Fish Catching Travel
Day 3 started off a little different than the last 2 days. We decided to head back up lake to the Diamond City area and fish where we fished on Thursday. Our first stop was the bank where we did the best a couple of days ago, a gravel/rock main lake bank not all that far from the ramp. And it was deju vu all over again.
What are the stinking odds of catching 2 big carp on grub in consecutive days?
Before we left the first bank I caught 9, this carp, and then smallmouth, largemouth, and kentuckys. Clyde and the Shoedog could not get it going. For some reason they wanted the that grub hopped off the bottom and just were not interested in it swimming or in a jerk bait/
The day turned out to be tougher than the last couple. Of course it was busier, being the holiday weekend, and there looked to be several tournaments on the lake. There were high dollar bass boats blasting all over the lake, and until around 4 it was a big a$$ boat race.
While the water temp had come up to around 55 all over the area, it was still a real chilly night with a full moon, and when combined with the traffic it kept the fish down some.
.Though we knocked the snot out of the whites a couple of days ago, we only put a couple in the boat today. But boy are they nice size on Bull Shoals.
The rest of the day it was slow at best. We had no luck in coves to speak of until later. They definitely were off the jerk bait compared to the last couple of days. And the lack of wind and bright sun sure did not help.
We caught 3 walleyes today, they just did not cut the mustard. But it is nice to catch something so different from my usual fare.
Now I am about to say something that all of you in South Texas might find almost nuts – We were praying for wind, and the last 3 days it has been dead calm. That can really make it hard with water as clear as drinking water, and a little breeze goes a long way here in Arkansas. But you do with what you have.
The big fish of the day.
It is funny how our day ended up with us catching around 3 fish, and it was slow. Other than a couple of places we never had the big run. I did lose a big walleye on the grub, which was my go to bait all day. Shoedog stayed with his jerk bait but it just was not happening. Clyde fished his usual 30 different baits, but grub was still the bait of the day.
So it is Sunday morning and we are getting ready to head out, a late start but we will be fishing after dark today. Norfork Lake, my old guiding and stomping grounds it next, and crappie will be the fish of choice before dark, then stripers and bass after the sun goes down.
We only kept 5 today, but hope to remedy that with a nice sack of crappies today. So stay tuned, the fishing saga continues on the great Arkansas extravaganza. Thanks for reading my stuff.
Good Luck and Tight Lines
