Cape Fair to Piney 2.0 (4/27)

[dtrs5kprs]

10 minutes ago, Bill Babler said:

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

The brown fish that are up are ready, but I haven't seen any stripped like those. Or rubbed much.

I will say there are good fish in less water than Mr. B likes to float in.

[Bill Babler]

I'm sure that's absolutely true, but its much easier with 2-3 non fishing clients to throw that 1/4 oz small swim bait as far as they can, count it down to 10 and slow reel it back than fight that moss up shallow from the dam to Baxter. 

I've never until this year had trouble with swallows on the Ned, but this year the Ned and the Shaky head are winding up way to deep in fish. 

I think with the moss that the folks cannot tell if its fish heavy or moss heavy. None the less, I'm swimming that Keitech as long as the fish will let me. 

[Dutch]

2 hours ago, Bill Babler said:

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

Good Luck

I haven’t had a largemouth that looked spawned out.  I’m not even seeing fish that look like they have been making beds.  However, the kys are full of eggs.

[Dutch]

Just now, Dutch said:

I haven’t had a largemouth that looked spawned out nor any egg laden so I’m guessing males.   I’m not even seeing fish that look like they have been making beds.  However, the kys are full of eggs.

 

[dtrs5kprs]

1 hour ago, Bill Babler said:

I'm sure that's absolutely true, but its much easier with 2-3 non fishing clients to throw that 1/4 oz small swim bait as far as they can, count it down to 10 and slow reel it back than fight that moss up shallow from the dam to Baxter. 

I've never until this year had trouble with swallows on the Ned, but this year the Ned and the Shaky head are winding up way to deep in fish. 

I think with the moss that the folks cannot tell if its fish heavy or moss heavy. None the less, I'm swimming that Keitech as long as the fish will let me. 

Totally understand all of that.

I had to clip one jig Monday, with the Jann's cutters, and one split shot fish yesterday. But that was with a lot of wind. And of course the split shot is a problem child on that anyway.

Guarantee what I've been doing is going to take a hit, at least over the next few days. But it's good weather for pot roast night in Lampe.

[dtrs5kprs]

3 minutes ago, Dutch said:

I haven’t had a largemouth that looked spawned out.  I’m not even seeing fish that look like they have been making beds.  However, the kys are full of eggs.

I did catch a pair of blacks yesterday, that in hindsight were pretty obviously paired up. Not a bed you could see with the wind, but it made sense after the second one ate it.

But no stripped fish.