Lower end - 2/4/23

[bobby b.]

I fished from 7:30 am - 10 am in the dam area today.  Usually, this time of year for me the bite is over by 8:30 am but today it started about then or at least that is when I found some concentrated fish on the creek side of a point.  Fish moved around allot (would be there and then gone and then back) and although appeared to be active per the graph they were finicky.   Damski rig worked.  I also tried 2.8 Kitech on a Moon jig and an ice jig but they did not produce.  I only saw a couple loons and they were fishing in the creeks and main channels.  The bait fish I saw were in 100 plus fow.  WT 41 -44 depending on the location.  Only saw one other boat.  By 10 am it was pretty comfortable.  The wind did not appear as forcast - a blessing for sure.

I caught 10 fish, lost 3 others.  2 SM, 1 LM and the remainders were Spots.  All were nice keepers except for one short.

Bobby

PS - My duck season ended 1/31/23 (in Arkansas) and the group of 10 guys I have two rice field blinds with harvested 591 ducks.  I have not done this well in years.  

[Quillback]

Some nice fish.  Talking to a fishing buddy today and we were thinking it is great time for the folks that have boats in slips to be out on the lake, tough to launch from a ramp right now.

[bobby b.]

Yea, I have my boat in my slip this time of year - I prefer moving around the lake on the trailer particularly in the spring but this time of year, a slip is a good thing.

[Dutch]

Nice ones.  I’m jealous.

I had to go to Stone County today so I swung by Cape Fair.  Roads for the most part were clear until the Corps line.  From there on it was a solid sheet of ice.  Since I am not mad at my truck I turned around.

[bobby b.]

The Indian Point marina area was all ice.  Good news is it will be gone tomorrow.