I Truly Wish It Would Have Been You

[Royal Blue]

1 hour ago, Bill Babler said:

After looking a little at facebook and reading what Quill had to say along with speaking with a few others, I think yesterday was just a fish feeding fest lake wide.  Just about everyone that dangled a lure in the right place and maybe not so right got bit yesterday and got bit a bunch.

Everyone also  said that the fish were really running quality size.  Not a ton of giants yesterday, but almost all 15 plus inch fish.

Seemed like they were really grouped up on staging locations and feeding heavy.  Same type day today so its probably going to continue.  Brian D. would have tickled me pink if it would have been you.  Kind of like finding a bunch of mushrooms, those days are silly especially when they are all 2 plus pounders.

Good Luck

Good thing I spent my day off mowing and ignoring the lake yesterday.  That's not happening again!

[mojorig]

I'm curious if the strong bottom bite was correlated with the USACE releasing a lot of water from the lake. We have noticed on Bull and Norfork that there is a great jig bite or bottom bite during that scenario. Once they shut the water off, the suspended bite picks up especially when the water temperature is still cool.

Just an observation that we have noticed over the past couple of years.

Thought I would pass it along.

[dtrs5kprs]

48 minutes ago, mojorig said:

I'm curious if the strong bottom bite was correlated with the USACE releasing a lot of water from the lake. We have noticed on Bull and Norfork that there is a great jig bite or bottom bite during that scenario. Once they shut the water off, the suspended bite picks up especially when the water temperature is still cool.

Just an observation that we have noticed over the past couple of years.

Thought I would pass it along.

Hush. Current doesn't matter on this chain.

😉

[3DHUSKER]

What a day.  Thanks for the report.  Great pictures. 

[Fish24/7]

20 hours ago, dtrs5kprs said:

Great report.

Did we get a craw hatch, maybe?

This was about a month ago so they probably hatched recently.

[dtrs5kprs]

Great pic.

[mattski]

Now that was fun to read.  Me and my 13 year old are reading it aloud and all he keeps saying is "lets go!".  We're headed down in 8 days, hope we're not too late ;).

Last trip I took with my Dad to TR before he passed was exactly 3 years ago yesterday and we ended on a day just like that.  Literally every bottom bait we threw on gradual sloping south shore 8-10' of water was a 15"+ smallie or K.  We ALMOST got bored with it.  

[Macsimus]

Fantastic day. Congrats. And I wholeheartedly agree with the title - the only thing better than whacking a bunch of fish is to have someone you care about, in the boat to share in it.

[JerryK]

Great report Bill.  Thanks.  Were in the Creek arms and how far back? 

[top_dollar]

On 4/16/2020 at 12:41 PM, Fish24/7 said:

This was about a month ago so they probably hatched recently.

For some reason this absolutely disgusts me.  🤢