Lake Mead Sunday 10/10/04

[BaySport]

Sunday, 10/10- Hit the water early (5:30). Headed for Las Vegas Wash to net live shad. To my satisfaction, I found the area where the wash flows into the lake loaded with shad. The movement of large numbers of shad made the surface of the water look like rain drops were hitting it. Three throws resulted in much more bait than I could use by myself. Some of the shad were four to five inches long! With both live wells full I headed out to start my first drift. The action started immediatly, and stayed steady throughout the entire moring. There were several boats around the Hole 33 area, and everyone seemed to be landing fish. Most seemed to be jigging. I know that the jig bite can be very productive, but I would rather live bait fish if I can catch shad. I brought home eight nice stripers. I released every striper that would survive. I caught 18 total, most small, one over twenty inches! On the way in I gave the remaining shad to some anglers fishing at the tires by the Marina. They seemed happy to get them. At the fish cleaning station I talked to an angler who also was live bait fishing and had an ice chest full of stripers, a couple that might have been around five pounds! He said that he had no trouble finding shad today.

The water was perfect, the fishing steady, it was a great! I can't wait until next time!
BaySport
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