Cape Fair to Piney 2.0 (4/27)

[bobby b.]

I hit the same spots from yesterday - main lake (river) points - no joy.  The fish had moved to the inside main lake (river) points.  Did not find fish further back in the creeks (Wolly).  Did find fish in the pockets off the main lake (river).  WT 58 in the morning, rising to 61.  Also unlike yesterday the bait wanted was a 6 in. shaky head red worm, the only thing that worked for me today was a spilt tail mud minnow Ned on a 3/16 jig.  Fish  were from right on the bank out to 12 ft.  If I found one in a spot there was at least two more.  A couple were in the pockets.  I saw no fish on bed but I am half blind.  Caught about 25, LM and Spots, no Crappie like yesterday.  Probably 5 just short, 4 legals, and the remaing really short.  Weather was outstanding - warm but cloudy - no sunburn today.  A few more rigs at the ramp today than yesterday.  

[Quillback]

Love those fat spots!

[Dutch]

I did the same thing in the afternoon.  I caught 22 with 5 keepers.  I fished jerks, jigs, spinnerbait and no love at all.  I gave them from 12:30 to 1:30 then pulled out the Elaztech.  I boated a spot on the first cast.  My fish came from 1:30 to 4:30.  I was getting hungry so I headed on home.  PB&J was best but GP candy was pretty good.

All of my fish were off the main lake close to secondary points.  I couldn’t get a bite deeper than 8’.

[NebSchmidty]

I third the turd (worm) today.  GP worked well around sportsman's before lunch.  Similar pattern -- secondary points and inside.  Hug a 16-18' contour, cast to shore and use a slow methodical retrieve.

Dinner was a family pizza party on the boat.  Went up north indian and it was as if nature remembered there were fish in the lake.  All sorts of shad chasers showing up on the graph, suspended 6-12'ish over 15-20 depth.  Couldn't buy a bite on the swimmer... but the extra poles aboard allowed for some experimentation on turd worm colors.  GP/red came back as another option with the lower light conditions.  Also repeated this down in sportsman's with similar results.

Much better keeper to short ratio today.  Hard to believe Sunday was a day to simply be happy you brought a just few back to the boat.

[Dutch]

I’m betting that things change for a few days after the cold front passes and mile high skies and north winds return.

[bobby b.]

45 minutes ago, Dutch said:

I’m betting that things change for a few days after the cold front passes and mile high skies and north winds return.

AND THE FLOODS

[Dutch]

1 minute ago, bobby b. said:

AND THE FLOODS

Ssshh I’m trying not to think about that part.

[Bill Babler]

Guys is it just me or do a lot of these pic's look like spawned out sows or males. 

I fished for 2 hrs. after my morning trout trip, launching out of Kimberling and had 5 keeper Jaws. All were egg heavy and did not look ready. All caught on a 2.8 inch Keitech. 15' to 25' suspended staging off spawning coves. 

Couple of the guides totally hammered the LM yesterday on flukes. One long time seasoned guide told me it was his best day ever on the Rock. I tried it a bit and had some short K's hammer it, but it was mid day so I was late to the show. 

Good Luck

[bobby b.]

2 minutes ago, Dutch said:

Ssshh I’m trying not to think about that part.

So I had a deck boat that I would use for fishing and wakeboarding but it was just to hard to trailer around so it stayed in the dock but then I got too old for the wake board /skiing so I bought a new Ranger last year and have been trailering it all over TR and trying different places and have come to like the Cape Fair down river area the best in part because I've done better there fishing and because the Cape Fair marina ramp is the best in that it is in a protected cove where the wake boats can't pound the ramp while I'm trying to load/unload.  But then these heavy rains dump all the debris and messes things up.  Please excuse the wining.  

[Bill Babler]

Yep. Counting last night, we are at 1.25 inches here in Blue Eye this morning and they say the heavy stuff is coming this afternoon. 

Also this rain is in the White River Basin so I'm guessing we will see a pretty good rise.