Another River Report

[Guest]

Today we launched out of Hickory Creek at 10am fished till dark. we ran everything from Kellys creek to the sidewalk hole. Water temp 51-56 degrees. We found stained, clear & murky water (I wouldn't call it muddy) the corps had been running full throttle for a few days & they killed the generators yesterday. The fish had moved & I had to scramble again fishing a ton of new water. Once got dialed in on the bluff cuts & bluff ends, it was game on. The wind was about right for a good ole crankbait bite. Once I found that perfect 100 yard stretch of bank, I would run & find another bank just like it. Transition banks & channel swings, points at the mouth of coves. We hit at least 30-40 different spots.

My dad caught 30 & I boated 33 with a bonus White bass. All total we brought 63 aboard in 7hrs. Thats about the same catch rate as previous trips. We caught more LMB this time but our best 5 would go 9-10lbs. I had 3 keeper LMB & 2 keeper Spots. I lost a 3-4lb LMB on a point out in the wind. It just pulled loose, so I changed out my hooks. We threw the same 3 crankbaits 100% of the time. Wiggle Wart, Square bill & Rock Crawler. The fish are shallow & I didn't fish the square bill enough. Of course I never threw the spinnerbait, but I couldn't put down the crankbait. 

If you found shad there were fish feeding nearby. I found a bunch of schools of crappie & bream along with smaller wolf packs of bass. Wood is key along these bluff banks. Several fish bit when the bait rolled off a log. I had to slow the bait down today & had a dozen or more hit the bait while motionless with 3-4ft of line out right under the boat. 

 

If anybody has a Revo Winch they want to sell, Im looking for a good used right hander.

 

 

 

[Guest]

A few photos 

[Dan the fisherman]

Very cool.  I need to learn the rivers more.  Sounds like the bite up there in fall is darn good 

[Guest]

I gotta text from another river rat. He said that he's caught 25 in the first 2 hours this morning on the same pattern.

 

[Dan the fisherman]

If u don't mind me asking, how far r u going up cause,   I've managed to get myself stuck on a sand bar up river once.  So I'm a bit wary to go very far.  

[Guest]

Kelly's creek was as far as I went past point 12.

I strictly run the river channel, so it's takes longer to run. Gotta watch out for those long mud flats with standing timber & logs 100 yards offshore

[Ham]

I think I would have been chunking lipless crankbaits looking for more of those White Bass.

[Dan the fisherman]

17 minutes ago, TrophyFishR said:

Kelly's creek was as far as I went past point 12.

I strictly run the river channel, so it's takes longer to run. Gotta watch out for those long mud flats with standing timber & logs 100 yards offshore

I'm not sure how far that is. Is that south of the 412 bridge?  Like I said I rarely ever venture up there

[Guest]

1 hour ago, Dan the fisherman said:

I'm not sure how far that is. Is that south of the 412 bridge?  Like I said I rarely ever venture up there

I think it's called friendship creek on the map. It's really close to the 412 bridge on the north side. 

[Dan the fisherman]

Ahhh ok. Think I know now.   I imagined way up river for some reason. Thank for all the info btw. Great report too.