5/27/16 Report and One Question

[bobby b.]

Fished the darn area from 6:30 a.m. to 8:15 am today.  Water temp was 70 deg. and starting to clear but North Indian got brown again after the recent rains. 

Caught 10 SM and one Spot - all keepers but one, all off of a single main lake point in about 4-6 fow.  Fish were 3 - 3.5 lbs., except for the one short  Used a 4 inch pearl Swim Shad.  The fish turned off about 7:30 a.m.  so I backed out to deeper water and could see them on the graph suspended at about 8 fow. and they were feeding big time all around me but I could not get bit after 7:30.  I threw swimbaits, WP, spinnerbait, shad crankbait, and even the Ned and a tube bait. 

The question - What could have been done to get bit after 7:30 since the fish were obviously still feeding?

Thanks

Bobby

PS - Recall I'm still kinda new toTR.

[Sprint21fter]

Sometimes the fish are so keyed up on bait that its hard to get them to bite artificial lures.  You did what any of us would have done, backed out and try other techniques that is all you can do.

[dtrs5kprs]

Might have gotten picky about size. That's a place for a spoon.

[OldMillRoad]

Not that I know anything, but I might have thrown a jerker or a fluke.

[Quillback]

1 hour ago, dtrs5kprs said:

Might have gotten picky about size. That's a place for a spoon.

That's what I was thinking, smaller flutter spoon, but fish it horizontally, cast out, let it sink a bit, work it back to the boat.  Or I would try swimming a Keitech.

But, getting 10 nice keeper sized smallies, well that is not a bad day.

[dtrs5kprs]

1 minute ago, Quillback said:

That's what I was thinking, smaller flutter spoon, but fish it horizontally, cast out, let it sink a bit, work it back to the boat.  Or I would try swimming a Keitech.

But, getting 10 nice keeper sized smallies, well that is not a bad day.

Sometimes they'll eat the old gray roadrunner when they get on little shad. 1/8 or 1/4. Getting harder to find the gray ones. Jug and Plug used to have them.

[Quillback]

Just now, dtrs5kprs said:

Sometimes they'll eat the old gray roadrunner when they get on little shad. 1/8 or 1/4. Getting harder to find the gray ones. Jug and Plug used to have them.

I have some, somewhere - thanks for the reminder.

[dtrs5kprs]

5 minutes ago, Quillback said:

I have some, somewhere - thanks for the reminder.

I've had at least a half dozen in the boat ever since Kelly Power won that derby on it. CPA or Heartland, back in the way back. They work.

[Ham]

1 hour ago, dtrs5kprs said:

Sometimes they'll eat the old gray roadrunner when they get on little shad. 1/8 or 1/4. Getting harder to find the gray ones. Jug and Plug used to have them.

Pretty easy to tie up. I had a good trip on a gray one 1/8 oz on Bull Shoals. Some of us have been hyper finessful since 1986.

[marcus]

maybe down size your bait and line next time ?