I headed out just before daylight and started hunting. Nothing was showing around the bridge and the creek mouths so I cruised up to R31 and found some scattered fish but much less than last week. So I headed up to my favorite Indian Creek. I started looking outside and was marking some scattered fish all up and down the water column. I made a quick pass inside but saw a lot less fish. A few birds were fluttering but there was no surface activity. So I trolled out of the creek and got the first fish off the "west side" point. An energetic 22". I was still marking scattered fish and a big group was 2 or 3.
So I headed back to around R35 and got the second fish, a little better 24". Still seeing scattered fish so another loop at R35 brought a 17" who thought he was bigger. Still seeing the fish another loop got a heavy hit and I wrestled in a big, fat 31". Zowie! That was it for that area so I kept moving down lake.
I finally got to around R31 when I boated another plump 22". Gees, my arm was getting tired from catching all these fish! I couldn't tempt another one there so I headed for Coast Guard point. On the first second pass I wrangled in a chubby 23". All morning I was finding the fish out over deeper water, 60-90ft. Only the first fish I caught was up shallow (25'). Just to note about side imaging sonar: three of the fish I caught I spotted on the side but not under the boat. Seeing them on the side while trolling I started a turn in that direction and got them. Another note about how far the fish will move to get a bait. Two times Tuesday I marked fish 40-45' while my lures were running 15-20' and got a hook-up. And finally two of the six fish came on the bigger Bomber lure, the others on the small ones. Gee, six fish in six hours, not bad for an old geezer by himself.
Later Joel
So I headed back to around R35 and got the second fish, a little better 24". Still seeing scattered fish so another loop at R35 brought a 17" who thought he was bigger. Still seeing the fish another loop got a heavy hit and I wrestled in a big, fat 31". Zowie! That was it for that area so I kept moving down lake.
I finally got to around R31 when I boated another plump 22". Gees, my arm was getting tired from catching all these fish! I couldn't tempt another one there so I headed for Coast Guard point. On the first second pass I wrangled in a chubby 23". All morning I was finding the fish out over deeper water, 60-90ft. Only the first fish I caught was up shallow (25'). Just to note about side imaging sonar: three of the fish I caught I spotted on the side but not under the boat. Seeing them on the side while trolling I started a turn in that direction and got them. Another note about how far the fish will move to get a bait. Two times Tuesday I marked fish 40-45' while my lures were running 15-20' and got a hook-up. And finally two of the six fish came on the bigger Bomber lure, the others on the small ones. Gee, six fish in six hours, not bad for an old geezer by himself.
Later Joel
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