Eagle Rock ... Friday, 10-27-17

[Champ188]

Could've been better, could've been worse but couldn't have been much more uncomfortable  ... especially since I left my hoodie at the golf course where I work part time. Didn't discover this until I was well on my way to the lake, so I ended up fishing in my Guidewear jacket. Not a terrible I thing but missed having my soft hood instead of that cold, crinkly GoreTex one pulled over my head all day.

Regardless, I did catch one of only two spinnerbait bass on my first stop at the mouth of a windblown pocket. Proceeded to fish the entire sizable pocket without another sniff, so on my way out I tied on a smallish crank bait and started down the 30-degree chunk rock bank just outside this pocket. Bingo. Caught 3 shorts and a keeper, plus lost another keeper at the boat.

Headed across the lake to a river channel-swing bank and caught several more on the little crank bait but no love on the blade.

Two more stops before 1 p.m. produced similar results and I ended up catching 14 total fish with 3 keepers. Very little action in the pockets ... all the active fish seemed to be on the main lake on those 30-degree chunk rock banks.

Around 1 o'clock, things seemed to go dead. Maybe I got out of the fish and I didn't revisit any of my earlier productive spots, but there was hardly a bite to be had.

Brightest moment of the day happened at the ramp while loading up, when I met fellow OAF member Fowlthing. Good guy, naturally. He's an OAFer and he's from Arkansas.

[Nitro 750]

Thanks for the report Champ.  Not a bad day on the lake.

[dan hufferd]

What a life !

[Quillback]

Not a bad day, kind of weird you didn't get one or two on the blade. 

[Champ188]

I had two on it, QB. But only two. I think bo tipped em off that I was coming. 

[merc1997 Bo]

they are just still scattered, and lots of areas are going through turnover.  there will be a big difference in two weeks.  this cold spell will get most of the lake over with turnover, and water temps will be down closer to mid 60's.  not for sure if the best bite will be deep or shallow, but the bite should be a lot better.

i went way above the ark. line in the kings the other day.  water temp up there was 60 and very little bait fish.  had to get closer to hickory hollow (aching back for us natives) to find the food, but it was one of those days that everything was out in the channel and not up on the flats.  did manage 3 bites on a lipless, but were all shorts.

bo

[MIKEBARNER]

We heading down for the weekend (Nov 2-5.)  Probably fishing the mid lake area.  Any suggestions, and will the lake turning over hurt the bite?  Thanks in advance for any info.

[merc1997 Bo]

9 hours ago, MIKEBARNER said:

We heading down for the weekend (Nov 2-5.)  Probably fishing the mid lake area.  Any suggestions, and will the lake turning over hurt the bite?  Thanks in advance for any info.

got to fish downstream or upstream from any area that is bubbling.

bo