Big M area 12/12

[Phil Lilley]

Finally got a break in the weather and had above freezing temps when we launched first thing in the morning.  Wind was in the forecast, but it didn't kick up for a few hours and that enabled us to get in some Ned fishing in good conditions.

Ned bite right now is good if you are on the right banks, those banks being steep chunk rock, bluffs, and rocky points.  Some of those locations have them, some don't, if I'm fishing a likely bank and don't get any action, don't see anything on the finder, I'll move.  The fish will bite the Ned right now, you just need to get on them.

We put around 25 in the boat and if the wind had not started blowing around 10 AM making fishing that Ned deep difficult, we would've done better.  No big fish, but we had 6 or 7 keepers and quite a few spots in the 14 inch range.  I enjoy catching them on light tackle, but it's not going to win a best 5 tourney.

Smallmouth bite was good for that part of the lake, I think we had around 8 smallies, 3 of them were solid keepers.  Had a couple get off right at the boat too.

Look like some pretty strong winds hit a few parts of the lake last week.  One hundred yard stretch of bank had not only uprooted cedars, but also had some that were snapped off at the trunk.  Takes a strong wind to do that.  

Looks like some pretty good weather after we get through this rain.

WT 47-48.

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[Travis Swift]

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[skeeter]

Yep, those Cedars took a big hit in the 12:30 A.M. derecho-wind or whatever it was on Dec. 1st.   We have several areas where mature, 18" to 2 ft. diameter,  Cedars were snapped off at chest height,  and the tops carried off and disappeared and no one has found them yet.   They may have gone into the water...not sure.  Plenty of them were uprooted both on private and Corps land.  Most of the residents around us reported hearing the passing "freight train" sound when that wind hit and there is evidence with cedar branches being forcefully wrapped around the trees to indicate one or more small twisters.