Big M area, March 2

[dtrs5kprs]

3 hours ago, merc1997 Bo said:

haven't been around big m so i have missed the pelicans.  don't know when i will be able to get back out.  my powerhead shot craps on the way in yesterday.

bo

Ouch.

[dtrs5kprs]

35 minutes ago, Bill Babler said:

Launched at Cow Creek at 0630. Air temp 37 water 41.83

Just brought a floater and stick bait.  One keeper K on the floater and one decent LM on the jerk bait. 

Lots of moss on the dock floats, hanging 10' and lots on the ramp. 

15' visibility at Cow, maybe more. Fished from Cow to Mill Creek, just above KC.  Had lots of help, at 10:30 there was a boat on every pier of the KC bridge. Don't even see that in the Summer. Someone on every Bluff end, and I counted 5 boats in Hoot Owl. Really just insane for a mid week 1st of March. 

New normal. 

The amount of housing starts in that stretch is simply staggering, and dozers running and clearing home sites is something that is hard to believe unless you see it

Some of the new homes going up from Mill Creek to point 6 are simply mansions and they are going up by the dozen 

Pulled into some creeks early and there were millions of shad from on the surface to 40' deep. Only saw a dozen or so in the death throws

Pulled out at 11 and the surface temp was 42.84. 

Rick Lisek caught this 7.14 yesterday on a megabass and had a 6.12 on a floater to go with it. That's the right kind. 

Bull Shoals is starting to look better every day...

[mixermarkb]

5 hours ago, dtrs5kprs said:

Bull Shoals is starting to look better every day...

There are no fish in Bull Shoals. Plus the roads to it make you carsick. And it’s ugly. No harter house meat near it. Terrible darn lake. Just stay over yonder on TR. 

[aarchdale@coresleep.com]

Water temp is 50 up Flat Creek and the James.   Shallow crank bite was pretty good. And the ones in the pic were on an a-rig but shallow (5-8ft)

[willyfish]

50 degree water! You should of kept that close to the vest. Here comes the armada 

[aarchdale@coresleep.com]

24 minutes ago, willyfish said:

50 degree water! You should of kept that close to the vest. Here comes the armada 

Ill be outa town for a week, so have fun boys lol.   Its a zoo up the james and flat with the crappie guys out in the channels

[rps]

TR down river of 39 is the new LOZ. Heck, even Big M has too many destroyers. You need to move to my former end of the lake.

 

[dtrs5kprs]

12 hours ago, rps said:

TR down river of 39 is the new LOZ. Heck, even Big M has too many destroyers. You need to move to my former end of the lake.

 

It's getting out of hand, for sure. Was serious about switching to Bull.

[Ham]

1 hour ago, dtrs5kprs said:

It's getting out of hand, for sure. Was serious about switching to Bull.

I second that emotion. 

[willyfish]

2 hours ago, dtrs5kprs said:

It's getting out of hand, for sure. Was serious about switching to Bull.

I knew you were serious. It’s a better lake for sure right now, I think most would agree with that. The only problem for me is certain areas are pretty remote for any kind of nightlife, groceries, restaurants. Convenience leads to more fishing pressure.