Dam This Morning

[Whodat]

Got down about 9:00 and fished the water coming in the lake between the cable and chute 1. Tried a couple of things then tied on a rapala,and ka-pow first cast caught one.Long story short,caught 22 fish from 9 to 11:15 or so. Mostly 12-14 inch bows,some with lot's of color.Still alot of people with no clue what the slot limit is.Was going to keep 2 fish for the wife and I so I was measuring some of the fish I caught.The guy nexted to me said they had 4 on the stringer that couldn't be but about 12 inches and said he might need to use my measuring rule. No problem, he comes back with about 3, 13 inch fish, one bigger than that and a small one that was 12 1/2. He let them go after being on the stringer all morning and only one swam off. Pretty much sucks for the fish at that point.Anyway it was 69 degrees when I got down there and 42 when I got back to Springfield. Lot's of fun!

Dave

[Thom]

Whodat:

How much water was running when you were fishing the rapala and what kind of rapala were you using? I will be down a week from today for 5 days and don't plan bringing my boat unless the weather is good. I am kind of limited on wading due to a bum knee. I do real well on diving and stumbling sometimes though.

Can you give me any idea on how you were fishing the rapala. I usually fish a fly rod but am usually up for anything that is working for a change.

[Whodat]

No water running this morning.About a 2 1/2 silver today, Started playing with them and twitching on top, it worked. Had one fish with the color that reminded me of the old day's,when we had some white trout meat. 1974

[Thom]

Thanks Whodat.

I'll give it a try. Since I broke one of my spinning rod the last trip down I needed a good excuse to replace it and now I have it. Of course I may need to replace the reel also because most of the sage fishermen that I know emphasize the importance of balanced tackle.

[MOBass]

I was down there yesterday also. The weather change was pretty tough. I fished by the boat ramp for awhile and caught some small but active browns on a crackle back. I drove up and fished between outlet 1 and 2 about mid morning. Not much for me, but I did manage a few on a glow ball.

I almost broke out the spinning rod and just may have to next time. Glad to hear you caught some.