lower end night fishing 8-6-15

[merc1997 Bo]

put the boat in the water at 8 pm and loaded up at 1am. 13 keepers total, but the bite was not what you would call great. pretty much 1 or two to a spot. best bait was definitely a 1/2 jig without rattles. depth 15 to 20 feet. 5 lmg keeps, 1 spot, and the rest brownies. size went like this 1 4lb. lmg, and 2 3lb. lmg. 1 4lb. brownie, and 3 in the 3lb. range. really surprised at the amount of quality fish when it was 1 or 2 per spot. did not catch many shorts at all.

bites were of a variety. some just knocked the fire out of it, and some were just something happened different. that is another reason that i said the bite was not what i would call great. just started piecing together spots with similarities and there seemed to be a catchable bass on each one.

wish the bite back up this way was better, but i think the dead shad are telling what is wrong with the bite and it boils down to low O2 levels.

bo

[Quillback]

I'd call that some pretty good fishing, especially for this time of year.

[slowbait]

what kind of banks was you fishing and was it main lake or coves.

[Curtis5]

I'm thinking about getting out one night this weekend. What ramps are accessible on the lower end? I usually put in at Old 86

[merc1997 Bo]

curtis

you will have to use moonshine or cow creek. old 86 is pretty flat and is most likely still unusable.

to answer slowbait, caught some on main lake and coves both. most of the lmg came from coves.

bo

[m&m]

Bo, nice report thanks for the update. While i have not been out in about 3 weeks, i noticed that the weekends at Moonshine are crowded. my neighbor went out last Sunday morning and boated a nice >5lb LM and about a 3 lb SM in the cove next to the Chateau. Both on a frog in the flooded timber. I see that the COE hopes to have the lake at normal pool by the end of the month so i am looking forward to going again then. High water gave me time to catch up on some chores around the house.