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SEARK Reports
Went to visit the in-laws this weekend. Started out Friday morning at daylight on Morgan Point. Ended up catching 2 on the edge of the deep hole in 17' of water. Jigged shallow brushpiles and the channel on down the lake without any bites...except for a load of gar in the middle of the channel 15' deep about 3/4 of the way down the lake. Packed it up at 2pm and decided to hit the Coal Pile on the way back. Ended up catching about 18 pretty good ones Friday afternoon. They were biting 6-8' deep in 8-9.5' of water. Decided to go back Saturday morning, and couldn't hardly find 'em again. Ended up catching mostly smaller fish with one good'un to end the day. They were about 8-9' deep over 9-10' of water. I searched water from 6' to 13', but couldn't find the larger fish. Ended up keepin' a dozen on the smaller side. Everyone fishing shallow in the cypress was empty handed on Saturday. The two big ones for the trip were 2-10 and 2-6. All were caught on rosie reds.
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Sounds like you ended up with a pretty good trip, nice catch. I like that fillet board, it looks like mine. A cut out where the sink went in?
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some nice fish ...thanks for the pics and report.
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Thats the spot if you can get there first.did you put in off the point ,it looked like from the levee the game & fish improved the ramp?
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Great lookin' slabs Chris!! I've got to get over there one day I'm off or maybe even one day I'm off early. Nice lookin' pics too.
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Thanks for the comments guys. I forgot to add that the water temps at Morgan Point were 58-60 degrees...Coal Pile was 60 degrees afternoon, 57 degrees morning.
The ramp off the point is decent access. Although the ramp is mostly gravel and silt, I've had no problems launching and loading from there. I can foresee that the dirt road off Hwy 212 that leads to the ramp may be a problem during or after a rain. The biggest problem is the lack of parking.
A word of caution to anyone's first trip out there. Be sure to take it easy, especially in any water shallower than 8'. It is loaded with stumps just under the surface. I found quite a few with the TM out in the channel heading back up north along that red line. You will see 20' bass rigs running 70 mph around through there...I guess they either really know the area, or are just really stupid. I guess you just can't fix stupid, as one passed within punching distance of my boat at a speed greater than 50 mph. Seems like everybody either passes you on plane at break neck speeds, or slows down just enough to create a 3' tsunami coming towards you. Enough rambling, just don't haul it through there until you learn your way around.
And the cut-out countertop was a gift from the generous, yet disabled, Goocher!:D
