Finesse Style Jigs worked better than full skirted Jigs. Used Zoom Craws and short trailers like Paca Chunks. As always added Crawdad Oil. Bite was great for about 1.5 hours in the morning. Clouds rolled in and bite went light. Found fish on gravel points with chunk rock in 6 to 15 foot of water. Ended up catching 28 fish. Biggest about 5 pounds, one 3.5 to 4 pounder, about five 2 to 2.5 pounders. Temps were in the fifties and fishing was comfortable. One thing I have noticed is that some of the points that are facing the exact same direction as others have fish on one trip and not on the next trip. They are not on my line or on my graph. They must be moving around pretty freely as the water temperature has never gotten very low. Actually found some 44.4 degree water on this trip.

[straw hat]

Great report.

[ozarkgunner]

Thanks! I'm heading up on sat. Your posts are encouraging.

[Skeeter ZX190]

I also fished on Thursday around the dam area. I struggled with the bass. Only caught 4 and missed probably 4 others. 2 were keepers. Caught 3 of them on an Eakins PB&J with a green pumpkin paca chunk. Caught 3 in the same area. With me it comes down to confidence. Where I caught the 3 I had confidence in where I was fishing. After that I was just hoping. Tried a lot of different spots. Ended up going to a brush pile in about 30 feet of water and catching about 17 crappie. Brought home 11 and they were all 10 1/2 to 11 3/4 inches long. ater temps were in the 44 degree range.

[Walcrabass]

Skeeter,

I fished the Hawkers point area about two Saturdays ago. Went to the Islands etc. Used watermelon, green pumpkin, and different browns but did no good. I had to move to various coves and creek arms. Except for the State Park area I haven't done too well on the big part of the lake this winter. If you discover a pattern please post. Just as you said we have had a lot of "Hits" with no fish being hooked. Wish I had a camera on them when they were messing with it!!!!!!!