April 16, Indian Creek

[Quillback]

Finally got a break from the wind and cold, launched about 10 AM with the plan to fish points and banks that were in the sun.  Slow rolled 2.8 Keitechs, caught 20 bass, maybe half of them keepers, and about half of them smallies.  Biggest fish was a 3.5 largemouth.  Fish were a bit deep, 10-20 FOW for the most part and some seem to be moving into the pockets and coves, starting to get near those spawning banks.

Ran into my buddy Jeb out there, he had a visitor down from Minnesota, and they were getting bit too.  

WT 53 when I left, water in Indian is a stained green, clear water in the dam basin where you can see bottom in 15 FOW.

 

 

 

 

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[Carl W]

Quill. Did you catch any of those in the clear water?  How clear is Indian?

[Quillback]

Indian is stained green, further back you go the stain increases a bit.  I'm going to say 3-4 feet of viz.  I didn't fish the really clear water much, but did catch a couple of smallies in the clear water.  Once I get back in Indian, I'm there for the day.  

I'd like to get over to the Clifty arms someday, kind of curious what the water color is there.

[jeb]

Yep, fishing was pretty good up in there. Thanks for the tips, Jeff. Great to run into you out there.

We didn't catch any smallies or whites of any kind. Spots and LM's only. My recently repaired rotator cuff is finally feeling good enough to fish a few hours, so hopefully getting back into a lot more.

Does anyone know the story of this flipped over dock in the cove just to the west of the dam? Docks next to it seemed fine. I've never seen anything like this on Beaver before.

[Dan the fisherman]

Was from a small tornado a year ago or two.  My buddies parents have a dock in that cove and that’s I was told.   there was a few more damaged docks that have since been repaired.  

[jeb]

Thanks. That makes sense, except for that dock laying there with 2 boats in it for that long. No insurance, I'd guess. You'd think the COE would get after them.