The Big M 07/09/2014

[Quillback]

Great sunrise this morning, cool temperature - 64 degrees - to start.

There was an early top water bite this morning around the point 23 area. Lots of very small shad being chased by schooling bass. Caught some on a Mikey JR, a 1/2 dozen K's and a couple of LM's. Short fish, 10-14". Here's a pic of how small the shad are:

Moved into a cove, threw the Old Monster around some trees and picked up a couple of keeper LM's.

Spent the rest of the morning, stopping at points, ledges, and brush piles. Things got very slow after 8 AM. Managed a few short fish here and there.

There are lots of tiny shad in the point 23 area, lots of schooling bass after them this morning. Surface activity did slow down once the sun got up, but there were scattered bass schools all morning chasing shad.

Water temp 82.

[kjackson]

Thanks--the morning bite sounds like fun.

[Bill Babler]

Quill glad you got some. I really struggled this morning with my group. Nothing on topwater out of Baxter, and only 3 dropshot fish, all singles in the 30' range. Moved to the gravel chunk points that I had been catching wobble head fish on and nothing till I said, "let's throw this GP/Orange Varmint for a minute." The boys immediately both hooked up and we had a double. One short K and one short Jaw. We released the fish and they threw again and both immediately hooked up for a second double. Same deal both short, K and Jaw. I said, " let's try that one more time, we are really on to something." Again they doubled, this time both very short K's. That was at 0700. We started at 0530. 9 fish in the first hour and a half.

I'm thinking that I should perhaps do this for a living since I'm so good at it. Reality set in.

That is pretty much the end of my report as we did not get a bite the rest of the morning. Never even glimpsed a deep fish at any of the multitude of locations we went the rest of the morning or never got another bump on the varmint.

Good golly, now I remember why for the last 20 yrs. I have been spending my Summers in Alaska.

Good Luck

[rps]

Some things are harder than others. I have collected a list of those things.

1. Being an ethical lawyer that makes a good living.

2. Playing rugby past the age of 35.

3. Enjoying parent/teacher interaction.

4. Catching keeper size fish every day on Table Rock after June.

[Champ188]

That's good stuff, rps. Very good stuff.

[Jacob W]

I wouldn't give up on that tree bite too early Quillback. I caught several out of trees Sunday later in the day, but that's because the boat traffic was too crazy for me to leave!

[Quillback]

Yeah thinking back, I maybe should have fished those trees where I caught a couple a little harder. Maybe should have fished some docks also.

Boat traffic got crazy about 11 AM.

[Feathers and Fins]

Your an evil man QB, All your ned-rig talk forced me to pull it out last night on Beaver, 27 bass from 1.5 to a very nice 6lb black fell to it. 20 to 30fow. I was also pulling a harness crawler for walleye and popped a big girl 29 and 1/4'' and all fished were released unharmed. Now what really surprised me about it is how many bluegill would eat the dang thing I felt like a kid again at some points catching them. I talked to Joe ( Jolicious ) and he said he was seeing the same thing on the gills last night. Im liking this rig then again anything that catches bluegill makes me giggle.

[Quillback]

Man, I need to get over to Beaver and throw the Ned!

Dtrs5kprs is to blame for Nedmania

[Feathers and Fins]

Most the fish were only 1.5 to 2lbs for bass... the bluegill were hand sized... The wake boats were insane and I didn't start fishing till 4:30pm but im sold on the Ned it catches deep fish. Strangely it didn't produce any walleye the harness did though for a total of 9 walleye explain that one to me a crawler doesn't catch a bass but the ned does in the same area??????