Few Pics And Short Report

[Phil Lilley]

Got out the last couple of evenings. Fished jigs, mainly white, from the dam down to Fall Creek.

First, Steve Dickey reported seeing shad coming through the dam 3 mornings ago. They tore them up using shad flies but the next day they couldn't buy a bite on white. I went up there Thursday evening with Marsha and we couldn't either. Didn't get bit till we got down to the boat ramp and then we did good on olive 1/8th ounce jigs.

Last evening, Duane and Mona and I started at Lookout and fished the bluff with white jigs. Caught mostly browns! Nothing over 16 inches. Caught a couple of rainbows that appeared to be stuffed with shad. They didn't hammer white like they should if they're seeing shad. Not sure what's going on. But if there is shad coming through, it's only going to get better.

They're running 2-3 units 24 hours now I'm sure because Table Rock jumped up 3 feet in the last rain/snow. May continue for a week or so.

MDC stocked a bunch of REAL NICE rainbows downtown area. We've seen some 14-16 inch stocker rainbow brought in the last 2 days and lots of them. Mostly caught on Power Bait eggs drifting from Cooper down to the bridges.

[Mitch f]

Nice!

[voodoo33]

Nice report thanks for the pics it helps when you are tied to the house ,good job

[JCWolfe]

That's a stuffed rainbow in that last picture

[holleybob]

"MDC stocked a bunch of REAL NICE rainbows downtown area. We've seen some 14-16 inch stocker rainbow brought in the last 2 days and lots of them. Mostly caught on Power Bait eggs drifting from Cooper down to the bridges."

That's exactly what I found Saturday. If my picture loaded you'll see a nice 16 incher with a rather flat nose that hit a power bait rig a little south of Fall creek.

Only chasers north of Fall creek on jigs, spoons, rapalas.

Interestingly all 5 fish we caught were on powerbait and all were hooked in the side of the mouth as opposed to every fish caught at the Little Red last week completely swallowed the hook.

[Phil Lilley]

There's a bunch of those old looking males right now.

[holleybob]

A few years back I took an old friend from Chicago fly and spin fishing at the dam. He caught a flat nosed rainbow that went 6.5 - 7 lbs. on a rooster tail. He asked me " should we eat it". I just laughed.... city guy!