TR Indian point 4/26-4/30

[deeredude64]

First time ever on TR was this past week. Showed up on 4/26 but didn't get out to fish until 4/27. As every one else has said water was very dingy with about a foot of visibility. My partner and I threw just about every thing we could think of from the Ned rig to crank baits to jigs. Just could not get bit. We launched from Indian point and fished there the first day and second morning. Second day evening we made our way to kimberling city and fished around the schooner creek area.  Caught a few warmouth and one nice large mouth but the Ned came untied before it got to the boat. Friday we fished back in Indian point up the little North Indian creek. Caught 2 K's probably 14" long.  Both came on the Ned rig again. Saturday morning we drove to joe bald and launched and ran to little Indian creek by Baxter. Caught 3 lm on a 3/16 oz jig head and grub. 3 fish in 5 hrs of fishing no keepers. Also had 5 or 6 war mouths there as well on the grub. Saturday evening we decided to fish docks back at Indian point. First stop was straight across from the marina around some brush piles and a rock face probably vertical 15 feet. Caught a nice lm 4lb 14oz on the same 3/16 jig head and smoke pepper grub. Not a real bad week but it could have been a lot better. All fish were caught in less then 15' of water. 

[Nitro 750]

Thanks for the report, nice pics.  It has been pretty tough on the lake this past week, for your first time on the lake you did good. 

[Quillback]

That's a nice bass.  Based on what I've been hearing, fishing has been tough.

[deeredude64]

Fishing was tough that's for sure. Seemed to have better luck when we launched out of joe bald. Water had probably 4-6' of visibility there even down to the Baxter area. We just couldn't figure out what they were wanting to bite on. We also didn't see a lot of fish on the finders either. Maybe we weren't in the right area but from what we are used to fishing it seemed like the perfect spots to fish. 

[dtrs5kprs]

9 minutes ago, deeredude64 said:

Fishing was tough that's for sure. Seemed to have better luck when we launched out of joe bald. Water had probably 4-6' of visibility there even down to the Baxter area. We just couldn't figure out what they were wanting to bite on. We also didn't see a lot of fish on the finders either. Maybe we weren't in the right area but from what we are used to fishing it seemed like the perfect spots to fish. 

To me, it seems like the winter high water and color have combined to make the lake fish a lot differently than usual. Lot shallower, but not with the aggressive nature fish often have when they are shallow.

Saw a lot of folks fishing that traditional 15-25', and the fish just weren't out there. Didn't have any reason to be. Water is colored up, shad and perch are on the banks. No need for them to be out roaming. This is in the creeks, not main lake.

[magicwormman]

Great detailed report! Nice fish too! It has been a tough week for lots of people. I think Dave is correct, this pond fishes more like Stockton this year. In 45 years of fishing, I have never seen so much color from Kimberling City to the Dam. Plus the fact we are right in the middle of the spawn, which can make it tough catching the big girls. Thank God for the brown fish as they seem to always be ready to play.