Indian Creek, July 23

[Quillback]

Dutch and myself launched at about 0600 and fished until 1145.

The first three hours were tough, we threw jigs mostly and had 4 bass, 3 of them smallie,s to the boat.  Bites were few and far between.

We went back in a cove and weren't doing much when we saw some fish chasing shad on top.  Dutch was pretty sure they were white bass and once we started catching them, he was right except there were also some black bass and even a few small stripers mixed in.

We caught something like 30 on 2.8 Keitechs.  If you could get that Keitech on them when they were on top, they'd most likely hit it.  But most of them came from swimming the Keitech in water that was anywhere from 20-45 feet deep.  Some were 5 feet down some were 25 feet down, let it drop, reel it a bit and let it drop, that's how we got most of our bites.

The fish were all decent fish, we had 6 or 7 black bass keepers, couple that were 2.5 lbs.  I weighed one of the whites and it was just shy of being 2.5 lbs.  The rest were in the 1-2 lb. range, nice solid white bass,

I kept 5 of the whites.

WT 82

 

[BilletHead]

54 minutes ago, Quillback said:

Dutch and myself launched at about 0600 and fished until 1145.

The first three hours were tough, we threw jigs mostly and had 4 bass, 3 of them smallie,s to the boat.  Bites were few and far between.

We went back in a cove and weren't doing much when we saw some fish chasing shad on top.  Dutch was pretty sure they were white bass and once we started catching them, he was right except there were also some black bass and even a few small stripers mixed in.

We caught something like 30 on 2.8 Keitechs.  If you could get that Keitech on them when they were on top, they'd most likely hit it.  But most of them came from swimming the Keitech in water that was anywhere from 20-45 feet deep.  Some were 5 feet down some were 25 feet down, let it drop, reel it a bit and let it drop, that's how we got most of our bites.

The fish were all decent fish, we had 6 or 7 black bass keepers, couple that were 2.5 lbs.  I weighed one of the whites and it was just shy of being 2.5 lbs.  The rest were in the 1-2 lb. range, nice solid white bass,

I kept 5 of the whites.

WT 82

 

    Well done you two. Adapting to what is presented to you.

[Dan the fisherman]

Sounds like a great day out there guys.  Nothing like chasing around top water fish. 

[Dutch]

It was better than we thought it would be.  If it weren’t for luck it would have been a long day.  I am glad that we went to that secret Jeff fish getting spot.
It is like my old buddy Lefty Evans always said,  “I’d rather be lucky than good any day.”  Thanks for the invite Jeff.