Weekend Report

[Bill Babler]

Beautiful day on the Rock Saturday and I just had to get out and see if they would nip at the twitch bait. My hands and arms start to just jerk and twitch this time of year.

Launched at Holiday Island to fish the upper river section of the lake, around 10 AM. Only rig at the ramp. Water temps in front of the Island at 38, mighty cool.

Fished 5 different custom made jerkbaits from the Island to Viney Creek on some very nice windy transition banks that I have caught boo-koo bass on in the past 25 years and absolutely ziltch!!! Water temps in the Eagle Rock area running about 40.

Had made up my mind I was not going to fish the deep fish, just flat tired of it, and was going to live and die with the suspender, I was buried by about 4 PM.

Did stop at a dock or two and see if I could round up a crappie for supper. No go on the slabs, but I did catch several small K's from every dock I fished, on the crappie jig.

Surface temp at the end of the day was 41 in the Viney, Eagle Rock area.

Never saw another fisherman or boat on the water in the 6 hrs. I was on the lake.

Spoke to a couple of guys at Johnson's at the Knob, while getting some boat gas and they said they had thrown a wart, jig around docks and a stickbait since daylight and had skunk-a-rooded. Said temps at the Knob were in the 40 to 42 range.

Buster is still catchin a few crappie in the 20 ft. range up Long Creek. I believe he fished all day Friday, and had 8 nice keepers. That's it for now.

[wily]

Thanks, i plan to come down sunday and try that exact stretch of water. I for one am glad to know that even good fishermen like yourself are having trouble...i mean -- don't get me wrong i wish you luck and all but it's nice to read a report that is this informative and isn't embellished. we'll probably put-in at eagle rock and fish RR and Panther Creek. thanks

[Don House]

Bill I bet is was just great to get out, I feel like a caged fool myself, getting tired of talking about fishing but not getting out! One more to go then back to fishing at last!

Good Fishing Everyone

Capt. Don