Not Much Of A Report But Some Information

[rps]

Went out at 11:30 after the storms came through. Fished until 4;30. I stayed above Beaver town. Water temps 52 to 54 degrees. Saw turtles on logs. Fished after the front changed the wind. Caught one short walleye while fishing walleye - very slow crank bait. No luck on a pearl junior Fluke on a 1/16 ounce head. Also caught a short spotted bass on a Ned rig. No luck on a wart or the Fluke.When the sky began to turn grey again I came in.

I really enjoyed being on the lake again.

[bfishn]

Thank you! I planned to head that way today but life got in the way.

Did you do any good on spring break, or has this year been a freak for you too?

[Bill Babler]

RPS Heard there was a decent bite in Butler night before last. Rebel Jerkbaits for some very nice White bass. Maybe they are starting in there. Have had some great days in Butler in the past.

[rps]

When I went by Butler there were three boats I could see. Figured it had to be white bass.

bfishin - during spring break the days and times I could go fishing were all wet/snowy/cold. The days that weren't were days I was obliged to do other things. Yesterday was the fourth consecutive Saturday with rain during the day. I was just lucky the showers cleared long enough yesterday afternoon that I could get out. Thankfully, the end of the school year is only a few weeks away.

[dtrs5kprs]

Ahhh...Ned Rig .

[bfishn]

...during spring break the days and times I could go fishing were all wet/snowy/cold. The days that weren't were days I was obliged to do other things. Yesterday was the fourth consecutive Saturday with rain during the day. I was just lucky the showers cleared long enough yesterday afternoon that I could get out. Thankfully, the end of the school year is only a few weeks away.

That's pretty much my story too this year. On reflection of past pre-spawn 'eye adventures there though I don't think we missed much. Low/no flow and extended cold has happened before, each time directly reflected in my relative lack of success. On those years, I pretty much lost them for most of the month of March, only to "find" them again about this time of year from the line to the east end of the east-west "Fletcher" stretch (no point in being too specific here... :-) ). Most females still had their eggs in various stages of atrophy, having never gotten the properly-timed thermal/current trigger to spawn. Such are the woes of a tailwater fishery, a river ain't a river when the water doesn't flow, and spring ain't spring when it stays cold too long.

[rps]

If you know that stretch, you probably fish others I also fish. I drive an Alumacraft Navigator tiller steer with an Evinrude 75 Etec. If you see me come say hello.

[rps]

Ahhh...Ned Rig .

I became fascinated by the reports I read. Years ago I often fished Charlie Brewer sliders. I only stopped when I stopped messing with spinning tackle. The last several years I have enjoyed scrub-a-grub fishing. I decided to give Ned rigs a year long careful workout. Right now I am using a long shank shaky head jig in 1/16 ounce with PBJ and watermelon seed half stick baits. I really prefer fishing them to fishing a fish doctor and I hope I can do as well. BTW, I have caught any number of accidental walleye on fish doctors so I hope the Ned rig is also an accident magnet.

[dtrs5kprs]

I became fascinated by the reports I read. Years ago I often fished Charlie Brewer sliders. I only stopped when I stopped messing with spinning tackle. The last several years I have enjoyed scrub-a-grub fishing. I decided to give Ned rigs a year long careful workout. Right now I am using a long shank shaky head jig in 1/16 ounce with PBJ and watermelon seed half stick baits. I really prefer fishing them to fishing a fish doctor and I hope I can do as well. BTW, I have caught any number of accidental walleye on fish doctors so I hope the Ned rig is also an accident magnet.

Should be. Catches everything from cats, to deep crappie, to winter stocked trout in the KC metro lakes up north. Go to a regular shank length hook about size 2 and you will get more of your Ned Rigs back, no loss of hook ups. Glad you are enjoying it.

[bfishn]

If you know that stretch, you probably fish others I also fish. I drive an Alumacraft Navigator tiller steer with an Evinrude 75 Etec. If you see me come say hello.

Probably so. Will do. Thanks.

My rig's an old gray over white center console Falcon, 130 Yamaha, but you'd likely only see that one at night (if at all). I also go with a buddy who isn't such a night owl in a little red Lund tin can w/a 25 Yam tiller. I'd be the ugly one in the front with a rod in each hand and glowing oculars... :-).