Bust Creek

[Quillback]

What a difference between yesterday and today.  My buddy Ken from Neosho joined me this morning and it was a bust compared to yesterday.  The stripers appeared to have left town.  We caught one 18" striper, had a couple of striper sized blowups and besides catching a few black bass that was all.  I'm blaming it on the east wind.  Lots of boats out there today and no one appeared to be doing well.

Might check in on them next week after the weekend.

[snagged in outlet 3]

Some people don’t believe the east wind theory but I do.   I still go but my expectations are tempered.  Doesn’t seem to affect river fish as much as lakes.  Just my opinion.  

[fishinwrench]

1 hour ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

Some people don’t believe the east wind theory but I do.   I still go but my expectations are tempered.  Doesn’t seem to affect river fish as much as lakes.  Just my opinion.  

We had an easterly wind during the entire White bass run this year, and it was noticably weak.     I don't have anything else to blame it on 🤷‍♂️ The Crappie spawn was flakey as well. 

[dpitt]

2 hours ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

Some people don’t believe the east wind theory but I do.   I still go but my expectations are tempered.  Doesn’t seem to affect river fish as much as lakes.  Just my opinion.  

"Wind out of the East they bite the least" old adage

[McguirePat]

3 hours ago, Quillback said:

What a difference between yesterday and today.  My buddy Ken from Neosho joined me this morning and it was a bust compared to yesterday.  The stripers appeared to have left town.  We caught one 18" striper, had a couple of striper sized blowups and besides catching a few black bass that was all.  I'm blaming it on the east wind.  Lots of boats out there today and no one appeared to be doing well.

Might check in on them next week after the weekend.

Sorry for the busted day but helps me feel better about my decision not to drive all the way down there because of this weekend's forecast. maybe next weekend?

-Pat

[Quillback]

33 minutes ago, McguirePat said:

Sorry for the busted day but helps me feel better about my decision not to drive all the way down there because of this weekend's forecast. maybe next weekend?

-Pat

You chose wisely.

Yeah who knows, I hope to get out next week.

 

[Dutch]

The wind today was se, e, ne but the fish didn’t care.  We caught 41 bass with half a dozen keepers, 5 whites and 6 drum.  They were from 4-12’ deep in 70° stained water.  The smallies are moving out but the greenies are outside the brush.  5 different colors of Ned did most of the damage.

[snagged in outlet 3]

1 hour ago, Dutch said:

The wind today was se, e, ne but the fish didn’t care.  We caught 41 bass with half a dozen keepers, 5 whites and 6 drum.  They were from 4-12’ deep in 70° stained water.  The smallies are moving out but the greenies are outside the brush.  5 different colors of Ned dis most of the damage.

Wow!   Nice day!