6/1/15 Lower BSL Fishing Report

[Ham]

Better to keep and eat than to throw back and die. I just hate to b=see big smallies fileted out. way too much fun to catch.

[Spooner73]

Good job guys,,Good memories for young ones and you lots of fish in lake

[Col Ron]

Ham, I told you, you could put in at Browns Beach, it is real tough now. So shallow, to take out, I was about two car lengths into the water.

Also, sorry, I am out for next week, just got a full day booking. Some other time.

Ron

[Ham]

Ham, I told you, you could put in at Browns Beach, it is real tough now. So shallow, to take out, I was about two car lengths into the water.

Also, sorry, I am out for next week, just got a full day booking. Some other time.

Ron

I hate that we won't be going fishing together, but good on you for getting a paying gig that day.

Lol, you have my cell phone number. A text would have worked, but this does too.

[Jtram201]

We have been camped at Peel for five days. Rode across the ferry yesterday and at least one campsite on the point at Buck Creek was under water. Boats here have been launching from the road that leads to the marina parking lot which is under water. Water came over the base of the sun dial yesterday. We were told to expect another five feet of rise before it leveled off. When we can in Sunday we had to come through the Wagon Wheel resort between the cabins to get to the campsites

Just if anyone was interested

[Ham]

Thanks for the intell. Getting crazy high, again.

[Rob P]

^{684 as of this morning. 688 doesn't seem that far away.}

[Mike Worley]

Looks like damsite ramp is usable again. Browns beach had 0 rigs parked Tuesday so we launched at Bull Shoals marina to do some prefishing for a trip Wed. The ramp by the shop usable both days but parking was up the hill. We found plenty of walleyes biting on bottom bouncers with crawler rigs fished over the submerged brush in 25-35 fow. My fishing partner (grandson) Dylan caught a nice 23 incher right off the bat, we caught a dozen shorts and called it a day after about 2 hrs. The half day trip on Wednesday went about the same. The wind pretty much died and left many go to banks with lots of floating trash. Talked to some friends Tuesday who were trolling crank baits and they said the same thing about 10 shorts to catch a keeper. The marina owner said the corp told him they perdict the lake will crest at 688 on July 3 but be perpared for 690.

[Fish24/7]

mike, i have a couple of questions if you don;t mind

would a floating crawler harness be good for fishing around the brush line vs. a non floating harness?

are you using planer boards with the worm rigs or just dragging them under the boat?

thanks

last time we got this high i lost way too many cranks $$$ trying to troll the trees

i'm sticking to the worms this year, got some uncle josh crawlers i want to try

[Mike Worley]

I really don't use crawler harnesses with more than one hook. What works for me is a slow death hook tied behind a spinner blade and a few beads. Smile blades work well for a floating rig. The slow death hook is soft enough when tied on 12# fluorocarbon to pull out of most snags and be rebent with fingers or pliers. I use at least a 2 oz bottom bouncer and braided line. A linecounter reel really helps when fishing in this brush. The less tackle you lose the more time you spend catching fish. Beef it up and leave the mono line at home, heavy braid right under the boat.