3-10-23 White River Report

[Quillback]

3 hours ago, Macsimus said:

Thanks for posting, Bill. I literally laughed out loud as I read it this morning. I too got out yesterday thanks to my spanky new reman tranny. I was somewhat at the same end of the lake, from Big M to Owl Creek. It's still early March, right? Yes, and of course that means late winter locations like main-river bluffs, bluff ends, deep trees, possible staging areas, etc, etc. Right? I hit numerous locations of that nature without a sniff. I scraped together 3 barely scoreable Spots on the Ned on a channel swing bank inside a creek dead-sticking it for way longer than I thought I should have to. My conclusion at the end of the day? Yep, they're still deep and northern natural lake guy is still struggling to find and catch them. No problem, it was a nice afternoon and everything worked on the boat even after a long winter in the garage exposed to gremlins. So...I sit down this morning, coffee in hand, and find your report. Whut?? Gravel banks? Less than 8'? Cranks? My hat's off to you. That wasn't even a spec on my radar. Even after 9 years, this lake continues to utterly baffle and bewilder me.    

The area from Big M to Panther Creek has been very tough this winter.  If I was going out of Big M, I'd go to the left and would not start fishing until I got past Emerald Beach.  If I was throwing the Ned, I'd fish the points, steep banks, and trees that were in 15-25 FOW.  If you fish a spot and you're not getting bites and don't see anything on the electronics then you need to move.  I'd be throwing a Keitch around too.  Drag one across the gravel.

 

[Macsimus]

29 minutes ago, Quillback said:

The area from Big M to Panther Creek has been very tough this winter.  If I was going out of Big M, I'd go to the left and would not start fishing until I got past Emerald Beach.  If I was throwing the Ned, I'd fish the points, steep banks, and trees that were in 15-25 FOW.  If you fish a spot and you're not getting bites and don't see anything on the electronics then you need to move.  I'd be throwing a Keitch around too.  Drag one across the gravel.

 

Thanks for the excellent info, Jeff. Greatly appreciated. 👍