Alex Heitman Posted January 9, 2016 Posted January 9, 2016 Fished the dam area today with my dad and brother. First time out since the lake has flooded. Tried a bunch out baits today but only ended up catching them on a finesse style bait we all know to wel on he forum. Fish on the edge of the bushes and out to 30 ft. All smallmouth except a nice fat K that lost his way. We probably had about 7 or 8 keepers with 25-30 fish being caught. Didn't really keep exact track but it was fun and kept us active. The LM have eluded me. No love on blade, jig, crank, or jerkbait today. It was nice to be out before the cold hits l. Ben Gillispie, Mitch f, merc1997 Bo and 4 others 8
dtrs5kprs Posted January 9, 2016 Posted January 9, 2016 Pretty fish. Water color looks decent in the background. What is this finesse style bait of which you speak?
Mitch f Posted January 9, 2016 Posted January 9, 2016 49 minutes ago, dtrs5kprs said: Pretty fish. Water color looks decent in the background. What is this finesse style bait of which you speak? dtrs5kprs and Champ188 2 "Honor is a man's gift to himself" Rob Roy McGregor
Alex Heitman Posted January 9, 2016 Author Posted January 9, 2016 The water was still really clear in the Indian and point 1 area. After you got up towards state park it was a green milky color but still looked good. It was very hard not to beat the backs of pockets/creeks and flip the the brush for awhile. Wishing it was spring with all this water haha. We found some deep fish but could not entertain them. I feel like there has to be a crankbait bite but it is hard to find the places to get your bait on the bottom without being in the brush or not ticking the bottom.
Alex Heitman Posted January 9, 2016 Author Posted January 9, 2016 Dave I also switched to a 1/16 oz head from an 1/8oz from the ones you gave me from spring and they seemed to like it a little bit better for whatever reason. They seemed to like the slow fall but were dead right on the bottom. Smallmouth bite is really strong right now. My dad left with the boat this evening before the snow hits. Tomorrow I'm going to be having withdrawals with the snow falling knowing they will be biting.
dtrs5kprs Posted January 9, 2016 Posted January 9, 2016 17 minutes ago, Alex Heitman said: Dave I also switched to a 1/16 oz head from an 1/8oz from the ones you gave me from spring and they seemed to like it a little bit better for whatever reason. They seemed to like the slow fall but were dead right on the bottom. Smallmouth bite is really strong right now. My dad left with the boat this evening before the snow hits. Tomorrow I'm going to be having withdrawals with the snow falling knowing they will be biting. I fish that 1/16 every chance I get, even in deeper water than you would think possible. I've caught them out of brush piles in 20'-25' on that 1/16oz head. Folks like the 1/8 because it throws a little better, and they can feel it. Those are not necessarily positive when the goal is no feel fishing. That is why I try to stay away from anything heavier than 1/8. Changes the system completely. Cranking is going to be a challenge for some time. You would think they will eventually reposition in some places and get going on the stick and wire basket in a big way.
Champ188 Posted January 9, 2016 Posted January 9, 2016 Wellllllllll, doggies. I thought it was called a Jed rig! big c, Grumpy53, denjac and 2 others 5
m&m Posted January 9, 2016 Posted January 9, 2016 Alex, nice report. Thanks for the picture also. Been a long time since I've seen one. Mike
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