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2/27/18 Trip Report - Diamond City

With the recent rains and warmer weather, I was hoping I could find a Wart bite. I did not. 

Water is now >660 up over 8 feet in 10 days. Lots of debris in the water. Not the best time to be running WOT. I’d suggest running low 40’s in MPH to give yourself time to dodge stuff. 

Water temp was basically unchanged from pre rains. Mid 40’s to 48 degrees max. 

Water color was stained to pretty dingy. MASSIVE amounts of threadfin in the creeks and lots of gulls feeding on dying Shad. I feel like the bass are too. 

I get that Shad struggle with cold water. I dont get why they are struggling with mid 40’s. I still have a lot to learn about fishing Shad kills. My preference is to run away to areas without dying Shad. I could not get away from the dying Shad yesterday. 

I threw a lot of different stuff, but minimal to no response. I swung a couple times with odd stuff on Ned, but no sure thing looks. I swung a couple times when the Football Jig got heavy, but it was loaded with algae. I felt A rig plowing through Shad, but no bites. It’s a lot more fun throwing jerk bait when it gets a bite every now and again. 

Wart and or RK bumped and ground through good stuff and every once in a while stuff felt “alive”. It was odd, but I eventually tail hooked a monster carp which explains the live feel. It was full grown and tested my gear pretty good for a long time. It Pulled the BassCat around which was interesting. 

That was the only fish of the day. I am working up a serious animosity towards Fish in general and BSL bass in particular. I will get a lot of payback. I won’t slow up and I won’t quit until it gets dark or I catch 100 that day. I’m still going to catch and release most of them, but I’m going to try to sore mouth ALL of them. 

I’m ready for Spring and 50 something degree water. 

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magicwormman
On 2/28/2018 at 9:24 PM, aarchdale@coresleep.com said:

I think i may go to Big Creek Friday.  If i do ill report back whether it be good or bad

 

I fished Big Creek yesterday and we only had one bite on a jig and missed that fish. Threw ARig, SB, jig, and ned. Water color was decent with the mud line directly out in front of mouth of cove.Lots of dying shad.

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Ham
3 hours ago, aarchdale@coresleep.com said:

I made it about 3 miles from my house and I smoked my tracker hub right in front of the Tracker Trailer plant.    It ended up chewing up the spindle real bad so i had to order a new axle.   

Been there done that. I’m sorry we have that shared experience 

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dan hufferd
On 2/28/2018 at 8:34 PM, Ham said:

In hindsight, any other choice would have been better. I could have tried Theodosia, or Tecumseh or Lake Norfolk. Guys are reporting warmer water and catching fish on Table Rock. I don’t understand warmer temps further North, but I will accept the data.

Im still trying to learn, if any one wants to offer suggestions on what I should have tried amongst the dying shad, I’m all ears. 

 

Spoon maybe??? Jerkbait has been ok on Stockton. Thats all I got.

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Fish24/7
10 hours ago, Ham said:

I still really think the big problem was the Shad kill. You just can’t catch many fish when there is all that free food to be had. 

 for me that's when an underspin and float n fly  get the nod. if the jerkbait doesn't click. So many dead shad can be a problem, it's made me scratch my head many times in confusion.  the recent tournament weights would say they are biting good. Many 5+lb fish being weighed in . even some 6+'s. Heard it took 17+ to win Saturday. Had a buddy and his friend tell me they caught some nice bass last weekend jigging  finesse baits in brush piles while trying for crappie.. should start seeing a lot of bass,crappie,and whites make the journey up the major creek channels now or soon. I had time to fish today and well it's a little windy on the pond right now;) , dang

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On ‎3‎/‎6‎/‎2018 at 5:52 AM, Ham said:

I still really think the big problem was the Shad kill. You just can’t catch many fish when there is all that free food to be had. 

I tend to disagree there. Usually, I look forward to the shad kill. That's when my jerkbait is on fire. I've had some of my best days ever in the peak of the shad kill and 50+ water temp. However, I was down there fishing same time as you and noticed that the fish were all still pretty deep and (water temp of 47 on average). There were dead and dying shad all over the place but the schools were still deep. Therefore, the bass were deep with them. I even noticed a lack of seagull action, which was odd. I was catching all my fish in 25-40 ft of water (A-rig). Only caught one fish in 3 days of fishing in the 10-15 ft water column (jerkbait). Some buddies were down as well catching fish on bluff walls. Same depth, 25-40ft with a jig. Over a dozen keepers a day. I was blaming the cold water and high blues for the lack of bite, til I started fishing deep ;) 

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