Dam Area - 2/19/22

[bobby b.]

Fished from 7 am - 10 am today in a short creek in the dam area where I had been successful in the previous week.  The fish did not seem concentrated as in the previous week and just found some here and there.  I can't say that I could see a pattern.  Fished the mouth of the creek and all the way to the back.  Fished vertically for the most part and occasionally threw to a fish I saw 30 ft in front of me on the Live Scope.  In the previous week the 2.5 in American Shad Damiki rig worked but today it did not but the 3 inch Pro Blue Damiski did and I used it exclusively.  Near the end of the morning I noted lots of gulls and some loons in the mouth a cove in very deep water - I moved to the adjacent shore and found fish in 50 fow near the bottom.  This spot produced the most consistently.  In other areas the fish were suspended 25 - 40 ft over depth.  WT 45 deg at the end of my morning.  The bite was light for the most part compared to the previous week- my new Falcon Cara Christmas present was helpful.  Caught around 25 - all keeper Spots, one short SM, and a nice LM.  There was still allot of smaller debris in North Indian.  Pleasant morning until the wind picked up.  

[Dutch]

You are the man and a tough one I might add.

[cheesemaster]

Nice job Booby B. 25 keepers is a heck of a day.

[Bill Babler]

Great morning Bobby, glad it happened for you. 

[bobby b.]

In the interest of full disclosure, I have struggled with the January/February deep bite.  I was tutored by an OAF member thru the private messaging system that helped me understand where the fish move to this time of year.  Kudos to him. 

[Steve McBasser]

On 2/20/2022 at 7:41 AM, bobby b. said:

In the interest of full disclosure, I have struggled with the January/February deep bite.  I was tutored by an OAF member thru the private messaging system that helped me understand where the fish move to this time of year.  Kudos to him. 

That's exactly what this forum is all about. Help each other catch more fish and enjoy it more every years. Way to go. I love to learn new baits, new techniques, new patterns..... It keeps you fresh. "When you're green you grow, when you're ripe you rot".... Stay green my friend.