05-23-2004, 11:35 PM
Dude,
Wow, what a dissertation! Before I forget, thanks for the sonar input and am looking forward to a peaceful rest for your mom and you guys. I'll respond to your post thus.
First- What puzzles me the most is the lack of response locally? What can you say, Oh well. Hopefully I'm being impatient!!!
Second- Read in the news that they had a Junior bass tournament there the day I left which explains the "activity" the night before! Watched and heard some "coaching" The day before. Got a kick out of it. The article said "fishing was tough and some of the youth returned empty handed after 6 hrs. of throwing buzzbaits, plastic worms and tube jigs. They all had a distinct advantage over us tubers with those base boats.
Third- For the past 4-5 yrs. I have been there in this time frame and it was really hot fishing????? I could usually see both bass and blues swimming around the cattails edges, etc. Yes the north end is good but more difficult for accessibility. I fish the West side, away from the dock now. Last year at this time I was able to wade the edges and get one most every cast using sight fishing.
Fourth- Latter in the summer, I was always able to find bass in the shallows and blues in the deeper part of the bays. When Sparky is able to let me leave him alone/tied up for awhile I can use my new fish finder find em and fish a little further out. I've also had good success drop shooting especially with moss build up. I've got some Silver Hiltons stached and am planning on using em along with some other stuff when fishing picks up.
Fith- Weather fronts seem to be the most logical answer. Are blues that affected by pressure drops/weather fronts? I know bass are.
Thanks again - [crazy]Leaky
Wow, what a dissertation! Before I forget, thanks for the sonar input and am looking forward to a peaceful rest for your mom and you guys. I'll respond to your post thus.
First- What puzzles me the most is the lack of response locally? What can you say, Oh well. Hopefully I'm being impatient!!!
Second- Read in the news that they had a Junior bass tournament there the day I left which explains the "activity" the night before! Watched and heard some "coaching" The day before. Got a kick out of it. The article said "fishing was tough and some of the youth returned empty handed after 6 hrs. of throwing buzzbaits, plastic worms and tube jigs. They all had a distinct advantage over us tubers with those base boats.
Third- For the past 4-5 yrs. I have been there in this time frame and it was really hot fishing????? I could usually see both bass and blues swimming around the cattails edges, etc. Yes the north end is good but more difficult for accessibility. I fish the West side, away from the dock now. Last year at this time I was able to wade the edges and get one most every cast using sight fishing.
Fourth- Latter in the summer, I was always able to find bass in the shallows and blues in the deeper part of the bays. When Sparky is able to let me leave him alone/tied up for awhile I can use my new fish finder find em and fish a little further out. I've also had good success drop shooting especially with moss build up. I've got some Silver Hiltons stached and am planning on using em along with some other stuff when fishing picks up.
Fith- Weather fronts seem to be the most logical answer. Are blues that affected by pressure drops/weather fronts? I know bass are.
Thanks again - [crazy]Leaky