Yesterday

[Bill Babler]

Techo, Can't tell you how much I enjoyed our morning. IT was great to meet a fellow Alaska Buff.

Your a very good fisherman, and I bet you will like the split shot a whole lot better now.

Techo, and I started about mid-main-lake yesterday with quite a bit of cloud cover. Some boats running, but not too bad. We chased some topwater fish for an hour of so catching 5 on a redfin and a couple on a sammy. We might have missed a couple, but we won't go there.

About as tough a condition as you can get with partly cloudy haze and dead flat calm water. This time of year, you still hope for wind on just about any area you want to fish.

I broke a couple of my rules yesterday, as the day before I had located some fish on a specific bank. The wind was howling on it yesterday, and it was covered with keeper fish of all three disaplines.

Outside of the topwater guys, we really couldn't get bit there. No. wind and cloudy, very very bad.

Sun came out and it really positioned the fish and we "Set in on em".

Spoke to some guys at the ramp and also some at the boat dealers, while getting some oil. All said their bite stopped when the sun came out. Our's went from good to great with the sun, as it positioned all those fish in the top of the water column and mid depth to the bottom. Lots more fish, lot smaller area.

This time of the year, the sun is absolutely your best friend. It puts em where you can get at them.

These fish are really getting ready to make woopie, and they want fed before the big event.

Techo, think people should check transition banks where chunk of flat rock go to gravel pockets?? Better look there.

Secondaries and cove mouths 1/2 back are also holding fish. Fish Dr. Finess worms and Shakey heads will get you bit. I cannot for the life of me get bit on soft plastic jerk worms. Seems other are, and I love them, but they are not liking me.

If the wind blows you can for sure power fish with warts or blades in the same locations. Large fish are still I believe holding getting ready to move up. Check isolated trees near deep water and in conjunction with spawning coves.

Techo, started seeing locations, and made the comment there are really not a lot of just perfect places, you have to look for them. He was really right about that. When you do find one you know it however. Guarantee you he does.

Our next to last spot was just like that, I really started out on too flat of gravel, we still got bit good, but we both believed we should have given the bank a nother 300 yrds on the flat table top type of rock.

We had other places to go anyway and the day was getting short. The good thing was he knew we started short and thats what fishing lessons are all about. He was pointing out locations on the way in and they were right on. We both had great fun.

Good luck techo, look forward to seeing you on the pond. Pull that boat to where the fish live.

[Conman64]

Bill,

Thanks for all the help. One of these days Im gunna buck up learn these things in person from the back of your boat. But for now...

You say "in the top of the water column and mid depth to the bottom"... What does this mean?

What color Fish Dr's are working best.

I will be in the Big M area starting tomorrow. Do you think these techniques will work down there?

Thanks Again

[techo]

Bill,

That was a totally eye opening experience. I love that part of the lake! It is pretty. I have to get some more fishing training in the future, but I am going to do a bunch of homework first!

For everyone else.....Bill doesn't make you fish from the back of the boat. He makes you fish the whole thing. One time he told me to cast a crank bait over his head. Pretty brave, seeing as how my casting accuracy is sort of like a shot gun! I refused to do it, seeing as how I will need future training. Plus he is pretty likeable.

I still recommend hiring a trainer to get you ideas on working the water and what water to work. It is money well invested.

[Bill Babler]

64, Our technique will work in the Big M area, as that is the fish factory.

Early and late the fish move to the top of the water column and push shad there to create an advantage. No where else to go. As boat traffic and sun come into the equasion,the fish move deeper. With full light penetration the fish move to the bottom or suspend in areas of shaddow.

They tend to concentrate there and more bang for your buck occurs.

Good Luck

[conman]

Bill,

Thanks for the help. Fished 2.5 days starting Friday morning and my buddy and I caught 18 keepers, LM and Kentuckys, mostly from the Kings River. A lot of them were SplitShot fish, but we had a ton of Fluke fish as well. All between 15 and 17 inches, except for one 5.2 lb beauty. The fish look so healthy. What a blast!

Thanks for the help, I love tis board. I am leaving for James River on the 9th, so Im sure I will be bugging more this week.

Chris

[Bill Babler]

I'm Jelious. Great Job.