Indian Creek, July 7

[Quillback]

Hit the water early with Mr. Dutch this morning, we hung in there until about 11 AM.  A little cloudy with a little bit of a breeze made for decent fishing conditions for this time of year.  

Good bite early, we caught several, mostly smallmouth, on the c-rigged craw.  Got a bit slow after an hour or so and we picked some up fishing the banks with jigs, most fish were not right on the bank but out in 10-20 FOW.  

We caught 14 bass total, Dutch had a couple of keeper sized smallies and I caught a 3.5 largemouth on a jig.  That bass came right before we left, things had gotten really slow and I picked that one up, (surprise!).  It had a similar sized buddy that followed it to the boat.

We did see a good amount of striper topwater activity early in one location.  

WT 86

[Dutch]

Those clouds really helped stay reasonably comfortable.  I didn’t even have use my neck fan.  I didn’t hold up my end but what I caught were decent smallies.  That end of the lake with the clear water is beautiful.  Thanks for the invite.

[breeves2245]

Thanks for the report. I'm anxious to get out there. My new truck camper / jon boat combo setup is almost ready. Figured I'd hit one of the state parks around Indian Creek for a couple of days and hit'em early and late. That daytime high temp has me a bit hesitant though.

[Quillback]

Just now, breeves2245 said:

Thanks for the report. I'm anxious to get out there. My new truck camper / jon boat combo setup is almost ready. Figured I'd hit one of the state parks around Indian Creek for a couple of days and hit'em early and late. That daytime high temp has me a bit hesitant though.

It do get hot out there.  I haven't camped in years, but I was always a cold weather camper, makes having a fire a lot more fun.  I'll send you a PM as to where the top water striper bite was going on Monday.  No guarantees they'll be there again, but it is a starting point.