Roaring River Area Report - 6/11-6/13

[Ken Drish]

 

Had an absolutely phenomenal weekend of bass fishing. Spent 90% of my time in the Roaring River arm - fishing each day from dawn until about 11 and then again from 7pm - dark. It was a top water bonanza... baits used were a combination of a Lucky Craft Gunfish Blue Herring, a Whopper Plopper 130 (the new silent one... not sure it would have made a difference), Yellow Magic popper, Snag Proof Frog (evening only), pink Fluke (weightless) and then a handful of others - swim bait, Spro crankbait, underspin. But 95% of the fish came from topwater. It was really fun - each day was between 40-50 fish - mostly non-keepers, but did get a couple of really nice LM. One went close to 6#'s on the Gunfish.

Here's  the crazy part.......... a lot, and I mean a lot of the fish came in bright sunlight that were busting shad - all the way up to about 10am. The 6# came way up in the Roaring Arm in about 3 ft of water. Had a few doubles as well... you know there is a lot of action when a fish gets hooked  and  another to steal it from their mouth!

During the evening fishing, it was mostly shoreline structure with the frog and popper.  Far fewer fish but better quality.

Would love to see it last forever like this, but I think the heat later this week will kill off some of this bite and drive them deeper. Good luck out there!

 

 

 

[Nitro 750]

Great report, nice fish.

[96 CHAMP]

That is  fantastic, nothing better than a top water bite. Congrats on a superb weekend of fishing.

[cheesemaster]

I love that part of the lake. That waterfall up that river sure is pretty cool.

Thanks for the report.

What was the water temp up there?

[Ken Drish]

water temp 82

 

[m&m]

Ken, well done. Great pictures. 

Mike