Every Body Quit Fishing?

[Wayne SW/MO]

That's true about the color, but the head looks wide and the tail round in the picture. Their pectorol barbs aren't very sharp, but then again under your circumstances they might be sharp enough.

[aarchdale@coresleep.com]

Well I had a smaller flat head in te cooler next to that or and I can assure you it was a channel. The flattie a were colored up very brown almost muddy looking. Must just be the angle. Once I get to my computer I'll put up a pic at a differnt angle. Didn't take any of the flat rad he wast very big but still had a lot of meet on him

[aarchdale@coresleep.com]

heres another

[Ham]

Troutgnat caught a nice flathead on a Ned rig down lake a ways from DC and it was a beautiful mottled brown. It would be impossible to confused with a channel or blue cat.

[aarchdale@coresleep.com]

Agreed Ham. I could understand an channel and blue getting a little confused. But not a flattie

[Bluff-Bassin]

About those mussels, from what I gathered they are on the upper end from Forsyth down to the ferry. I have not seen any anywhere else .

For what its worth some friends and I went pleasure boating for a day a few weeks back and went swimming in a cove between oakland and pontiac just south of the state line. I grabbed some goggles and went free diving to about 15 feet or so. EVERY ROCK I FLIPPED OVER IN THE AREA WE WERE IN HAD ZEBRA MUSSELS ATTACHED. You couldn't hardly see them from above, but as soon as you flipped them over you'd see them on the underside. We were right near what I think they call the saddle, that long submerged island/point near oakland.

I was diving last weekend out of Diamond City. I dove their a lot last year and didnt see hardly any Zebra muscles. Last weekend they were thick. Seems they have quadrupled since last year. Saw a lot of bass in the 15 to 35 range all on brush and big timber. conservation piles were loaded with huge bass. Dont waste time fishing anywhere there isnt brush. Shot 1 nice walleye in 18' on a conservation pile. That was the only one i saw all weekend. Also got one nice Channel and it was the only one i saw also.

Glad to see this post. I feel like i devote almost 75% of my time on the lake graphing and fishing submerged brushpiles and have had very very limited success the last month fishing everything from jigs to worms to dropshots. I guess I'll keep grinding it out. I'm curious, did the brush happen to be on any certain type of bank or point? or was it pretty much, if you find the brush there were bass around? Thanks for the post!

[Fish24/7]

wow bluff, that goes to show how fast they spread !

[Wayne SW/MO]

Agreed Ham. I could understand an channel and blue getting a little confused. But not a flattie

Much better view there. Like I said comment was from what I could see.

[aarchdale@coresleep.com]

We Mainly stay on the main Lake usually start on a point work our way around it and then down a bluff line. It didnt really seem to matter just needed trees or brush. We have went back in coves but the bottom is usually a silty muddy leafy mix and visibility is poor.

I like to bass fish a lot but when its this hot i would rather be underwater. It def changes the way you fish after you go diving, if we find something neat or that holds fish we will mark it on our map. My brother actually has a little balloon thing he will fill with air and send up so the guy on the boat can mark the spot. Some of those points he would be 100' feet out and still be in 25' of water and find little brush piles so we always take note.

[rangerman]

I'm going to start working the night bite I believe...I went out late and trolled with lighted boards and pulled two very large whites and one walleye. All in about an hour of trolling. Had another large take but I believe it was a gar. Not sure though. I will have to say Trolling at night was the most peacefulll thing I have ever done. Done it on Green Bay but it was nothing like down south. Really quiet and nothing but the purr of a four stroke. It was also nice not having to dodge and troll brush piles and working set contours like the daytime. Just worked the 15 foot depths which were barren during the day and lit up with fish at night.