Monday report 6/6/16

[Champ188]

Fished 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday out of Shell Knob. Fished from the bridge down to Big Creek. The relatively late start hindered our topwater efforts but we did manage to catch a couple of very nice keeper K's and another one just barely short of 15" out of some chasers on a long flat point.

The trip was mostly an instructional one with a golf pro buddy, so we jumped around on techniques but caught fish on all of them. Ned rig and fb jig on gravel points worked pretty well, as did a finesse jig on bluff ends, Ned and finesse jig on boat docks, and drop shot fished 30-40 feet in 60 feet of water. There's just a lot of ways to get bit out there right now. Typical post-spawn activity. Other than the deep drop-shot fish, most of our bites came in 12-20 feet of water. Some might have even been shallower except for the bright, calm conditions.

Ended up with 28 and eight keepers, best 5 of which were probably 12 pounds. Nothing extraordinary but enough to keep the interest level up. Actually, I was pretty pleased given the high blue skies and very minimal wind conditions. 

Good luck and go catch some. And watch out for the bumbling idiots in assorted recreational watercraft. Their numbers are incredible, even on Mondays.

[176champion]

Nice Champ!! sounds like a good day...

Im going to try to get out Thursday and Friday...may go to Big M and put in....be first time out to fish this year...

 

Son went out yesterday to run a prop he bought he was the one that had the bad wheel bearing on the trailer that he was fixing there at Shell Knob ramp in the upper part...he didnt have a very good time...lol...he said water traffic was bad also.

[merc1997 Bo]

pretty darn good day.  were you showing your golf buddy how fishing is similar to golfing.  when you can not keep it in the fairway, you have to go to plan b to score.  

it does seem like many are saying the top water activity is slacking off some.  some of that might be attributed to more water traffic since "school's out for the summer".  sure can not blame you for playing golf this time of the year.

bo

[Champ188]

Pretty good fishing/golf analogy, bo. I was just trying to cover some basic tactics with him that will hopefully help him find/catch fish when things aren't so easy.

The topwater fish are definitely showing signs of slacking off. I'm sure the spoon bite will start coming on soon. And no doubt the night bite.

[Nitro 750]

Sounds like you are a good teacher Champ.  You guys had a good day with a high sky and light winds. .

[big c]

Sounds like a good time. When it comes to an instructional trip you're at the top of the list. Know this from experience,  im sure he learned and had fun! Take care.

[Champ188]

Thanks for the kind words, fellows. I just enjoy seeing others learn a little more about the sport we all love.