Long Creek

[Ketchup]

Had our monthly tourney out of Long Creek yesterday. Had my hopes up with the water dropping and water clarity getting better. Started out in the marina area as it was dark when we started. Flipped a jig and worm around the marina docks with nothing.  Moved to the Brush Creek area fishing jig, worm, and crank on points out to 25' of water with no luck. 

Fished down the South Fork area with the same baits, again nothing but a few 10" and 12" bass.  The fog had rolled in pretty thick by 6:30am which made it beautiful to be on the lake looking up at the bluffs with the fog rolling in.  Looked like elk country. 

Around 10:00 i moved to the 86 bridge fishing the west rock bank and into the cove with a few short fish caught.  The bluegill were loving the Ned.  The final  1 1/2 hours i fished the Big Cedar Hollow area catching shorts.

 

It was a tough day out there for us in the tourney, as well as the few other bass fishermen i talked to that werent in our group. Im not sure if my fishing skills have gone down the tube, or if TR as a whole is in bad shape.  At this point im thinking i need to stick to deep water, but my brain tells me to stay 20' or shallower.  

 

Out of 6 of us fishing, there was 1 fished weighed in   A few of the guys are contributors on this site, and had a tough time also  

 

For those of you that live and fish there often, if you are successful each outing, then your well ahead of me on that lake.  

 

And did i mention it was a rough sucker out there for us aluminum boat guys?

 

 

[Quillback]

August is just a tough time to fish, especially during the day.

[aarchdale@coresleep.com]

Last night laying in bed it felt like i was still on a boat rocking back and forth. Definitely a tough day fishing a rough day in a tin can.