Mid Lake LOO Bass Report

[Kathy E.]

I want to cry.  Fished all day yesterday and between us we caught ONE SMALL BASS!!  Water temp was 57- 58-degrees, water was pretty off-colored, maybe the next step up from being muddy.  Went all the way to Linn Creek cove and fished all around the coves just opposite and to the east of it.  GREAT coves, big fish coves, but NOTHING!!  We did everything and still nothing.  BUT we were coming off of a significant cold front, too.  Even the crappie are being tight-mouthed.

Our daughter was supposed to come for crappie today, which is why we went bass fishing yesterday, but she reneged.  So, we SHOULD have gone bass fishing today because two days since the cold front AND another strong front moving in this evening.  BUT we didn't.  So we will just have to try our luck again after this front has passed. 

Thanks for everyone's help.  By the next time we go it should be the spawn.

By the way, LOTS of fishermen out but it doesn't look like anyone was catching anything.  Weird thing was that yesterday all the boats that looked like their anglers MIGHT have known what they were doing -- wrapped boats, power pole outfitted -- were fishing main lake points.  I don't know what THAT means but with temps up to 57 and 58 I would have thought that most bass would be moving back into the coves by now.

[Bill Babler]

Not even close to being done with the main lake points and the long secondary points.  There will be fish out there staging thru May.  Some will move up and some will move out both pre and post spawn.

To take a little pressure off, I did speak with one of my guide buddies up there this morning and he said it is still tough as nails.  He is still catching only about 7 to 10 a day and they are mostly young.  He did have a 4.5 LM yesterday on a spinnerbait, but he said its brutal.

Said you might as well change baits and locations as soon as you catch one as he just cannot find any type of a pattern except the ned in gravel cuts and pockets but the fish he is catching on them he said weren't worth catching.

I'll probably be up the middle of next week thru the first few days of turkey season and get my rear kicked with you all.

Rumor has it there is a topwater bite starting to form up here on the Rock so I'm out tomorrow early to see if that's fact.  Weather permitting.

Both Becky and I have gotten so much work done here at the Lodge that I have just not been able to get out.  I never want to see a paint brush again.

Good Luck

[Kathy E.]

Thanks, Bill.  All of it is very much appreciated!! 

[Keith Burkhart]

We're at MM 12 and I've only been able to pull in 1 keeper (last week) from shore thus far. I've been trying everything I can think of... spinners, buzz, jerk, and worms on a Texas rig. Tomorrow I guess I'll be trying craws. Frustration is starting to set in.