| June
19, 2010…6:30am-12:00pm. Water temperature today
was up to 72 degrees when we started. Wind was S at 5-10 mph. It
was partly cloudy and T-storms were forecast for later in the day.
We started with a very quick top water at Warner’s Bar the
moving the Viking and Mission Meadows all with no fish. We ran to
the other side of the lake above the Bell Tower fishing the 10-15
foot ledge with tubes but could get nothing to bite. We then ran
to Mayville and fished some available docks using a soft stick bait
and caught 6 largemouth, the biggest being a 3 ½ pounder.
By now the storm clouds we starting to form so we ran back down
the lake to Prendergast Point and fished some of these docks the
same way. These docks were shallower and held no fish. The storms
started moving in so we headed back to the ramp. By the end of the
trip the water temperature had come up to 74.2 degrees and the wind
had completely shifted around to the WSW and picked up considerably. |
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| June
18, 2010…7:00am-3:00pm. Clear skies, 60 degrees and
wind out of the WSW at 5-10 mph greeted us this morning. The water
temperature was still low at 61.3 degrees. We started Warner’s
Bar with top water and flukes but could get nothing to respond.
We headed up the lake to Mission Meadows fishing tubes in 10-12
feet but could get no takers. We could see the fish suspended so
we tried weightless soft stick baits also getting nothing. We ran
south down the lake to Maple Bay (Smith Boys) and there caught 5
sub-legal bass, a combo of smallmouth and largemouth. All these
fish were caught on soft stick baits. At least there were some signs
of life. We fish shallow areas below Cheney’s Point but could
only catch rock bass. We next ran across the lake to Colburn, directly
in the wind and tossed spinnerbaits hoping to find an active fish.
NOPE! Not convinced that we couldn’t catch those suspended
fish at the upper end we ran back up the lake to the Viking. There
we caught another VERY small smallmouth. We continued the drift
moving closer to the weed line and caught a nice 4 ¾ pound
smallmouth. We followed the weed line all the way back to Mission
Meadows fish both deep and shallow and managed one very nice largemouth
around 4 pounds and another small smallie to end the day. |
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| June
12, 2010…6:00am-11:00am. This was one tough day!
We had water temperatures starting at 63.4 degrees and rising to
69.7 degrees by 11 am. Winds were WSW at 5-10 mph. With these conditions
catching fish should not have been a problem. We started on the
Mayville flats using topwater baits, buzzbait and tiny torpedo.
The only thing that took our offerings were 2 perch and a sunfish.
We moved to the south shoreline and fished the weedline ledge above
the Bell Tower first using a tube jig and then slow trolling worm
harnesses. Both methods yielded nothing. The last stop was the weedline
ledge in front of Mission Meadows and then the Viking using both
the previous methods. Again these produced no fish. Talking to a
few other boats we found that we were not the only one’s struggling.
Nice day, no fish….Oh well, there’s always the next
trip. |
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| June
10, 2010…6:00am-11:00am. With the cold front that
rolled in 2 days ago the water temperature dropped 10 degrees. It
was 62.4 at 6 am. The wind was WNW and very light at the beginning.
This shut the fish right down, at least for me. I could only manage
one 2 ½ pound largemouth on a white fluke and two smallies
on a melon pepper tube. All the fish caught came for the upper end
of the lake. By the time the trip ended the water temperature had
come up to 68.7 degrees. Still far from the 74 degree temps that
kept the fish active. The wind picked up to the forecasted 15-25
mph by 11 am so it was off the water for me. It figures the weatherman
would get it right when the forecast was bad. HA! |
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| June
1, 2010…6:00am-2:00pm. The water temperature today
started at 71.3 and ended the day at 75 degrees. The wind was W
at 5 mph to start so we made the run to the Mayville flats. It was
overcast and at times had a light rain. The water was clear. We
fished a white fluke and a tiny torpedo. The tiny torpedo got the
first strike on the 3rd cast and produced a 4 ¾ pound largemouth.
From there we caught 8 more largemouth and one smallmouth on the
first drift. No fish was less than 2 pounds. Most were 3-4 pounds.
We made a second and third drift and picked up 3 more largemouth
and lost 4. The wind increased and the fish shut down so we headed
to the southwest shoreline and just kept going with the wind fishing
the white fluke. By the end of the trip we had boated 7 more quality
largemouth and lost 5 more. Not a bad day for a rainy, windy day.
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| May 29,
2010…11:00am-4:00pm. With the late day success of
Wednesday we decided to try other areas in the same time frame to
see if we could repeat our success. Water temperature was still
72-75 degrees but the wind was NE 10-15 mph. We headed south to
fish the lower end. We first stopped below Cheney’s Point
and fished the 3-5 foot shallow shoreline with no success. We moved
to Maple Bay above Smith Boys Marina and found plenty of action
on shallow largemouth catching 16 on that stretch. We continued
our drift all the way to Lakewood Bar but only caught 2 smaller
largemouth. All the fish were caught on a white fluke or a soft
stickbait. By now the wind had kicked up to 15+mph giving us a very
bumpy ride back to Long Point. |
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| May 26,
2010…11:00am-3:00pm. The weather finally started
to cooperate and warm things up. The water temperature was 72-74
degrees today with the wind NW at 5-10 mph. The water remains very
clear at this end of the lake. The idea for the day was to see if
we could catch fish later in the day. We fished the Mayville flats
using a white fluke and caught only one largemouth. We moved to
the bay above lighthouse Point and found several smallmouth still
on beds. We caught two of those and 3 more largemouth. All were
taken on the white fluke. We worked around Lighthouse Point into
the next bay and caught 2 more smallies and a largemouth. The wind
picked up making the fishing uncomfortable so we headed back and
ended the day. |
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| April
21, 2010…2:00pm-6:00pm.
The wind was WNW 10-15 mph. The water temperature was 53.2 degrees
and the water was slightly stained because of the rough water.
Air temperature stayed right around 58-60 degrees.
The run down the lake to
Lakewood Bar was a bit cool but doable. We fished fire tiger colored
crankbaits in 7-14 feet of water. Only one nice walleye and one
perch took our offering. We moved down the lake to the crib and
caught 2 smallies and another perch. The wind picked up putting
the lake in white caps so we made the run back up the lake to
Victoria point. There we dragged tubes and Gulp leeches to no
avail. We did the same technique on the outside of Warner’s
Bar again without a bite. Finally going behind Long Point into
calmer water one more perch made it to the boat. Not the kind
of day we were looking for but as I’ve always said “that
why they call it fishing, not catching.”
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