Ouachita is waking from its summer slumber

[Arkie John]

The word at Ruth's bait shop is that several reported limits this week.

They are on the brush piles early, 9-12 feet, responding best to chartreuse and black and chartreuse and white jigs.

I got there late today and caught 7 keepers on minnows; the two largest were 12 inchers--one of which was a black-nose. Couldn't buy a hit on a jig or jig & minnow combo. Found mine on the shady side of 12" standing timber, 10 feet + or -.

Going Saturday...early.

aj

[slabbandit]

Good Luck!

[rieve]

hope you get a limit as well

[NIMROD]

Post a picture of the bigguns on Sat.

[creekslick]

John give those cranks a try.

[Arkie John]

Posting photos is one of the things I will teach myself in October, when I retire. I do it every once in a while on other forums but I do is so little that I forget how to do it!!

BUT...I will learn how to do it here.

The lake dropped 6" since last night and that doesn't do well as far as I'm concerned. I still caught a few but they were all small and I turned 'em back.

The current water temp is 78 o F, so it's only going to get better in the next few weeks.

I DID, however, find some GOOD, new brush piles and some naturally standing timber, coming up to 12 feet in 25 feet of water. :D

So all wasn't lost.

I didn't get around to trolling today, but I always do a little of it almost every trip, especially when I can't get the vertical jigging/minner-dippin' thang to work.

aj

[CastandBlast]

Glad you were able to get out and had some success even if they were small and it's always good when you find new fishing water....thanks for the report