Post Frontal-report, Dam Area 8/21

[Sprint21fter]

Fished club tournament out of Old 86, with a crisp air temp of 59 and no clouds, figured it would be tough but to only get 3 bites all day and my non-boater to get 5 bites it was a head scratcher. Had plenty of bait in the areas that I fished but not much for active fish.  1 keeper for me that was 3 1/4lbs, and co-angler had 2 nice 16 inch brownies.  Not a single 5 fish limit was brought in out of 29 fisherman.  Big fish was a nice 3.70lb brownie on the boater side and a 3.55 black was big fish on the non-boater side.  All our fish was caught on topwaters, I mixed in a spoon throughout the day without a bite.  Most of the fish that were caught were caught in the first hour in a half.  

[abkeenan]

Must be tough if not a single person out of the 29 had a limit. That really says it all.

[Sprint21fter]

Sometimes the fish just don't bite when you are there.  There is always next time.  It had been cloudy for several days in a row and I am sure that the fish partied their heads off and rested until the sun went down.

[merc1997 Bo]

i would guess that they may have just suspended out in the middle of nothing.  that really makes for difficult conditions to catch anything.

bo

[Sprint21fter]

Agree 1000%, Merc.  

[Nitro 750]

Sounds like a tough day of fishing, but better than a day at work!!!

[Quillback]

The dog days of August, come on October!

[Fishrman]

I fished the same tournament as Sprint, and I can say it was a long time between bites.  Even the ones who showed themselves were not committing to the bait.  I may have boated 10 fish and I feel lucky to have done that.  I was throwing the same baits as everyone else, I am not a deep fisherman so that should tell you what I was doing.  Anyway, good times are a comin'.