Greers Ferry is whipping me

[Schmoopie]

I am out at Greer's Ferry for the week. The lake hits 300 feet in some areas. It's almost completely rock walls for shoreline. There's not much water less than 30 feet deep.

I marked fish in 30-45 feet today and couldn't make them bite. The wind was so bad today I couldn't even toss jugs out for catfish.

It's not like any lake I've ever fished before. I'm not proud, I'll take catfish, walleye, white bass, bluegill, or whatever else. It doesn't have to be slab crappie.

I'm not sure I could even buy a fish at the local grocery store. Lol

Two undersized largemouth in two days. It still beats working!

[Gomer Snerd]

Buddy has been catching walleye pulling nightcrawler rigs at 35 ft or so. For what that's worth. Could that be what you're marking? Might rig up a bottom bouncer trailing a double hook worm rig. Yankee fishing I know but.....

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[Ketchn]

minnow up and nightcrawler them fish marks .....?

[Billbob]

Get with Creekslick he lives there


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[Schmoopie]

Thanks Gomer. I got two cats today. I used a bottom bouncer (2 ounce) with a crankbait but got no hits. I got no hits on jigs either.

I may have to resort to live bait. I can't even catch shad for catfishing. They are deeper than my cast net will go.

[Schmoopie]

I can't edit . Ketchn, I don't like to use live bait (shad for cats is the exception).

I've already checked with creekslick. He's a guide and I don't want to bother him too much since I'm looking for guidance, not a guide. I'm with my girlfriend and her kids and she keeps telling me that they're coming out with me and getting a guide just isn't on the agenda.

[Ketchn]

a lb of minnerz my friend will ease the pain of not ketchn fish ,and especially with a crowd on the boat ....just saying
and i never been there and have no clue ,but to be sure i would look close at a major tributary around the mouth and maybe up in it a bit as well this time of year .the fall fish are moving as i type ....just saying

[Cricketcage]

Haven't fished the main lake in 40 years, but if you don't mind trout and if you are close to the dam the fishing for them in the Little Red River below it is relatively easy (you have to pay for a trout stamp though). Light spinning with 4 lb. clear mono, a bb sized split shot 12 inches above the hook, a small hook (salmon egg hook if you can find them) and power bait eggs or paste in chartreuse or red. Just bounce the power bait along the bottom with the current and the bites are fairly easy to detect. Crappie jigs work too, but require a little more effort and experience to get the hook set quickly. Trout are in the river at least to a little bit past Pangburn.

[Schmoopie]

Thanks cricketcage. I actually went down to the little red river below the dam last night. It was odd to see how much the dam can do to that river. I guess I've never fished below a dam before, but it was wild. They had one gate open and saw a boat come up and stop and then get swept down the river. No bites, but it beautiful. Once the gate closed, the water calmed down. I think I'm going to head back out there this morning.

[Schmoopie]

Trout were schooled up on top and wouldn't hit anything. A rooster tail pulled 6 inches in front of them and not even a flinch.