04-01-2004, 08:02 PM
SUP LUVR, USUALLY ON THE BRIDGE YOU CAN SIT RIGHT ON THE BRIDGE IF THE WATER IS TOO HIGH AND FAST TO ACTUALLY PUT IN THERE. IF YOU SIT ON THE BRIDGE GET AS CLOSE TO CENTER AS YOU CAN RIGHT OVER THE WATER, USE A SLIP SINKER OR A ROCK ON A RUBBER BAND, AND MAKE THE BAIT FLOAT SOMEHOW, I LIKE TO USE A MARSHMALLOW OR YOU CAN RUN YOUR LINE THROUGH THE CENTER OF A FOAM EARPLUG, I FAVOR THE FLO. GREEN ONES, AND USE IT AS A FLOAT TO KEEP YOUR BAIT OFF BOTTOM. I USE WORMS AND POWERBAIT IN THIS FASHION RIGHT OFF BOTTOM WITH ABOUT 24 INCHES OF LEADER TO LET THE FLOAT KEEP IT OFF BOTTOM. BUT IF THE CURRENT IS TOO FAST YOU WILL BE ON BOTTOM ANYWAY...USE A LEADER OF LIGHTER TEST LINE SO YOU ONLY LOOSE THE HOOK IF IT SNAGGS UP, THEN YOU DONT HAVE TO CARRY 10 POUNDS OF SINKERS WITH YOU.
IF YOU ARE ABLE TO LAUNCH YOUR TUBE FROM THERE, YOU CAN DO SO FROM EITHER THE NORTH OR SOUTH SIDE OF THE BRIDGE, WHICH EVER LOOKS EASIER TO GET DOWN, THIS ACCESS IS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE ROAD FROM THE LAKE, YOU HAVE TO WALK ACROSS THE BRIDGE ON THE SIDEWALK TO GET TO THE NORTH ACCESS. THEY ARE NOTHING MORE THAN "GOAT TRAILS" REALLY.
WHEN YOU GET IN THE WATER, I TRY TO KICK AGAINST THE CURRENT TO KEEP ME MOVING SLOWLY AS POSSIBLE, SOMETIMES YOU DONT NEED TO, SOMETIMES IT IS A WORKOUT. TAKE ENERGY BARS WITH YOU....LOL. YOU MAY NEED EM. I HAVE USED EVERYTHING FROM HERE, FLY ROD, BAIT, LURES, SPINNERS...I TRY TO CAST SLIGHTLY UP STREAM FROM MY SELF AND TRY TO HIT THOSE HOLES ABOUT 5 FEET IN FRONT OF THE POOL HEAD, IF YOU HAVE A FLOATING RAPALA LET IT FLOAT DOWN FOR A MINUTE BEFORE YOU REEL, IT WILL LOOK "STUNNED" AND MAY ENTICE A FEW REACTIONS. WITH JIGS, I TRY TO NEVER REALLY LET THEM HIT BOTTOM, TICK IT SO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU ARE AT, BUT ITS PRETTY SNAGGY USUALLY SO "SWIM" THE JIGS WITH A PUMPING ACTION. IF YOU USE JUST CURLY TAILS ON A WIDE 2/0 HOOK THAT WORKS TOO, THE IDEA IS NOT TO GET SNAGGED UP AS IT IS A PAIN IN THE BUTT TO REDO ALL THE WORK TO FISH ON YOUR TUBE, SENKOS, PLASTICS, I TEND TO USE MORE FLOATING STUFF THAN SINKING OR SUSSPENDING LURES IN THIS AREA...IF YOU HAVE SEEN THE RIVER AT LOW WATER IN FALL YOU KNOW THERE ARE A TON OF ROCKS, STUMPS, AND I THINK STILL A FEW OLD CAR BODIES DOWN THERE. REALLY. CAR BODIES. I SWEAR.
IF YOU USE BAIT FROM THE TUBE, I LET IT DRIFT WEIGHTLESS, IT CAN ROLL AND TUMBLE IN THE CURRENT AND I HAVE STUCK SOME TROUT LIKE THIS BIGGEST WAS A 7 POUNDER. HUUUUGGE RAINBOW. THERE IS THE PART YOU WILL GET TO WHERE THERE IS A FORK IN THE RIVER, IF YOU ARE FACING IT STAY RIGHT, IT GOES OVER A GRAVEL BED AND HAS A DEEP CUT INTO THE BANK THAT MAKES THAT WHOLE RUN A HUUGE HOLE FULL OF FISH. I USUALLY STICK SOME GOOD ACTION ON THAT BEND, I THINK IT IS THE NORTH SIDE OF THE SPLIT. MOST OF THE WATER FLOWS THERE IT SHOULDNT BE TOO MUCH OF A FIGHT TO GET OVER IN IT, BUT STAY TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE RUN AND CAST INTO THE POOL SO YOU DONT SPOOK IT OUT. YOU WILL FIND SMALLIES, WALLEYES, AND TROUT IN HERE, GOOD LUCK. I LIKE TO USE SIZE 7 RAPALAS, SHAD RAPS, ORIGINALS, AND DT SERIES, I CAN RUN THOSE DOWN AND STICK EM IN THE MUD AND LET EM POP BACK UP MAKES SOME OF THOSE FISH GO NUTS....AGAIN, WATCH FOR THE SNAGGS. FROM THERE YOU PRETTY MUCH FLOW OUT INTO THE FLATS AREA OF THE LAKE, TROLL AROUND, I LIKE TO DRAG CRAWLERS ON A VERY LIGHTLY WEIGHTED LINE, LIKE 1/16 OUNCE PINCH SINKER. JUST ENOUGH TO KEEP IT NEAR BOTTOM. YOU CAN CAST LURES AND SPINNERS BUT THE FISH HERE ARE PRETY MUCH IN THE OPEN, YOU WILL CATCH MOSTLY TROUT DURING THE DAY, SOME BASS AS YOU GET OVER SOME CABBAGE BEDS, AND WALLEYE IN THE EVENNING/NIGHT AS THEY CRUISE FOR FOOD. IF THE WIND IS BLOWING HEAD TO THE MUD LINES, YOU WILL FIND BASS AND MAYBE A FEW WALLEYE. I HAVENT CAUGHT ONE YET, BUT I HAVE KILLED BASS AND TROUT EVEN PERCH THERE. IT IS A FUN LAKE, IT DOES GET BUSY WITH BOAT TRAFFIC THOUGH, I LIKE THE "RIVER RUN" CAUSE ITS MOSTLY TOO SHALLOW FOR THE BOATS TO GO UP THAT FAR OVER THE FLATS.
HOPE I HELPED SOME, I WILL PM THIS TO YOU AS WELL. GOOD LUCK!!
LATERS,
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IF YOU ARE ABLE TO LAUNCH YOUR TUBE FROM THERE, YOU CAN DO SO FROM EITHER THE NORTH OR SOUTH SIDE OF THE BRIDGE, WHICH EVER LOOKS EASIER TO GET DOWN, THIS ACCESS IS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE ROAD FROM THE LAKE, YOU HAVE TO WALK ACROSS THE BRIDGE ON THE SIDEWALK TO GET TO THE NORTH ACCESS. THEY ARE NOTHING MORE THAN "GOAT TRAILS" REALLY.
WHEN YOU GET IN THE WATER, I TRY TO KICK AGAINST THE CURRENT TO KEEP ME MOVING SLOWLY AS POSSIBLE, SOMETIMES YOU DONT NEED TO, SOMETIMES IT IS A WORKOUT. TAKE ENERGY BARS WITH YOU....LOL. YOU MAY NEED EM. I HAVE USED EVERYTHING FROM HERE, FLY ROD, BAIT, LURES, SPINNERS...I TRY TO CAST SLIGHTLY UP STREAM FROM MY SELF AND TRY TO HIT THOSE HOLES ABOUT 5 FEET IN FRONT OF THE POOL HEAD, IF YOU HAVE A FLOATING RAPALA LET IT FLOAT DOWN FOR A MINUTE BEFORE YOU REEL, IT WILL LOOK "STUNNED" AND MAY ENTICE A FEW REACTIONS. WITH JIGS, I TRY TO NEVER REALLY LET THEM HIT BOTTOM, TICK IT SO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU ARE AT, BUT ITS PRETTY SNAGGY USUALLY SO "SWIM" THE JIGS WITH A PUMPING ACTION. IF YOU USE JUST CURLY TAILS ON A WIDE 2/0 HOOK THAT WORKS TOO, THE IDEA IS NOT TO GET SNAGGED UP AS IT IS A PAIN IN THE BUTT TO REDO ALL THE WORK TO FISH ON YOUR TUBE, SENKOS, PLASTICS, I TEND TO USE MORE FLOATING STUFF THAN SINKING OR SUSSPENDING LURES IN THIS AREA...IF YOU HAVE SEEN THE RIVER AT LOW WATER IN FALL YOU KNOW THERE ARE A TON OF ROCKS, STUMPS, AND I THINK STILL A FEW OLD CAR BODIES DOWN THERE. REALLY. CAR BODIES. I SWEAR.
IF YOU USE BAIT FROM THE TUBE, I LET IT DRIFT WEIGHTLESS, IT CAN ROLL AND TUMBLE IN THE CURRENT AND I HAVE STUCK SOME TROUT LIKE THIS BIGGEST WAS A 7 POUNDER. HUUUUGGE RAINBOW. THERE IS THE PART YOU WILL GET TO WHERE THERE IS A FORK IN THE RIVER, IF YOU ARE FACING IT STAY RIGHT, IT GOES OVER A GRAVEL BED AND HAS A DEEP CUT INTO THE BANK THAT MAKES THAT WHOLE RUN A HUUGE HOLE FULL OF FISH. I USUALLY STICK SOME GOOD ACTION ON THAT BEND, I THINK IT IS THE NORTH SIDE OF THE SPLIT. MOST OF THE WATER FLOWS THERE IT SHOULDNT BE TOO MUCH OF A FIGHT TO GET OVER IN IT, BUT STAY TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE RUN AND CAST INTO THE POOL SO YOU DONT SPOOK IT OUT. YOU WILL FIND SMALLIES, WALLEYES, AND TROUT IN HERE, GOOD LUCK. I LIKE TO USE SIZE 7 RAPALAS, SHAD RAPS, ORIGINALS, AND DT SERIES, I CAN RUN THOSE DOWN AND STICK EM IN THE MUD AND LET EM POP BACK UP MAKES SOME OF THOSE FISH GO NUTS....AGAIN, WATCH FOR THE SNAGGS. FROM THERE YOU PRETTY MUCH FLOW OUT INTO THE FLATS AREA OF THE LAKE, TROLL AROUND, I LIKE TO DRAG CRAWLERS ON A VERY LIGHTLY WEIGHTED LINE, LIKE 1/16 OUNCE PINCH SINKER. JUST ENOUGH TO KEEP IT NEAR BOTTOM. YOU CAN CAST LURES AND SPINNERS BUT THE FISH HERE ARE PRETY MUCH IN THE OPEN, YOU WILL CATCH MOSTLY TROUT DURING THE DAY, SOME BASS AS YOU GET OVER SOME CABBAGE BEDS, AND WALLEYE IN THE EVENNING/NIGHT AS THEY CRUISE FOR FOOD. IF THE WIND IS BLOWING HEAD TO THE MUD LINES, YOU WILL FIND BASS AND MAYBE A FEW WALLEYE. I HAVENT CAUGHT ONE YET, BUT I HAVE KILLED BASS AND TROUT EVEN PERCH THERE. IT IS A FUN LAKE, IT DOES GET BUSY WITH BOAT TRAFFIC THOUGH, I LIKE THE "RIVER RUN" CAUSE ITS MOSTLY TOO SHALLOW FOR THE BOATS TO GO UP THAT FAR OVER THE FLATS.
HOPE I HELPED SOME, I WILL PM THIS TO YOU AS WELL. GOOD LUCK!!
LATERS,
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