Tough Bite for me 10-20-16

[Bill Babler]

Launched at Old 86 at 7 AM yesterday morn to perfect conditions.  I thought.  Fished the Pooper for about 45 minutes with no love and switched to a C-rig as the boys guiding this end say its been the deal.  1st. cast with the boat in 25' I caught my biggest brown fish of the year, a solid 4 pounder.  Reports here are the fish are 15' to 30' tight to the bottom.  That was about 8 AM  My next fish came at 11AM on a Keitech Swimbait.  It again was a good one at 3 pounds and I repeated that feat 3 more times on the same location.  My total for the morning was 5 fish with three keeps two baby SM.

Off the water at 1PM with all most a heat stroke man it was hot yesterday.  Lake in the dam area was simply covered with boats, some circling and waiting to fish certain points.  I fished from Long Creek to point 5 and more than once got crowded.  Don't think it mattered as it was tough as nails for me.  Surface temp at start was 73.3 and at the ramp when the trip ended 76.1.

Good Luck

[m&m]

Bill,  thanks for the report.  good to know about the c-rig.  Great information as always. Crowded on a Thursday.  Doesn't anyone but me have to work anymore?

Mike

[Quillback]

I was last out on Tuesday, and it was crowded on the upper end also.  Thought maybe there was a big tournament going on.  Must be the warm weather, because the fishing sure was tough. 

 

[merc1997 Bo]

pretty darn good for daytime fishing right now.  last night it sounded like a war zone out in the lake, and i believe that what few are on or around the bottom at night are back out in the middle suspended during the day. 

bo

[Champ188]

All those boats are from the big Toyota derby this coming weekend. Free entry for qualified Toyota owners. Couple of hundred boats or better, is what I heard. Launching out of Johnny World/Long Creek location.

[m&m]

Champ, thanks for the notice on the Toyota derby.  Those of us who fish the dam and Long Creek area sure do appreciate the stocking program that exists because of those tourney guys.  Hopefully they will bring some LMs down that way.

Mike

[Champ188]

It washes out, Mike. Bo and I take all the ones we catch on the lower end back up the river.

[Quillback]

43 minutes ago, Champ188 said:

All those boats are from the big Toyota derby this coming weekend. Free entry for qualified Toyota owners. Couple of hundred boats or better, is what I heard. Launching out of Johnny World/Long Creek location.

That explains it.   Fish are going to all be wore out by the time that derby rolls around.

[merc1997 Bo]

45 minutes ago, Champ188 said:

All those boats are from the big Toyota derby this coming weekend. Free entry for qualified Toyota owners. Couple of hundred boats or better, is what I heard. Launching out of Johnny World/Long Creek location.

I was wondering why I was getting so many phone calls about what the bass are doing.  need to be like a doctor and start charging them for info.  champ, I did not shew any of them up the river either.  just let them all sit on tip of each other.  then I have a guy coming down to have me tour him around a couple of days before the cut off for the costa tournament next month.  things will have sure changed by that time from what they are now.

it will be a busy lake this weekend to say the least.

bo

[Champ188]

I'm on the golf course this weekend unless I sneak up that way Sunday, and if I do it'll be on the upper end away from the crowd.

Let the derby boys have at it. My favorite days won't start until next month anyway. Haven't even seen a frost yet, at least not in Bella Vista.