8/1 more summer bummer

[P.A.W.]

Water is 75ish and still clear as a glass of Vodka. Level is also down a bit more from a few days ago. Hit a couple stripers on the rig right out of the gate but as soon as the sun came up it was game over. After reading Pete's report on DVL I decided to go deep for LMB. Man, I forgot how boring it is to drop-shot in 35-40 feet. After only 1/2 hour I decided to do something else (ANYTHING) else. It was getting hot so I just trolled around listening to the radio and casting at the occasional boil of little schoolies that would come up. Might be time to break out the downriggers since I did spot a few bait balls near the bottom at 45-60 feet.

Take plenty of drinks and sunscreen it is HOT out there.

[Harley51]

Did they fix the other dock yet

[P.A.W.]

On Friday I was told they had gotten the go-ahead to do the repair since the other side was starting to look funky too. Can't have both sides down.

[Big-Bob]

I hope they fix the dock that is down now and service the one that is currently in use. It is only a matter of time before the intact one goes down.

[NFCD I]

I've never really checked it out, but why can't we use the #2 ramp while #1 is being repaired? Is it a parking problem?

[elbowlayer]

I was out there on Fri too and I was only able to grind out a few dink LMB, and a nice 3#r at ramp two docks, dropshotting the shade. I went back on Sat and it stayed cloudy all day, and it was still a grind but I landed 3 nice size bass with dinks mixed in. Most those fish came on a deep drop shot with a nice fatty coming on a squarebill in the shade.

[P.A.W.]

I returned today 8/4 and stayed on stripers. Limited on smaller models by 10:30. Nice and cool early. Water is still dropping slowly.

[kaiyasdad]

Any boils yet or u still trolling?

[P.A.W.]

Both. The rats have been boiling off and on for over a month, but the troll bite, such as it is, has just begun to turn on. Nothing steady. Just one here and one there. The boils are the typical summer type. Out in open water and all smaller fish. No easy pick either. They are chasing very small prey so they will often be spooked by a jerkbait or just ignore it. STEALTH is key. They will immediately go away if you get too close with an outboard motor.

[sweetfish]

Thanks Pat for the update.