Dam area, 4/25

[Quillback]

 

 

Fished from daylight until 1:30 PM, picked up 14 black bass, fish were scattered, one of those days where I'd get a bite every once in a while.  Caught some decent fish, a couple of large mouth on a crank, a meanmouth and smalle on a c-rigged craw that were all 2.5-2.75 lb. fish.  Some where out on the main channel, some half way back in coves, in 5-15 FOW.

Water temps 63-64.

 

 

 

[Stump bumper]

Nice fish, did you spot any roaming the shore line? I was in PC yesterday and the water temps were around 67, they should be moving up.

[Dan the fisherman]

Awesome quill.  I love catching them beaver lake smallies.  

[Quillback]

1 hour ago, Stump bumper said:

Nice fish, did you spot any roaming the shore line? I was in PC yesterday and the water temps were around 67, they should be moving up.

No, I did not see any beds or fish on the shore, I didn't look in a lot of places, but did check out a couple of pockets that I thought should have had beds.

[Mike jones]

2 hours ago, Stump bumper said:

Nice fish, did you spot any roaming the shore line? I was in PC yesterday and the water temps were around 67, they should be moving up.

Stump- You still think a good wave of fish will be hitting the banks?  Did you see any in prairie yesterday?

[PigSooner]

I fished around ventris and never saw any up shallow. Caught a few bass and a nice walleye on a crank bait in 15-20 fow. Also ran down around horseshoe- never had any luck in the shallows. 

[Stump bumper]

2 hours ago, Mike jones said:

Stump- You still think a good wave of fish will be hitting the banks?  Did you see any in prairie yesterday?

Mike I was fishing in very strong wind and the shad were blown back in a very shallow cove(4 feet at the deepest point). I had three really big brutes on but they threw the hook at the boat. There were even a few walleye feeding up on shore but couldn't hang on to them either, trying to fight a fish with your boat being blown in that direction is not easy. So yes they were really shallow, but I think it was because of the shad and white caps.

I did notice a lot of boats trying to get out of the wind, never will figure that one out. If you end up in that hard wind on Saturday I would suggest a swimbait through the brush that is being beaten by white caps.

[Dan the fisherman]

6 hours ago, PigSooner said:

I fished around ventris and never saw any up shallow. Caught a few bass and a nice walleye on a crank bait in 15-20 fow. Also ran down around horseshoe- never had any luck in the shallows. 

HSB was on fire before this week.