196champ Posted July 29, 2019 Posted July 29, 2019 Fished the Shell Knob area Saturday and Sunday. Fished from 6:00-10:00 then 12:00-4:00 or so Saturday and 6:00-10:00 Sunday. Catching was great as it seems the fish have really moved out into some of my favorite summer holes, with my favorite way to catch them. Most came on a 3" swim bait, 1/4oz head or a 3/4 oz dixie jet. Have a few on top and messed with some vertical spoon fish as well. Numbers were just amazing Saturday but the short to keeper ratio was subpar. Most of these fish came on the main lake or the mouth of coves suspended down 20'-40' overall depth didn't seem to matter but the depth of your bait is critical. Sunday morning was one of those days, found a big group of fish at the mouth of a larger cove, they would surface chasing about 2 times an hour but stayed biting below the surface. This school was a mix of Spots and some very nice LM's. Counted down the spoon or swimmer to 30ft or so and hold on, i noticed when i would cast to the edge of the schooling fish and got the bait down below them i would get better fish, if one of the smaller spots didnt grab it first. Coming down Thursday to Monday this week with a friend from up north, hope they are still biting! LD Fisher, was that you coming up the Kings both Saturday and Sunday morning? i really wanted to fish that point you were sitting on..... 😃 HAHA This post has been promoted to an article nomolites, liphunter, big c and 10 others 13
Members Jaguar 97 Posted July 30, 2019 Members Posted July 30, 2019 Those are some nice fish! Thanks for the report.
LD Fisher Posted July 30, 2019 Posted July 30, 2019 Yep that was the boss and me! Caught north of 40 but mostly all shorts, wife had a ball though Johnsfolly 1
196champ Posted July 30, 2019 Author Posted July 30, 2019 2 hours ago, LD Fisher said: Yep that was the boss and me! Caught north of 40 but mostly all shorts, wife had a ball though I was going to sneak over and say hi but didn't want to interrupt! How were you guys catching them?
LD Fisher Posted July 31, 2019 Posted July 31, 2019 Drop shot, live worms. Had to cut em in half because we were running out. Not much size but very active catching, the wife had a ball!!! Went back, but “no joy”!! Had a hard time locating anything to speak of this morning! Johnsfolly 1
LD Fisher Posted July 31, 2019 Posted July 31, 2019 Should’ve come over, the catching was enough to share. Would’ve enjoyed meeting you!!!
196champ Posted July 31, 2019 Author Posted July 31, 2019 How long are you staying? Ill be back down tomorrow and chasing after them Friday morning
LD Fisher Posted July 31, 2019 Posted July 31, 2019 I’ll be out Friday morning, mossy over and say hi! May be out tomorrow morning if the weather is good, the wife doesn’t want to get her hair wet😂🤣😂
196champ Posted July 31, 2019 Author Posted July 31, 2019 Will do! I'm sure ill be running around up that way! LD Fisher 1
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