Has anyone started fishing around Little River and if so how is the fishing. I'm almost ready to go but I need a good report to set me on fire. Thanks in advance.
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Has anyone started fishing around Little River and if so how is the fishing. I'm almost ready to go but I need a good report to set me on fire. Thanks in advance.
Looks like no one is fishing yet. I hope to be finished with my boat this week and start fishing next week. Good luck to all and be safe.
Will be down your way in Oct. Keep us posted on the fishing. Thanks!
Ill should be down there later oct-early nov. I will actually be stayin on Little River. Gonna fish Barkley and KY(formerly know as biscuits n' gravy in my bass fishin days...lol:D) Let us know when it kicks in to full gear, if'n it ever does...:) Im sure someone is on em' right now.
ps: Im goin solo as of now so if anyone is gonna be down there around that time holler. I can't teach ya anything but maybe yall can teach me somethin', my dad has told me stories of loading the boat w/ 2 lbers back in the early days in Jonothan Creek!:cool:
Thanks,
Slabber
ekyslabber--We will be fishing Jonothan Creek Oct 21-25. By the way--how does Cave Run look after all this rain?
Im not sure but if I was a bettin' man Id say the licking river is at least pretty muddy but id say not up much yet. Id say main lake is still clear color, prob up a lil. I bet this rain drops the temps some, sure hope so, we might get lucky and get an extended fall fishin season this year b/c of the mild temps.:) Maybe we will run into each other down there downwind. By then work will be slow for me anyways so if the fishin is good then I might stay a lil longer than expected and maybe go for some mixed bags in some diff. places, maybe sauger if they start to bite a lil below the dams. Its still a while off, my luck we will get a month long monsoon and hot weather....:mad:
I walked down to the dock last night and pitched jigs. I caught a little of everything, but the important thing was I caught a few keepers around the post of the dock. It looks like we are ready to launch the boat. I'll get back to ya'll.
Would your dock be close to deep water? Have most luck fishing around and up in docks that have some deeper water near by.
Not really. The creek channel makes a bend, and the mouth of my cove is in the outside bend of that channel. There are about four docks in my cove and the deepest water is about 6 fow.
I am new to the area and have only fished this area in the last year. So, pretty much, I have had a full year to figure out that I have not found the fish. Last spring was tough, probably the toughest I have dealt with. By the time I would find the fish, the water would rise two feet and a cold front would blow in.
For the last six or seven days I have fished after work in the afternoon for about 2 hours a day. Now here is the problem, everyday that I have gone, with the exception of Sunday, I have not hooked but pulled many up but only to watch them let go of my jig and fall back to Davie Jones' locker. It is like they are only biting the skirt and I think I have tried everything to get a good hook set.
Does anyone have a solution to this problem? It may just be that they prefer live bait, but this is getting ridiculous.
Have you tried using any kind of added scent ?? Bang Shad - cod liver oil - Berkley Crappie Nibbles - etc ??Quote:
Originally Posted by HOOKED ON PHISHING
Give us some idea of what you're using (rod/reel/line/bait/etc) and how you're fishing (cast/retrieve - jigging - float/jig - Vertical Casting - etc) ... and we might have a suggestion or two. Be as specific as you can, as it may just be a minor thing that needs to be changed.
If they're biting & holding on, till you drag them to/near the surface ... then they're interested, so it may not be what/how you're using the bait. You might also want to include "how" they're biting .... or more accurately, how you "know" you're getting a bite :p
... cp :cool:
I am jigging around brush in 3-6 fow with a 12 ft B & M Brush Cutter/ six pound test line. The jig is a 1/16 oz roadrunner with blue/ white, pink/ chart., black/ pink, or purple/ chart. skirt. I have been using crappie nibbles and it seems like that is what/ where they are hitting the jig.
The bite on the fish that I have been missing is very light, a peck or two like a bream, and when the line begins to move I would raise up. The fish that I catch are the bites where the line goes slack/ runs off.
My first impression is that they are biting the smell, that is why I think a live minnow will work better.
... now we're getting to the meat & potatoes :pQuote:
Originally Posted by HOOKED ON PHISHING
First off ... I'd be casting & retrieving a Roadrunner, with a shorter rod, running it over top of the brush and along the outside edges.
Secondly ... I'd be using a tube jig or hair jig for jigging (Nibble optional)
Third suggestion ... (if I read you correctly, that you "raise up" the rod) ... don't "lift" the rod - snap it upwards the moment you see that first "peck" !! Don't wait for the line to move off ... hit him quick & hard. :p
The "slack line" bites are when the fish comes up from underneath the bait, grabs it, and the forward motion of the fish continues upward. As soon as the line goes slack ... pop him ;)
The "sideways move off" line motion, is when the bait is on the same depth level of the fish, and he grabs it and swims back to where he originally was or away from any other interested fish. As soon as you see the line movement "start" ... pop him ! (and it's usually a good idea to jerk the rod in the oppposite direction that the line is going, if possible)
Don't let the fact that you are only fishing in 3-6 fow deter you from setting the hook the same way you would in 10-15 fow. It won't take you more than two or three hooksets/hookups ... before you'll know how much power to put into your hookset.
Minnows would work fine ... but, why bother with them if you are getting hits on jigs ? I think your main problem may be that you're not setting the hook quite hard enough, or quick enough. I cast tube jigs on 4lb test line, with 5ft to 8ft rods ... and set the hook the same, regardless of rod length or action. At the first "tic" in the line, that I see, I set the hook :D ... most of the time, the jig hook is buried deep in the roof of the fish's mouth. That little "tic" in the line is caused by the Crappie sucking the jig in .... and that's all the time I want to give him to taste test my offering :p
... cp :cool:
Thank you C.P. That will give me something to try this afternoon. I will report back tomorrow. HOF
Well, yesterday wasn't a bust but it wasn't what I expected. I think my main problem (losing fish) was solved with a larger hook. However, I did not get as many bites as I did the day before. What fish did bite I hooked. I think I am going to try some new ground this afternoon.