Well for the bagillionth time, the weathermen seemed to get it all wrong. Forecast called for 60 degrees at the worst post front. It was comfortable in shorts when I left the house. When I arrived at the lake it was a cool 50 degrees. The parking lot was FULL so I wasn't the only one to assume it was going to be a nice day. In a rush to get one of the last parking spots I left my jacket in the truck. I would come to regret it in the next few hours. Fished 7:30 to 11. The winds steadily increased from the North with fog and mist increasing as well. I started off flipping reeds with a jig. I ended up landing one before heading back to the ramp to get my jacket. I resumed fishing in the same cove but worked my way down a grass flat in deeper water anchoring every now and then. I caught another 2#er on a watermelon chatterbait. I let the bait fall to the bottom while warming my hands up. This caused me to fish really slow which is always a plus when fishing a chatterbait. I called it quits around 10:45. Thermometer in the truck read 48 degrees as I pulled out of oak thicket around 11. Definitely not the fishing trip I envisioned but caught a couple. Thanks for reading and for the close to 10,000 page views over the last few years.
Water temps: Main lake 65-67, Discharge 74. Winds NW 10 decreasing as day went on. Starting off the day, I stopped at several offshore humps and ledges. Baits of choice for the day were a flutter spoon and ned rig that I wanted to try for the first time. A dt14 and 6XD were also in the mix. I found a ridge that appeared to have some suspending fish on it close to take off. I worked my way down the ridge with no luck using the spoon and crank bait. This appeared to be the theme of the day. I found several areas where the fish were suspended along ledges in 12-15 feet of water. I couldn’t entice them with anything I had tied on though. At the end of a ledge on my fourth stop, I found a few fish on the bottom on a point. I worked a crankbait around it for a while before moving on top of the point (10 feet) and casting out into 15 feet of water. Eventually I picked up the ned rig. On my second cast, I hooked into a 4lb’er. One thing I learned is that you definitely need light line and a soft tip rod. My set up was too much for the 1/5 ned rig. I ran around the lake to a few more spots and only managed one more small fish which I caught while casting into a few giant bait balls around the summer school area (SE corner of the lake near dam). I didn't see any large arches around the bait so I went back to the ledges I started off fishing that morning. There were still a few suspending fish in the afternoon, but not as many as I saw in the morning. If i were to fish this weekend, I would work a pre-spawn to spawn pattern. I never fished close to the shoreline, so I would imagine it is getting close to spawn time on Fayette. Don't count out the offshore bite though, you may catch a good one.
Looking at my timeline to the right, it appears I need to be making more posts on here. Should be manageable now that I have my own boat, thanks to a great deal my dad made me. Thanks for reading! |
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