I started out earlier than normal both days since I planned to run down to the dam area. Monday as I rounded R1 I marked a sizeable school of fish. Too late to troll, I started casting to them. 20 minutes later with no bites and no more fish showing I moved on. I set out lines and trolled to the far side and up the bank. I would only mark a few loners here and there. I turned into the Black Hole and soon got a bite without ever marking fish. Just an ordinary 22". Nothing else showed there so I moved on to Witcher's. Again I only marked loners and one pod of six fish but no bites. On Thursday I went right to Elmo's and trolled around several laps only seeing a few fish here and there but no groups.
Neither day saw any top water action. Both days I then headed over to the mountain and trolled/cruised looking for fish but not finding any. Went all the way to R3 then quit that. Both days I then headed back to Becky's. Monday I started seeing enough fish at the Condos that I started trolling and headed into the creek. I didn't see anything until I was opposite the gazebo point and got a 21". I was marking plenty of fish in small pods so I made several more trolling passes with crack baits but got no more. So I switched over to U-rigs and boated 2 more fish, a 23" and a 27". Nice. That was at around 10am+.
Thursday I got back to Becky's and 3 boats were working the same area. I again trolled around but didn't see any fish. I don't know what those other guys were working on. Both days I then headed to Betty's for a look. On Monday I saw nothing. On Thursday I saw plenty of fish at the mouth of Betty's to start trolling. Cranks got nothing so I went to the U-rigs and still got nothing. The fish were there but not biting what I had. Both days I quit by noon since the heat was really coming on. Yup, its summertime.
BTW, the water temp near the dam was about 3 degrees cooler than the bridge. I'll be out again twice next week hopefully and weather permitting
Later Joel
Neither day saw any top water action. Both days I then headed over to the mountain and trolled/cruised looking for fish but not finding any. Went all the way to R3 then quit that. Both days I then headed back to Becky's. Monday I started seeing enough fish at the Condos that I started trolling and headed into the creek. I didn't see anything until I was opposite the gazebo point and got a 21". I was marking plenty of fish in small pods so I made several more trolling passes with crack baits but got no more. So I switched over to U-rigs and boated 2 more fish, a 23" and a 27". Nice. That was at around 10am+.
Thursday I got back to Becky's and 3 boats were working the same area. I again trolled around but didn't see any fish. I don't know what those other guys were working on. Both days I then headed to Betty's for a look. On Monday I saw nothing. On Thursday I saw plenty of fish at the mouth of Betty's to start trolling. Cranks got nothing so I went to the U-rigs and still got nothing. The fish were there but not biting what I had. Both days I quit by noon since the heat was really coming on. Yup, its summertime.
BTW, the water temp near the dam was about 3 degrees cooler than the bridge. I'll be out again twice next week hopefully and weather permitting
Later Joel
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