tenkiller archives

Unloaded at Pettit today and fished up the lake in the morning all the way to Carters Landing and the bite was off to say the least. Never caught a fish above the bridge and only 5 keepers from Cherokee to Pettit. Worked my way down the lake all the way to Chicken Creek and ended up with 30 keepers. Cleaned 19 and let the big ole momma's go right back into the wood I caught em from. So hopefully they will stay home and bite again Saturday. (fingers crossed...lol...) WT was 66 when I started and got up to 69 whan I left at 5pm. DOW today was from 12' to 24' and caught fish in most depths. Even caught a few smallies today in the 1 1/2 lb range and what a beautiful fish. Today we caught em on red/chart super tubes, several colors of Slab Bandits as long as it had cahrt in it, pumkin/chart beavers in 1 1/2" length, and silver flake baby shad's....Ranger

Fished today with limited success. Went down lake, then the wind picked up and I spent the next half hour trying to get off the lake. Ya gotta love that Oklahoma wind! Heck I didn't see waves that big when I was in Hawaii !

Well decided to head to the lake after the fishing Saturday in the tournament. I concentrated on the upper end of the lake in some off colored water that EB mentioned. Yes I pulled the spider rig out and thats all I did from 10 am to 6 pm. I ended the day with only 5 keepers and about that many small crappie and bass. One of two things were off. Either EB fibbed to me or the fish weren't hitting after that second front came through. Well after talking to eveyone on the lake, well it seemed liked everyone noone was doing any good and all mentioned that the weekend was much better than to day. So I know EB wouldn't lead me astray.I ended up giving my 5 fish to an elderly couple fishing off the bank and they were so proud of them that I think I could have gotten a homemade pie from the lady if I had asked for one. They needed them way more than I.

Now question for EB. Did you go under both bridges and fish acrooss from the marina or did you go under just one bridge and straight which would have been Caney Creek? Plus I need a class on tying those knots for the hooks. I looked them up on the internet and I guess I'm just to dumb to get it right.

Jamie my partner from the tourney fished today also and he only had 16 keepers caught but he spent only 4 hrs on the water due to his hydro air pump housing breaking and filling his Champion up with water. He searched for 4 hrs for a replacement and there wasn't one any where on the lake to be had. So he plugged the intake and discharge for the pump and was able to resume his adventure. He said they really had a turn off the later in the day it got. He caught his fish from trees in 35' to 45' DOW and was catching them in the tops of the trees from 12' to 18'.
He also talked to some friends of ours from Muskogee that fish Tenkiller alot and they had 24 but fished most of the day...Ranger

Mark, I didn't mind not catching many. I was simply trying the EB style of fishing. I know I am no where near the fisherman he is when it comes to rigging. It was such a nice day on the water I just kept rigging the whole time. I rigged nearly every ince of Dry Creek then I went over to Caney Creek and started rigging there. That is where most came from and they to where over brush piles. I was just giving EB a hard time about rigging Tenkiller. He is a super guy and willing to share info with you. That some times is hard for some people to do.

Jiggin, on tourn day EB was in dry creek riggin, I don't know if he was over on Caney but definitely was on Dry creek .

Dry Creek, across from marina and up (right bank as you come under the bridge heading up the creek). We didn't go on up in Caney, but I was told the water was good in there too.

Hang in there Jigging, we just might have gotten lucky Saturday. We were targeting points across from the marina in dry creek. That was the first time Winger and I had ever been in there, I put the nose of my boat in 12 fow and we fished 8-10ft deep. I know there was three piles in there because I had JD hung up in everyone of them LOL. I would love to go back there and rig it more. Ive been talking to ranger about the technique yall were fishing in clear water. He said the big fish were caught in tree tops in 60fow. Man thats foreign to me, but interesting. The big mistake that Winger and I made on tourny day was. You dont have to beg them to bite! We tried that too long! I would love to come back up there and take you rigging! Just need to get together! EB

Wish I was fishing it it certainly beats Kitchen Demolition.....Take EB up on it Jamie you will not be sorry. Besides you need to show him how to fish the deep trees and such..cast and drag the shallow piles too.....whne your thru with him I will take over...lol.....Ranger

I hear ya Mark, I just finished a bath and have another one to do plus the kitchen. Told the wife it will have to wait till after fishing season. Her reply is it's fishing season for you year round. Working shift work doesn't help much either. When I'm on mids I get about 3-4 hrs of sleep during the day and I wake feeling so tired and don't want to do anything. Then my days off it makes it hard to want to go by myself since the boys are gone. I guess my problem is I didn't hit any deep tree tops during the tournament. The deepest piles we hit were 20'.

Brian, I am ready any time, you just let me know and we will go back up there. I am always willing to learn something new. We can take my boat or yours doesn't matter. I know my electronics may not be as good as your though. I think I found a couple of those piles myself. Makes it hard when your are by yourself and all 6 poles hang up on you. Plus the woind blowing a little at that time. Wow what a mess that was. I really would like to hook up with you on Eufaula during that shallow summer bite as well. Actually any time would be fine. I need to learn how to rig better. Maybe my boat speed was to slow Monday or even to fast I don't know.