Post by Mike Bucca on Nov 19, 2008 4:04:54 GMT -1
Water Temp: 82
Water Level: 3.41 ft low
Fishing is Fair: Water has dropped .79 feet since last week. This cool front really dropped the water temps down to the 81-82 degree range. I actually saw 79 in one of the creeks I fished. I saw alot more big fish chasing this week than in weeks past due to the recent cool temps we have been getting. I saw quite a few fish over 4lbs in the last 2 days following my bait into the boat and ended up only getting one of them in the picture below.... It does look like this "chill of an early fall" is going to stick with us for a few more days. I see a low of 60 degrees forecasted for parts of this week so man it would be awesome to have an early fall this year!
The little fish for the most part are biting. If little fish are your thing you can catch them on cranks by parralleling the bluff walls. The dropshot bite has gotten a little tougher because those deeper fish have moved up a little in the water column because of the cooler temps we have been getting. The brushpile bite is still there. You just have to rotate through enough of them to get what you want out of them. Believe it or not I am getting some fish on the senko and Fat Ika in blue pearl color. It's not strong but that is what I am seeing most of my big lookers on. The big fish are still suspending and the Senko and Fat Ika is doing a starting to call them up. Keep an eye on your graph for those big single arches as you are working an area and drop your spoon down on them. Thats how the picture fish below was caught. She was caught 35ft down over a 50ft bottom LOL.
There really is no pattern for the senko and Fat Ika bite other than to just make alot of casts. The best advice I can give you is to pay attention to what third of the creek you are in. If you are catching fish in the first third of a creek try the first third of another creek etc etc. That to me is the only patternable part and it's not 100% reliable. The big fish are still fairly tough to pattern but you can find an acorn here and there. I actually had another fish over 4lbs that I lost right at the boat so things are starting to look up and I think these cooler temps are the primary reason for these bigger fish to start chasing. I am seeing a HUGE migration of small shad in the creeks and the white bass are just going nuts with them. Yesterday I had one of those HRUS festivals and caught well over 100 white bass and these were nice size whites in the 1.5 to 2lb range. You could literally drop your spoon and see nothing on the sonar and as soon as you see your spoon going down on the sonar the dang thing would black out. It was pretty much on cue on every drop and it was so rediculous I did a short video with my digital camera. Had to have the camera and rod and reel in my hand to do it thats why the video looks like I am fumbling around because I was LOL. I am trying to figure out a way to rotate it and them post it. My boat looked like an excorcist was performed on it there was so much blood on the front deck. When the automatic bilge turned on due to the rain the water had a red tint to it LOL. The funny thing is today the white bass went poof.
Water Level: 3.41 ft low
Fishing is Fair: Water has dropped .79 feet since last week. This cool front really dropped the water temps down to the 81-82 degree range. I actually saw 79 in one of the creeks I fished. I saw alot more big fish chasing this week than in weeks past due to the recent cool temps we have been getting. I saw quite a few fish over 4lbs in the last 2 days following my bait into the boat and ended up only getting one of them in the picture below.... It does look like this "chill of an early fall" is going to stick with us for a few more days. I see a low of 60 degrees forecasted for parts of this week so man it would be awesome to have an early fall this year!
The little fish for the most part are biting. If little fish are your thing you can catch them on cranks by parralleling the bluff walls. The dropshot bite has gotten a little tougher because those deeper fish have moved up a little in the water column because of the cooler temps we have been getting. The brushpile bite is still there. You just have to rotate through enough of them to get what you want out of them. Believe it or not I am getting some fish on the senko and Fat Ika in blue pearl color. It's not strong but that is what I am seeing most of my big lookers on. The big fish are still suspending and the Senko and Fat Ika is doing a starting to call them up. Keep an eye on your graph for those big single arches as you are working an area and drop your spoon down on them. Thats how the picture fish below was caught. She was caught 35ft down over a 50ft bottom LOL.
There really is no pattern for the senko and Fat Ika bite other than to just make alot of casts. The best advice I can give you is to pay attention to what third of the creek you are in. If you are catching fish in the first third of a creek try the first third of another creek etc etc. That to me is the only patternable part and it's not 100% reliable. The big fish are still fairly tough to pattern but you can find an acorn here and there. I actually had another fish over 4lbs that I lost right at the boat so things are starting to look up and I think these cooler temps are the primary reason for these bigger fish to start chasing. I am seeing a HUGE migration of small shad in the creeks and the white bass are just going nuts with them. Yesterday I had one of those HRUS festivals and caught well over 100 white bass and these were nice size whites in the 1.5 to 2lb range. You could literally drop your spoon and see nothing on the sonar and as soon as you see your spoon going down on the sonar the dang thing would black out. It was pretty much on cue on every drop and it was so rediculous I did a short video with my digital camera. Had to have the camera and rod and reel in my hand to do it thats why the video looks like I am fumbling around because I was LOL. I am trying to figure out a way to rotate it and them post it. My boat looked like an excorcist was performed on it there was so much blood on the front deck. When the automatic bilge turned on due to the rain the water had a red tint to it LOL. The funny thing is today the white bass went poof.
