Members Walleye13 Posted December 2, 2017 Members Posted December 2, 2017 Fished Wed thru Fri this week. Chased the wind when we had it fishing dock corners on secondary points mostly. Jerks and ARigs, a few on Plopper. Moved to rock banks toward dusk and got several on craw cranks. Pitched jigs to shaded docks in same areas when wind quit. Bite was sporadic but decent. 6.1 lb best fish. Would really like to be on the water next Mon/Tues when the front moves in! This post has been promoted to an article conorsixtakc and MOsmallies 2
Members Walleye13 Posted December 2, 2017 Author Members Posted December 2, 2017 Couple more from this week.... MOsmallies 1
nomolites Posted December 2, 2017 Posted December 2, 2017 Nice fish; you the man! I have not had time to fish recently - was down last nite and this morning and tried sticks after dark for walleye but just had a few big whites and one keeper LM. Tried the Gravois this morning and about the same story - had to get back to town for an event tonite. The shad were not where I thought they would be right now but that’s fishing. Hope to get more time later this month. Mike
fishinwrench Posted December 2, 2017 Posted December 2, 2017 Nice ones ! Where'd ya haul them to, and why? Were you in a tournament?
Members Walleye13 Posted December 3, 2017 Author Members Posted December 3, 2017 No tournaments for me Wrench. Caught the biggest near home just inside the Gravois and the pair off two secondary points in Lick Branch. Brought those 2 (and 3 other keepers) back to Gravois to be residents of Blue Anchor Bay. At least until the tourney guys take em out and move em to PB2! Mike, the shad I'm seeing are on steeper breaks near Channel swings. Where I would expect to see them in winter, not necessarily now with 56 deg water. Didn't see that many in backs of creeks, but really didn't look that hard either. Maybe because water dropping? Maybe Wrench and others are seeing it different farther up the Gravois.
fishinwrench Posted December 3, 2017 Posted December 3, 2017 The shallow bite is pretty darn good up here, but my success may be mostly because nobody else is up here doing it. Everybody I see launching from here lights it up and doesn't shut down until they are way past Coconut's. They might be hammering them even better down there for all I know, but I can pretty much just drop my trolling motor at the ramp and get a fair limit in a reasonable amount of time throwing that darn RedEye Shad. What I can't do up here right now is catch a limit of freakin' WHITES ! Which is what I am actually trying to do.
Members Walleye13 Posted December 3, 2017 Author Members Posted December 3, 2017 I didn't catch any Whites either. Wasn't targeting them but usually pick up a couple. Followed your lead and threw a rattle bait for a bit (Strike King Tungsten 2Tap). No keepers but enough to warrant more of a commitment to it next time out. LM, Spots, even a nice crappie. And you were right about how shallow some of those fish can be! fishinwrench 1
nomolites Posted December 3, 2017 Posted December 3, 2017 Wrench, I actually ran up to the Mills area and poked around and was surprised there were zero shad above Soap - and yes Terry those I found were on a deep swing but shallow so I can see why docks would be producing - they looked jammed with crappie too on the SI. Caught some big whites along the break at the last hard right turn of Indian but they were scattered and deep(15’). Mike
fishinwrench Posted December 3, 2017 Posted December 3, 2017 1 hour ago, nomolites said: Wrench, I actually ran up to the Mills area and poked around and was surprised there were zero shad above Soap You didn't go far enough up. Lots of shad. Go a little above the pelicans They are shallower than your electronics will show.
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