Powell 4/30-5/3

[MrShane]

Great report and great trip for you! Except losing your favorite rod and reel. Thank you for posting that report! Powell is a very special place for sure !

Thanks Mildog!
I had seen your giant Crappie on WW last week and that is what made me go down.
I could get a few up to 10” but don’t know how to catch the big ones.
I can catch everything else in that pond except those big Crappie!!
I spent over two hours Fri afternoon with a bb’er and a big Rattletrap with double trebles absolutely grinding the bottom hoping to snag that pole. I can replace the reel, I just want the pole back.
Here are my gps tracks where I believe the pole is.
While dragging for the pole I caught two 3 lb Walleye which was an extra bonus.

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WOW have you ever made me jealous. What a fantastic fishing trip and the weather cooperating plus the wind not blowing hard. Thanks for the report and pictures.

You are very welcome,  to see water so low.
Here is a pic of Bullfrog main ramp looking down from very top of ramp.
Spur ramp is usable and has a courtesy dock out.
Feds allow truck/trailer parking at bottom but only for day use, overnight you have to bring your truck/trailer combo up to parking lot and walk back down.
Then reverse process for takeout.
It does make you think very well to not forget something you need in your truck!
You can see why I am so worn out by going down there solo!
I go down every year in late April/early May.
Two or three years ago the spur (the curved asphalt ramp) was high and dry and you had to drive 2-300’ish yards out on lake bottom and we all launched off of dirt ledge.

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I fished a tournament out of bullfrog a month or so ago and caught a lot of snake stripers while casting for bass but the trip last November very few were snakes interesting a few months time how things change.  Sounds like a good trip.

Thanks, it was a good trip.
Crazy to see how those Stripers turn in to fatheads so fast as soon as they can’t get enough Shad or Crawdads to eat.