H Ramp Report 4-19-14

[Topwater TRL]

The wife and I put in at H ramp around 8 am. Got a late start of course. Water temp was right at 58 with 4+ foot clarity. Temp reached 62 by end of day. Fished Little and Big Indian areas all day till 6 pm. Had lots of shorts (30+) and 8 keepers, biggest was 3.5# black. Most were K's. Biggest success was on the 1/4 oz. shakey using a 4" senko in either dark watermellon green or what I call the Halloween color.... orange, brown and purplish blue. Nothing magical, just drag it slowly along the bottom and shake it occasionally. Did have a few on 3/8 oz finesse jig but always went back to the shakey. Also had 2 shorts on a jerk bait but nothing on a wart or spinnerbait.... which really surprised me. The prime depth was 12' but did catch a few shallower. Secondary points or within 100 feet of the point either way from spawning cuts or coves was key. I saw no beds and no roamers. Went up to Railroad cove and just into begining of the James mid afternoon and Wow!! Whats up with the acres and acres of what looks like golden alge bloom streamers all over some of the coves and cuts. Some places mid lake in those areas also looked like a golden swirly mat type streamers hanging about 2 feet under water. Lake must be turning over in those places I guess. I've never seen anything like it. Almost like you could step out of your boat and walk on it. It wasnt moss and it wasn't pollen. Anyway, where that was going on we caught zero fish. Happy Easter everyone!

[Quillback]

Thanks for the report, sounds like a great day! I saw a lot of that orange algae stuff upstream of point 23 in the White river channel. It did not appear to hurt the fishing in that area, but I've never seen it so bad.

[Jacob W]

I fished this morning from point 22 to owl creek and its all over the lake. Really nasty looking but I still caught fish.

[Hunter53]

Wife and I are going to be down the first week of May; staying at Kimberling City. Do you all think this stuff will be gone by then or will it be worse? Do you think it will be around the K.C. area?

[dtrs5kprs]

Wife and I are going to be down the first week of May; staying at Kimberling City. Do you all think this stuff will be gone by then or will it be worse? Do you think it will be around the K.C. area?

No idea that far out. My usual places were colored up with it today. Ran to some clearer water and caught them, but it had colored up by the time we left.

Have caught fish in and around the color, but clear seems better if you can find it.

[fishingaddiction]

Awesome day for you and your better half Topwater,