Went to the Wood Saturday 5/21. Launched at 7:05am to perfectly glassy conditions. Water temp first thing was 60deg. Immediately noticed the water level was up +5ft from normal (full pool + probably 3 ft.) Water so high that the truck didn't even park on the slant of the launch ramp when I put in. Only the trailer. Hmm.
Went to millers canyon to start with and found almost all beds abandoned and water clarity a bit more murky than typical for this time of year. Also an abundance of fine green algae covering everything on the north side (wind blown side).
Some bass were beginning to re-fan out new beds that relate to the new water depth.
Caught 2 small males holding to structure and 1 female that was hanging out just outside the dark patch leading to the deep water.
Worked my way around the rock wall and caught 1 3.5lb male just off some fallen timber @ about 10ft.
Around 9:30 I headed back to twin coves to find, while clarity had not improved the water temp was up to 62. Caught 2 with a crankbait off the point near shoreline.
Wind pick up near 11:00 and the bite died down a bit. Checked out Chamise cove, Big mama, and outhouse and had 1 good bite in outhouse but wasn't able to bring it in.
Next I moved to Cleghorn to fight the waves. Found some fish but was having a hard time with boat position, and probably spooked them off with the trolling motor. Moved to the south shore found a wind protected little cove and had lunch. Also found a couple of fresh beds and caught 1 male and 1 female on a jig.
I'm not much into poaching bass (fishing for bedding fish) so I moved on back to millers canyon. Water temp now up to 63-64 deg. but the wind is still whipping through. caught 1 3lb'er in the muck near the new dock, and 1 in the bushes hanging in the water (from the high, high water level).
Tired of the wind struggle (gotta get me some powerpoles!!) I decided to pack it in and drift my way back to the dock. Got two more bites and one more fish on as I rounded the bend toward the north wall of millers canyon.
Back on the trailer @ 5pm. So all in all not a bad day. 11 total. all C&R. water level was weird. everything was so different. spots from last week were crap! Like a new lake again. Oh well, good practice!
BK
