SPILLGATES OPENING TUESDAY, MARCH 5

[vonreed]

I want it now, Haha.  Who has the patience to wait a couple days?

[Seth]

23 minutes ago, vonreed said:

I want it now, Haha.  Who has the patience to wait a couple days?

We all know we can't count on @Phil Lilley. He couldn't even post pictures of today yesterday! 

[JestersHK]

With all that fancy equipment in the woodshop it's only a matter of time before they make a time machine!   

and while you're at it if you could build me some sort of teleportation device Duane I'd greatly appreciate it!

 

[Quillback]

Put a fisherman in a time machine and he'd never come back to live in our current time, except maybe to pick up some tackle.  

[vonreed]

1 hour ago, Seth said:

We all know we can't count on @Phil Lilley. He couldn't even post pictures of today yesterday! 

I saw that. I wonder if he even tried to take a pic.

[duckydoty]

Gates did open about noon today. No units running and 2 gates open 2 feet.  Ryan and I boated up for the one cast just as they were opening. Fish floating everywhere.  Bass, gizzard shad, crappie, drum, threadfin shad, and a couple spooners.  We caught a few on white and the water was real dingy.  Had a 2 hr trip from 4-6 pm this evening.  Went back up to dam and caught a bunch on white 1/16 jigs from cable to outlet 3.  Bite slowed way down any further down.  Fished the tennis court flat and caught bunches of fish on sculpin and ginger 1/16 ounce jigs and sculpin jerks. Not seeing any shad down that far.  

[JestersHK]

14 minutes ago, duckydoty said:

 Fish floating everywhere.  Bass, gizzard shad, crappie, drum, threadfin shad, and a couple spooners. 

 

Guess poor fish weren't ready to go cliff diving huh... It's a long drop for sure.  I remember the spoon that @Seth caught with the broken nose...

Good luck out there and save some walters for me DD.

[Travis Swift]

I will be down there this time tomorrow night. Pretty excited about the timing.  Hopefully some of those floating fish are just stunned and will make it.  Thanks for the update DD. 

[Seth]

I'm always amazed at how many fish hang out right by the dam near the surface when the water is this cold. I guess that dam is one giant heat sink so it probably holds heat fairly well.

[Seth]

11 hours ago, JestersHK said:

Guess poor fish weren't ready to go cliff diving huh... It's a long drop for sure.  I remember the spoon that @Seth caught with the broken nose...

Good luck out there and save some walters for me DD.

He was a fresh one and fairly weak so it wasn't hard to land him on 4# line. I just happened to snag him with my jig right where his bill had broken while reeling in to make another cast.