FISH CATCHING TRAVEL

It has been over 3 weeks since I fished the lake.  Lots has happened in that 3 weeks but things should settle down, at least until it is back to Colorado.  The good thing is the next couple of months are my favorite fishing time of the year and I will be taking full advantage of it.  And with deer hunting in full swing next week traffic will be down, the one time of year we can say that.

I have no clue what to expect tomorrow.  Good clouds will definitely help as will a little drizzle.  So tied on is a Whopper Plopper, Band O Lure, swim jig, crankbait and several plastics.  No guess what will work, and there will be a short stop to see if our white bass are up lake.  It will be one of my favorite days to fish, just have to figure it out.

Weather

68/78.  Warmer with sun and areas of low clouds with a 25% chance of rain.  Wind   ENE  8-15 mph.

Lake Level

Today 95.98 msl.  Twenty One days ago   96.26 msl.  (Still a slow steady decline.  But when I got home the lake had come up to 95.99 so it is a slow rise.)

Bite Times

Major      8:38 am to 10:38 am.  (That is perfect.)

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First bite.  Smashed a Whopper Plopper.

• Todays Totals:
• 6 bass on spinnerbait
• 3 white bass
• 4 bass on crankbaits
• 2 bass on Whopper Plopper.

It was an interesting morning.  The weather was right, my only concern was whether the water was off color, but it was not too bad.  Most of the lake was 73 degrees and the wind was blowing a little out of the North and would stay that way until I quit at 1:30. The Boss ordered supper, so the pressure was on to bring home the bacon.  Funny how when she wants a fry I feel more pressure than when I was tournament fishing or guiding.

Right off the bat the one above smashed the Whopper Plopper, and unfortunately it ended up fooling me a little, so I stayed with it way to long.  One more small jumped on and another missed it but they were clearly not having it.  But for the amount of time I threw it it ended up being rather disappointing.  With that result and the water having some color up lake I figured the chartreuse Sixth Sense crankbait would catch them, and it did.  All 4 on it were small or right at 14″.

One thing I wanted to do was check on the white bass up lake so I trolled one up but then could not get another bite.  With it being slow at least for the better fish I headed down lake to my white bass flat and ended up boating several more, so at least I had a fish fry.  But there was one more thing to try and turned out I should have been throwing the spinnerbait all morning.

The first place I tried 3 jumped on, then 3 more on the last bank before I called it a day to get home and head to happy hour with the Boss.  They were all on the small side, though 2 would have measured if I was hurting in a tournament.  Banks with wind on it was where they were, and I should have known better.  But it was a good thing in the long run, as of first thing in the morning at least I know what I will be doing.

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It will be back to the lake in the morning to see if I can work on the spinnerbait bite.   Coleto has its moments when they are eating it and maybe it will be a good day.  Rusty is fishing the river today so unless he has a stellar report I will stick with the plan.  And with the wind forecast to blow 12 – 30 mph the lake is definitely the better choice, at least as far as the wind goes.  The 1 1/2″ of rain we got yesterday was a slow steady soaker.  The ditch in my front yard is a good measuring stick, if there is no water in it then it was a soaker and not a gully washer.  But according to the weather dude some areas got 3 – 4″ so only time will tell what affect that has one the area creeks and rivers.

But I do not look a gift horse in the mouth.  15 is not a bad total for the morning, hopefully I can add some serious size tomorrow.  Not much else to say except get up and get out, it is good for the soul.  So keep stopping in and thanks for reading my stuff.

Good Luck and Tight Lines