Duane, Bill and I headed to Cricket Creek Access today. Met there at 5 p.m. and pointed the boat up lake.
Running up Long Creek was an adventure. Lots of junk in the water including logs, big ones. Water color was good everywhere- for fishing anyhow.
Boated up Long as far as we dared in Babler's big bass boat. Could see the first riffle above us 200 yards away. Also saw whites on the surface spawning up there. I didn't check water temp- may be Bill did.
We started slow but caught on. They were on the shallow side, in pockets and holes, not in the channel. And we did the best on white 1/8th ounce jigs.
We ended the evening by going up closer to the riffle and found whites everywhere. At first we were catching 5-6 inchers but as the sun dropped we caught the big ones. We (I) wanted to keep some for a fish fry but didn't want any big females. This became a problem because they all seemed to be sows. But we put 19 in the well, most looking like males.
When I cleaned them tonight, I think I only had 3 males. The rest were females partially spawned out. I think, I know, Duane put most of them in the well. I told him I only wanted about a dozen. He kept slipping them in and chuckling cause he knew I'd be cleaning till late.
Didn't see many boats up there. Couple above the riffle and two below. Some locals on the bank. Nice quiet evening with good friends and good fishing.
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