4/19 - 4/22

[97procraft]

I took the family down for several days and stayed in the Indian Creek area.  The fishing was so good for us that in 4 days I didn't use 1/4 tank of gas.  

4/19  Got on the water around 2:00 and found a cove close by that was pretty protected from the wind.  Started on a gently sloping bank with timber and put the boat in 20'.  There was 3 of us in the boat we all have different stuff tied on, but the best performers were the Ned and the c tail grub.  In 3 hours we had over 25 fish with 5 keepers.  

4/20  Woke up early to get some time on the water in between rain showers.  On the water before 7.  3 of us in the boat again, and again the Ned and c tail grub were the best performers with the Ned out fishing the grub.  Fished 4 hours this time and ended up with over 35 fish, still only about 5 keepers though.  We even had 3 fish on at the same time once.  

4/21  The rain stopped enough for us to get out again for about 2.5 - 3 hours.  Only 2 of us this time.  This time we only stuck to the Ned.  I could tell that the lake had started rising.  The temps were quite a bit colder and there was a constant light wind.  All that didn't seem to mind the fish, at least the smaller ones.  We ended up with around 25 fish and only 3 keepers, one of them being over 3lbs.  

4/22  Woke up early again to get some time on the water in between rain showers.  On the water before 7.  Only 2 of us this time again.  Only one rod each this time, Ned rig.  Found that the lake had risen quite a bit and there was a lot of water running off into it.  Not sure if the fish were moving up shallow because of the rising water or if there were just little fish up shallow all along, but we found a lot of little fish up close to where water was pouring into the lake.  7 fish in 7 cast at one point.  Ended up with over 30 to end the weekend.

The angle of the bank didn't seem to matter for us as long as there was gravel mix or only gravel bottom.  Timber did help with the larger fish, but not necessary.  It did seem that the bigger fish came earlier in the week and tailed off as the weather got worse, but that could have been that we just wanted numbers and didn't go hunting for bigger fish.  Ned Rig did was the best lure for the weekend, but we caught fish on the grub, jig, wopper plopper and spook.  

[Nitro 750]

Sounds like a fun few days on the water, thanks for the report.