Pomme Fishing Report

[Daddy Carp]

JUST GOT BACK FROM A 4 DAY STAY ON POMME de TERRE. AS FORCASTED, IT RAINED MOST OF THE TIME. I FOUND MY TROT-LINE & PUT IT BACK IN ACTION. I BAITED WITH SHRIMP AND WAS ABLE TO CATCH SOME PRETTY NICE CHANNEL CATS IN THE 3-7lb RANGE. FOR THE BASS, I WORKED THE MAIN LAKE POINTS ON THE POMME SIDE ABOUT 2mi. FROM THE DAM. FISHED SEVERAL COVE AREAS IN THE TIMBERS. MY BEST BITES WERE ON ROCKY SHORELINES/POINTS NEXT TO DEEP WATER. SOME BITE IN THE COVES BY STRUCTURES & DOCKS. FISH SEEMED TO BE A LITTLE MORE "PICKY" IN THE COVES. MOST FUN WAS ON THE MAIN LAKE POINTS WHEN I COULD FIND THE CHUNKS JUMPING SHAD. THEY HIT LIKE A FREIGHTTRAIN!

USED SHAD PATTERN & COLOR LIPLESS ON ROCKY POINTS & 15-20ft WATER OFF ROCKY SHORELINES. I AM PARTIAL TO THE MATZUO LIPLESS (THE OLD STYLES) MORE THAN THE RATTLETRAPS OR BERKLEYS. BETTER RESULTS, FOR ME. I ALSO HAD GOOD RESPONSE TO 1/2oz JIG & CRAW (DARK BROWN OR PUMPKINSEED W/SIMILAR COLOR CRAWS)A LITTLE RED OR GOLD FLAKE DIDN'T HURT. WHEN IT STARTED SLOWING UP, I WENT TO MY OLD STAND-BY. A GULP, 5" SINKING MINNOW ON A CAROLINA RIG W/ A 4/0 OR 5/0 WIDEGAP HOOK AND A 3/8oz BULLET WEIGHT. AS USUAL, THEY TORE THEM UP!

I WAS OUT THIS MORNING (IN THE FOG) BEFORE SUN-UP. I KNEW THAT THINGS WERE SLOW & SPOTTY FOR SOME TIME IN DECKERS COVE & CEDAR COVE. SATURDAY, THERE WERE PROBABLY 20-25 BOATS, THROUGHOUT THE DAY, ALL MAKING THE SAME PATH DOWN THE SAME SHORELINES. WHEN THE "TOURNAMENT BOYS" WERE TURNED OUT THIS MORNING, I COUNTED 5-6 BOATS ALL ROARING THROUGH THE FOG TO THE BACK OF DECKERS COVE FIRST OFF. WHEN I CAME BACK INTO THE DOCK AROUND 9:30am, THERE WAS ONLY 1 BOAT FISHING DECKERS EXCEPT FOR SEVERAL CRAPPIE FISHERMEN. WONDER WHY THEY DIDN'T HAVE MUCH LUCK UP THERE ????DAAAHHH !!!! THEY'VE FISHED IT OUT & WHAT'S LEFT RUNS FOR COVER FROM THE HAIL OF SPINNERS, ZARAS & BACKLASHED SHIMANOS. LOL LOOKED LIKE A DECENT CLUB & WELL MANNERED. HOPE THEY WERE ABLE TO DO WELL. IF YOUR LOOKING FOR FAST ACTION, BETTER STEER AROUND DECKERS, WINDMILL POINT & CEDAR COVE. THEY'VE HAD WAY TOO MUCH PREASURE & IT'S SHOWING, BIG-TIME.

GOOD LUCK, MAY YOU HAVE A MORE FUN FISHING NEXT-TIME THAN YOU HAD LAST TIME!!