04-07-2014, 11:37 PM
Smallies?
If so sounds about right. The big females are always spooky. You have to be a fair distance away from them to get the big female on the bed otherwise they run. Sometimes I will drop whatever I am using in the bed then back the boat off a fair distance and watch to see if they come back. Sometimes far enough away that I can't really even see then just do some random wiggle on the bait with my fingers crossed.
Males. If one is persistent and messes around with the right amount of stuff you can eventually get 'em. I do run into the just not happening ones every now and then. I've spent upwards of an hour on one before. Gets to the point I am going to catch him/her no matter what type of dealio. lol We ran into several like that on Mohave several weeks back north of the ramp/into the river area. We both dragged a ton of stuff into the bed and the SMB didn't even twitch. It didn't take me 5 minutes of that to know and classify that fish as a "impossible" and move on verse waste time.
It is still just on the edge temp wise for the SMB to start their thing on Mead this year. I don't think the males really have anything to protect yet other than their turf. Thus they are not overly protective nor aggressive yet.
LMB beds are way harder to find. Unless there is zero wind it isn't worth trying since they are almost always deeper than SMB beds. The best trick for them to me is not using a natural colored bait. I usually swap to something vivid. Not for their purpose but for mine and my eyes to see what I am doing deeper.
I didn't catch anything that looked to be a bed fish Saturday. All pre-spawners out for a meal getting fat. Every single one I caught was very clean and perfect looking. No indications of spawning on them wear and tear wise on the fins/underside.
I didn't go anywhere that a smallie would be found (type of bottom, etc). Just guessing on where they are at based on the main lake water temp at launch.
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If so sounds about right. The big females are always spooky. You have to be a fair distance away from them to get the big female on the bed otherwise they run. Sometimes I will drop whatever I am using in the bed then back the boat off a fair distance and watch to see if they come back. Sometimes far enough away that I can't really even see then just do some random wiggle on the bait with my fingers crossed.
Males. If one is persistent and messes around with the right amount of stuff you can eventually get 'em. I do run into the just not happening ones every now and then. I've spent upwards of an hour on one before. Gets to the point I am going to catch him/her no matter what type of dealio. lol We ran into several like that on Mohave several weeks back north of the ramp/into the river area. We both dragged a ton of stuff into the bed and the SMB didn't even twitch. It didn't take me 5 minutes of that to know and classify that fish as a "impossible" and move on verse waste time.
It is still just on the edge temp wise for the SMB to start their thing on Mead this year. I don't think the males really have anything to protect yet other than their turf. Thus they are not overly protective nor aggressive yet.
LMB beds are way harder to find. Unless there is zero wind it isn't worth trying since they are almost always deeper than SMB beds. The best trick for them to me is not using a natural colored bait. I usually swap to something vivid. Not for their purpose but for mine and my eyes to see what I am doing deeper.
I didn't catch anything that looked to be a bed fish Saturday. All pre-spawners out for a meal getting fat. Every single one I caught was very clean and perfect looking. No indications of spawning on them wear and tear wise on the fins/underside.
I didn't go anywhere that a smallie would be found (type of bottom, etc). Just guessing on where they are at based on the main lake water temp at launch.
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