Guest Posted December 23, 2015 Posted December 23, 2015 It was windy today & the fish were biting. Mudline was at Horseshoe Bend, water 51-56 degrees, all forms of stained water held fish. Theyre shallow on the steep banks in the banks of bigger creeks. Monte Ne, Blackburn & Escalpia all had shad jammed in the back. Put the boat in 10ft & parallel the bank with whatever crankbait, spinnerbait or jerkbait you like. We caught fish in & out of the wind. All total we had about 2 dozen, with the best 5 around 13-14. Caught my personal best LGM in 2015 on a small bluff today, it was 19.5" inches. Pitched the ned into a crevice along the bluff & it went about 5ft & stopped. I reeled that dude to the boat on 5lb maxima, thanks Bill Babler. Thats excellent line, especially on windy days. The other bass hit RK Crawler, Pre Rapala WW & 1/8oz ned. Just a nice day to catch bass. Im sure you could've mopped the floor with a jerk or spinner, because I found huge portions of the creeks with shad flipping on top.
Guest Posted December 23, 2015 Posted December 23, 2015 There were football fields full of adult threadfin shad all over every cove.
J-Doc Posted December 23, 2015 Posted December 23, 2015 Awesome trip!! Need marine repair? Send our own forum friend "fishinwrench" a message. He will treat you like family!!! I owe fishinwrench a lot of thanks. He has been a great mechanic with lots of patience!
Guest Posted December 23, 2015 Posted December 23, 2015 I kept trying the suspending rogues, but I couldn't get it going. I promise you that a skilled jerkbait fisherman had a better day than me. Most of the bass hit right at the boat. they want the bait slowed down, & its hard to crawl them in high wind. I found deep laydown logs with shad all over them & bass would run out & hammer the RK crawler. Its setup right for a shallow suspended bite. Water temp, water color, wind, everything.
J-Doc Posted December 24, 2015 Posted December 24, 2015 Those are nice looking cranks. Need marine repair? Send our own forum friend "fishinwrench" a message. He will treat you like family!!! I owe fishinwrench a lot of thanks. He has been a great mechanic with lots of patience!
Guest Posted December 24, 2015 Posted December 24, 2015 Notice the spin tech hooks? think suspend dots for dummies! Lol, those things are awesome at slowing the rise to a crawl. gives your bait more time in the strike zone in front of followers
Dan the fisherman Posted December 24, 2015 Posted December 24, 2015 great report trophy. I thought about it today. I just didn't want to mess with the winds. Glad u go on them
Quillback Posted December 24, 2015 Posted December 24, 2015 Good fishing for sure! I might head over there next week if we don't have a crazy rise in the lake level. Saw the weather forecast tonight and they are saying we could get 8-10 inches this weekend. I sure hope it's not that much.
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