All the Shad on Pomme, and 1 Bass

[randman011]

Has anyone else fished the west arm of Pomme de Terre in the past week?

I was out all day Friday, at first fishing my usual mid- arm area from main lake to Goody's resort.

My brother Alan and I fished from 830 am to about noon. Total, (1) 14.5" largemouth!

Because I needed to check out my big motor (was having 'dying' problem to full throttle), I decided to motor down to far

south of Lightfoot, an area of the lake I'd never fished! At least not for 20+ years.

When I got down where the arm splits into 3 fingers, I decided to check the main creek heading west.

On the point at the mouth of the creek arm, I noticed dozens of shad balls boiling all around me, stretching the

full width of the mouth of the arm. Here is the list of all the baits I threw from about 1 until almost 6pm.

DT10 Rapala Crankbaits, 3 different colors, Storm 360 searchbaits, 4.5" in crystal shad, 3 different lipless crankbaits,

Strike King, sexy shad and chart.,sexy shad, 2.5 Square Bill, XD 5, and 4 S, covered the water column from 3 foot

to 15 foot. Total fish caught.... 2 little 1.5" shad.  Threw a tube in 2 different colors, missed one decent fish that

picked it up and ran with it.

I threw beside the shad, below the shad, through the shad, and several different topwater, on top of the shad.... No Difference.

Has anybody else lately fished Pomme, and seen all the shad, and actually caught more that 1 keeper bass?

Loved to hear how you did it!!

Randy

[Flysmallie]

I haven't fished Pomme in a long time but those days that you are talking about it seemed that a spinnerbait was best. 

[MOPanfisher]

Was out last week, but not fishing.  He lake above Lightfoot is always wall to wall young shad this time of year, all those crappie will have plenty to eat and grow.  The old timers always said to throw something that wasn't shad like this time of year, i.e. craw cranks etc.  I don't bass fish so can't really give much advice.

[moguy1973]

Big spoon fluttered down through and below the bait balls?

[oneshot]

I use a Smallish Beatle Spin, see a Bass Feeding cast by it and almost always Hook up.

 

oneshot