OG MUDBONE
02-20-2016, 06:51 AM
Short report - It rained. The lmb fishing is excellent. Fishing is fun.
Detailed report - I was up at midnight the night before and it was lightly raining, checked the forecast and it said the storm would push through by mid morning and remain cloudy the rest of the day... sounded perfect to me.
It was my first trip of the season on any lake, and it was a fun one. Went solo, one other rental out so I had the entire lake to myself. First spot stuck my first fish of the season, a nice healthy lmb in the rain. Was really stoked... something about catching fish in the rain that makes me feel all types of good inside. Spent the majority of the early morning tinkering around with new gear, swapping spools, testing out different lures and weights, etc. Meanwhile, the truck showed up around 730am at the road near the east dam and stocked trout. So for any of those who were questioning whether it really happened, I can confirm they most certainly did stock trout.
Worked my way west fishing main lake points and coves on the north side where there was a ton of dingy water from the rain, you can see some of it in one of the pics. Lmb fishing was solid in these areas, was able to find bass up shallow in 20ft or less just about everywhere I searched. The further west I went the cleaner the water got and in the areas with clean water I saw a ton of bass cruising the shallows. A lot of them in pairs and a lot of singles probably looking for food, and/or a partner to dance with. Majority of them 1-3lbs.
Fished swimbaits and reaction baits including topwater early in the morning with nothing to show for except a couple followers. Definitely thought with the weather there might be a nice blade bite, but that never transpired, for me anyway. There was however an awesome soft plastics bite throughout the entire day. Weightless, t-rig, c-rig, neko, you name it... the bass are HUNGRY right now. They seemed to be hugging the bottom tight all morning until the sun popped out late afternoon, found plenty suspended above chunk rock on points and along the shoreline of channels being hit by the sun. Ended up with well over 20, nothing big mostly cookie cutter 1.5-2lb fish. Lost a freakin toad on the fb jig she spit it on the initial jump, tried my best to keep her from jumping but I was at her mercy. Had that scene replaying in my mind on loop for much of the day. But all in all had an absolute blast just being on the water after not fishing in almost 2 1/2 months, the catching was a total bonus. It will only get better from here...
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Detailed report - I was up at midnight the night before and it was lightly raining, checked the forecast and it said the storm would push through by mid morning and remain cloudy the rest of the day... sounded perfect to me.
It was my first trip of the season on any lake, and it was a fun one. Went solo, one other rental out so I had the entire lake to myself. First spot stuck my first fish of the season, a nice healthy lmb in the rain. Was really stoked... something about catching fish in the rain that makes me feel all types of good inside. Spent the majority of the early morning tinkering around with new gear, swapping spools, testing out different lures and weights, etc. Meanwhile, the truck showed up around 730am at the road near the east dam and stocked trout. So for any of those who were questioning whether it really happened, I can confirm they most certainly did stock trout.
Worked my way west fishing main lake points and coves on the north side where there was a ton of dingy water from the rain, you can see some of it in one of the pics. Lmb fishing was solid in these areas, was able to find bass up shallow in 20ft or less just about everywhere I searched. The further west I went the cleaner the water got and in the areas with clean water I saw a ton of bass cruising the shallows. A lot of them in pairs and a lot of singles probably looking for food, and/or a partner to dance with. Majority of them 1-3lbs.
Fished swimbaits and reaction baits including topwater early in the morning with nothing to show for except a couple followers. Definitely thought with the weather there might be a nice blade bite, but that never transpired, for me anyway. There was however an awesome soft plastics bite throughout the entire day. Weightless, t-rig, c-rig, neko, you name it... the bass are HUNGRY right now. They seemed to be hugging the bottom tight all morning until the sun popped out late afternoon, found plenty suspended above chunk rock on points and along the shoreline of channels being hit by the sun. Ended up with well over 20, nothing big mostly cookie cutter 1.5-2lb fish. Lost a freakin toad on the fb jig she spit it on the initial jump, tried my best to keep her from jumping but I was at her mercy. Had that scene replaying in my mind on loop for much of the day. But all in all had an absolute blast just being on the water after not fishing in almost 2 1/2 months, the catching was a total bonus. It will only get better from here...
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