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Reply With QuoteGo early! Those peeps usually are getting on the water when I'm loading the boat. The second choice would be heck with the fishing and join in the FUN!
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I fish a 5,000 acre lake. It has become an absolute party lake on the weekends. Jet skis, tubing, group swimming, etc. The main lake areas are so churned up with all the commotion that any kind of trolling is impossible. Spot lock gets as confused as a guy on a 3 day drunk.
Now, here is my thought.
The fish that are on the main lake channels, points, etc, are so disturbed that they go into a non feeding mode until the activity stops. The coves are less affected.
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Go early! Those peeps usually are getting on the water when I'm loading the boat. The second choice would be heck with the fishing and join in the FUN!
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When I lived in TN I fished Dale Hollow Lake. I learned early on not to fish the lake after Memorial Day. Way too much boat traffic....and this is on a 27,000 acre lake. The few times I did fish it with all the traffic I caught fish but it was a royal pain in the neck doing so. So in the summer time we fished the lake at night.
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I agree, night fishing might work or Week day mornings
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If I read between the lines you guys agree that all the ruckus shuts the fish down
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It didn’t at Dale Hollow. The problem was just the sheer number of pleasure boaters. It could be a dead still day as far as wind goes but the lake would be white capping with good size rollers. All of that from the boat traffic. I had a small boat and it would be extremely uncomfortable in those conditions. Loved fishing points there but it was nearly impossible. I only cast and retrieve but if you pulled cranks, use planer boards, it is impossible. Eventually had to quit night fishing as my night vision went south.Originally Posted by silverside
If I read between the lines you guys agree that all the ruckus shuts the fish down
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It has to have an effect if they are up shallow less than 6 feet. But I can’t stand to fish with the boat constantly rocking.If I read between the lines you guys agree that all the ruckus shuts the fish down
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some lakes here are just that way , if you think they party hard there , you should see some of the ridiculous stuff here . but it never seems to shut the fish down , it just shuts the folks trying to ketch them down and or makes them so mad they want to fight.
I would tend to think you will need to pick the when you go carefully , midweek might be the ticket and or maybe first frost and after .....
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The boat traffic on my home lake doesn’t shut the fish down. It shuts me down tho. This old body can’t take all that wave action like I used too. I get out at 6 and fish til 11 but the traffic starts at 8:30 even on weekdays. My problem is I can’t stay on my spots without constantly adjusting my TM. And I have spotlock. I have spots 18 ft deep, fifteen ft from shore where the river channel runs thru. Those waves are murder in that close to shore as even the water gets muddier as more of them come out. I go to a restricted HP lake on the weekends I want to fish all day.
