Shell Knob Report

[lildave]

I've been reading and learning from you all on this site for years, so I wanted to give a little back... Just got back from my annual fishing trip in the Shell Knob. We were there for 3 weeks. Water was as clear as I've seen it when we got there, and the bite was tough. Early on, we went up the White a ways and found some stained water and did fine. Eventually the stained water got down to the Big Creek area, and we didn't have to run as far. The moss was as bad as I've ever seen it this year, but the fish were in it, and biting. We fished green pumpkin Senkos in the mossy water, or even in the clear water when it was calm. If it was calm, you could see the fish take the bait. When the wind was blowing, we went with green pumpkin Dead Ringer Worms from Zoom. We killed them on both baits. We fished shallow and plucked males off the nest, but even though the water temp was over 70 degrees when we left this morning, we still had not seen the big females on the nests,,, Strange year... We didn't catch any big fish, but we caught hundreds of 'em. If you use the Senkos and Dead Ringers, you'll get bit... Thanks everyone, for all the help over the years. Hope this helps some of you next week...

[timr0123]

Thanks for sharing lildave. I'll be down Tuesday and Wednesday and appreciate the report

[motoman]

Way to give back with the good report!:-).......always a great read when some of us can't get on the water for a while.

[Champ188]

Thanks indeed. Very good report.

[Quillback]

Yes thanks for the report!

[Pepe]

Good report. 3 weeks of fishing! I am very jealous. Thanks for sharing