Dam Area 5/9/17

[Nitro 750]

Launched at State Park around 5:45, a lot of boats launching and waiting to launch, looked like a holiday weekend.  I threw a whopper plopper  and did not do any good on top water.  I threw a split shot rig with green pumpkin fish doctor, smoke red flake Yum worm rigged texas style, jig and swim bait.  I sat the boat in 30 to 35 feet of water and fished the old bank line.  Caught most on the split shot rig and a few on the Yum worm.  The only way I could get bit was fishing the split shot rig and worm very slow, some would really hit the split shot rig really hard.  The bite really slowed after the sun got up good.  Off the water by 10:00, water temp was 68.  Ended the day with 12, only 2 keepers both smallies, and I did catch 1 goggleye. 

[big c]

We fished the indian point area today. Had to get ferried to the dock, good crew at the marina. Caught two keepers on a spimmerbait, reall shollow in flooded trees without flooded bushes around. Caught about 12 shorts on the mighty Ned, those came on random banks in about 12 feet of water, nothing i could determin was holding them. It was interesting several came while swimming the Ned about 10 foot ish down. Hope for better luck luck tomorrow. 

[M_Taylor]

 

Thank for the report  

Curious to know if you were using small or big plopper? I'll be coming down this weekend and trying to figure out what topwater to have on to start. I'm down a rod too so I have less rods to use. 

[buckwhisperer]

Thanks for report Nitro, that's great info.

[Nitro 750]

14 minutes ago, M_Taylor said:

 

Thank for the report  

Curious to know if you were using small or big plopper? I'll be coming down this weekend and trying to figure out what topwater to have on to start. I'm down a rod too so I have less rods to use. 

I was using the small plopper,, shad color, sounds like you need a new rod or two or even three, you can never have enough!!!!