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45user
05-23-2018, 10:02 PM
First time posting here.
I have a chance to fish silverwood lake this weekend possibly on late sunday afternoon/early evening hours and very early on Monday morning. I plan to bring my kayak for some large mouth bass fishing and any advice would be appreciated.
Almost all recent fishing report i can find on the lake was either trout or striped bass. Is LMB fishing decent at silverwood?
And does the wind usually kick in the afternoon?
Thank you in advance!
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bowler
05-23-2018, 10:07 PM
First time posting here.
I have a chance to fish silverwood lake this weekend possibly on late sunday afternoon/early evening hours and very early on Monday morning. I plan to bring my kayak for some large mouth bass fishing and any advice would be appreciated.
Almost all recent fishing report i can find on the lake was either trout or striped bass. Is LMB fishing decent at silverwood?
Thank you in advance!
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Do you go by 45user on instagram too? If so you know Jon aka re:cast. Some just posted about silverwood and said it’s slow and the alge is bad they might close the lake off soon
45user
05-23-2018, 10:12 PM
Do you go by 45user on instagram too? If so you know Jon aka re:cast. Some just posted about silverwood and said it’s slow and the alge is bad they might close the lake off soon
Yes i do go by 45user..everywhere lol
i read some of the posts here. It seems like this forum is the only forum with a recent report but all on striper and trout report. I haven't fished here in more than a decade and don't remember much about this lake. I called the lake and told them i plan to bring my kayak this weekend but they didn't mention anything about lake closure....yet. i called the Marina also trying to get some fishing report but it wasn't too helpful. I'm wondering if it is worth the effort to bring my kayak if the fishing is real slow. I've been to pyramid lake few weeks back and algae bloom there was pretty bad too but LMB were still biting.
I am thinking of shore fishing on sunday afternoon and kayak fishing on monday morning.
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bowler
05-23-2018, 10:21 PM
Yes i do go by 45user..everywhere lol
i read some of the posts here. It seems like this forum is the only forum with a recent report but all on striper and trout report. I haven't fished here in more than a decade and don't remember much about this lake. I called the lake and told them i plan to bring my kayak this weekend but they didn't mention anything about lake closure....yet. i called the Marina also trying to get some fishing report but it wasn't too helpful. I'm wondering if it is worth the effort to bring my kayak if the fishing is real slow. I've been to pyramid lake few weeks back and algae bloom there was pretty bad too but LMB were still biting.
I am thinking of shore fishing on sunday afternoon and kayak fishing on monday morning.
45
Yes the wind does kick up in the afternoon sometimes. Yeah mostly trout and stripers being caught. And I go by bowler on most place I post. I was in a post with you that Jon did not to long ago.
http://fishingnetwork.net/forum4/showthread.php?89135-5-21-at-the-wood
khanhqpham
05-23-2018, 11:19 PM
Yes the wind does kick up in the afternoon sometimes. Yeah mostly trout and stripers being caught. And I go by bowler on most place I post. I was in a post with you that Jon did not to long ago.
http://fishingnetwork.net/forum4/showthread.php?89135-5-21-at-the-wood
I did ok on the bass last week.You need to cover a lot of ground.... it’s tough when they don’t hit reaction baits so just stick to drop shot roboworms.... any shade of purple... Caught fish from 3 feet to 16 feet of water.... I’d stick to the weed line this time of year .
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khanhqpham
05-23-2018, 11:31 PM
I did ok on the bass last week.You need to cover a lot of ground.... it’s tough when they don’t hit reaction baits so just stick to drop shot roboworms.... any shade of purple... Caught fish from 3 feet to 16 feet of water.... I’d stick to the weed line this time of year .
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The water is not that bad, green tint but clarity still decent to good even in Clehorn. The winds I believe have stirred it up a bit and the bloom is being held off, for now. As far as largemouth go it's best just before dark, 7:00pm till dark, and very early in the morning. With the lows coming thru the bite is a bit stagnant, next stretch of more than a day or 2 of nice weather should improve the bite dramatically.
This weekend is going to be nuts. The parking lot will probably fill up on Sunday and people will be parking on the highway, only chance is if weather is bad but Sunday and Monday improving weather means insanity! Good luck I'd come after 5:00pm on Sunday and stay till dark to avoid a lot of the madness, personally holiday weekends is about the only time I don't fish there, sucks to take 3 days off but better for my mental health.
I did ok on the bass last week.You need to cover a lot of ground.... it’s tough when they don’t hit reaction baits so just stick to drop shot roboworms.... any shade of purple... Caught fish from 3 feet to 16 feet of water.... I’d stick to the weed line this time of year .
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Yep morning dawn, Aaron's magic are the go to colors for sure. Reaction bait is waiting on bait to move shallow I think, no silversides seen yet. This also will change with nicer weather.
45user
05-24-2018, 09:10 AM
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Thank you for the pointer!
Since I will be on kayak I’m thinking launching from Cleghorn and maybe pedal out to near dock not sure how far it is but maybe as far as to miller canyon would be the distance I will be traveling/fishing
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45user
05-24-2018, 09:12 AM
The water is not that bad, green tint but clarity still decent to good even in Clehorn. The winds I believe have stirred it up a bit and the bloom is being held off, for now. As far as largemouth go it's best just before dark, 7:00pm till dark, and very early in the morning. With the lows coming thru the bite is a bit stagnant, next stretch of more than a day or 2 of nice weather should improve the bite dramatically.
This weekend is going to be nuts. The parking lot will probably fill up on Sunday and people will be parking on the highway, only chance is if weather is bad but Sunday and Monday improving weather means insanity! Good luck I'd come after 5:00pm on Sunday and stay till dark to avoid a lot of the madness, personally holiday weekends is about the only time I don't fish there, sucks to take 3 days off but better for my mental health.
I’m thinking just shore/dock fishing on Sunday and hit the water early on Monday for few hours on my kayak.
Thank you for the advice!
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BassinPLS
05-24-2018, 09:45 AM
seal definitely knows Silverwood better than I do.
I was a Boat Capitan at the Cast-4-Kids event held there a couple of weeks ago and the Kids I took out caught a 2 1/2 - 3 lber on a 6" Morning Dawn drop-shotted. You might give a 6" Margarita Mutilator as well as Morning Dawn, Aaron's Magic, (which i've not fished there), or a Green Pumpkin Thin Sinko flylined. I imagine the wind will be blowing in the pm at Silverwood... normally does.
Pete Marino
05-24-2018, 09:49 AM
The bite is wide open guys.. May and June are some of the best months to fish Silverwood..
I just fished the ABA tourney there a week and a half ago and We smashed them.. had over 30 keepers... The bite was wide open for us.. our 4 fish limit weighed over 19 lbs. And I had the big bass of the tourney.. It weighed 9.12 lbs.. It was a giant for Silverwood.. all of our fish were caught in less than 8 ft of water..
There are also bedfish all over the lake.. but I didn't fish for those, we fished for the pre spawners..
Here are a couple pics..51095
51096
The bite is wide open guys.. May and June are some of the best months to fish Silverwood..
I just fished the ABA tourney there a week and a half ago and We smashed them.. had over 30 keepers... The bite was wide open for us.. our 4 fish limit weighed over 19 lbs. And I had the big bass of the tourney.. It weighed 9.12 lbs.. It was a giant for Silverwood.. all of our fish were caught in less than 8 ft of water..
There are also bedfish all over the lake.. but I didn't fish for those, we fished for the pre spawners..
Here are a couple pics..51095
51096
Yes the day of the ABA was a very good day, saw some of the boats come in. My observations of the last week have been a downturn with little bedding activity. Also some anecdotal reports from boaters have been a bit of a downturn, I have not been out on the water as much as I wish recently, mostly shore banging, so I will defer to your expertise. I am aware of that days bite and your big one, congratulations!
Wide open? Sorry Pete I wouldn't consider it that over the last week but as you know a day or 2 can make all the difference, hell today it might be wide open again! But for some with your abilities every day is wide open.
45user
05-24-2018, 02:28 PM
The bite is wide open guys.. May and June are some of the best months to fish Silverwood..
I just fished the ABA tourney there a week and a half ago and We smashed them.. had over 30 keepers... The bite was wide open for us.. our 4 fish limit weighed over 19 lbs. And I had the big bass of the tourney.. It weighed 9.12 lbs.. It was a giant for Silverwood.. all of our fish were caught in less than 8 ft of water..
There are also bedfish all over the lake.. but I didn't fish for those, we fished for the pre spawners..
Here are a couple pics..51095
51096
So I will be fishing near Cleghorn and maybe near the dock and miller canyon depending on weather condition and the distance from Cleghorn launch. How is bass biting near above mentioned area?
I appreciate your replies! And congrats on your big fish!
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45user
05-24-2018, 02:29 PM
Yes the day of the ABA was a very good day, saw some of the boats come in. My observations of the last week have been a downturn with little bedding activity. Also some anecdotal reports from boaters have been a bit of a downturn, I have not been out on the water as much as I wish recently, mostly shore banging, so I will defer to your expertise. I am aware of that days bite and your big one, congratulations!
Wide open? Sorry Pete I wouldn't consider it that over the last week but as you know a day or 2 can make all the difference, hell today it might be wide open again! But for some with your abilities every day is wide open.
I hope the bite pickes up this weekend especially in Sunday and Monday morning !
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45user
05-24-2018, 10:30 PM
Well...change of plan. I am not bringing my kayak due to lack of fishing time for the effort to bring so will stick to the shore fishing..I will report back after :)
Thank you all!
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khanhqpham
05-26-2018, 04:21 AM
Yes the day of the ABA was a very good day, saw some of the boats come in. My observations of the last week have been a downturn with little bedding activity. Also some anecdotal reports from boaters have been a bit of a downturn, I have not been out on the water as much as I wish recently, mostly shore banging, so I will defer to your expertise. I am aware of that days bite and your big one, congratulations!
Wide open? Sorry Pete I wouldn't consider it that over the last week but as you know a day or 2 can make all the difference, hell today it might be wide open again! But for some with your abilities every day is wide open.
Agree....everyday is a wide open day with Pete!! What day was the ABA???
antsn37
05-27-2018, 02:47 AM
I fished there on the 21st. The algae bloom was kicking, but not as bad as DV last week. I boated about 20 LMB, 2-4lbs. Silverwood is good! In my defense, I recently went out with Pete Marino and he showed me a few tricks.
Pete Marino
05-28-2018, 11:38 AM
The bite is very good... We went out mid last week and had 29 Keepers... With 3 of them over 4 lbs... We never even bothered to bedfish we fished for prespawn fish and post spawners.. Had we not lost a few at the boat we would have had over 30... Heads up guys...here is what you should do... Fish bays, cuts, sloping banks (Not steep), chunk rock, in front of sandy beaches, fish 2-8ft.. Fish small, unassuming, subtle baits, ....If that don't work... call me for a guide trip...
Pete
Kind of forgot about the small bait rule this time of the year at Silverwood, oops! Tiny flukes and similar baits have always been good this time of the year. Rigged up now and ready for tonight's adventure.