Green River lake report 6/15 - 6/17

Fished Friday from 8:30 am till 11:00 am finished with a limit. Most were 10" only one was 12 1/2". Spent the rest of the day riding around on the other end of the lake in the Robinson area marking spots. Fished Sat from 7:30am till 2:30pm. Only caught 26. Spent the last 2 1/2 of that time trying to get a limit. Between the winds and the waves i couldn't do it. You would have thought it was Memorial weekend all over again by the number of boaters. Fished Sun 7:00am till 10:30 am. Finshed with 24. Most was 10" but did find a few 13".
Got tired of fighting the wind. Couldn't stay on the spots but i only saw 8 boats this morning. Water temps started about 79 and ended at about 81. Caught most of the fish in 10-14 fow 8-12 deep. Jigs w/minnows and minnows. After the weekend i just had, starting next weekend it is time to start night fishing.

Hopefully others did better than i .

I was out on the water Friday morning. It was tough going early on pulling crankbaits and longlining jigs, I caught several fish in the 7-8 inch range but the bites were very spread out and the fish were not holding where they were on Monday. I switched over to spider rigging minnows about 9am and started connecting with fish 12-14 feet down over a variety of depths as soon as the sun came out. I hooked two nice smallmouths that threw the hooks when they jumped out of the water-man are they a tough fish! Water temp 81 degrees when I left at 12:30. The campground was already full and Lone Valley was getting slammed with toons launching when I left. There were several boats fishing the mouth of Butler Creek when I got down to where I was fishing and there were already 7 boats fishing the big flats. I saw one boat doing well by Buffalo Gap and one boat catching several off of a brushpile I helped place on the big flats. Most I talked too weren't doing too well in the early morning-looked like most were longlining jigs. I'm glad you connected with some keepers, it seems like you did better than most of the guys I spoke to on the water over the weekend.

I know what you mean on the smallmouth. I caught one Friday morning and it took me a while to get it in. I took a pic of it with my phone, if i get a chance i may try and post it. It was 18 1/4" long maybe 1 1/2-2 lbs guessing.

Good report. Leave out Wed night and will be on the water Thursday morning. What is the limit there? 25 a man here and all I want to clean is 15.

30/person and 60/posession limit, 9" minimum

I'll be on the water sometime mid-day on friday and into sat morning

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Originally Posted by Dutch552

I'll be on the water sometime mid-day on friday and into sat morning

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Prepare for the HEAT !
Bring plenty of water and sunscreen !
If you use live minnows do what I do and keep a cooler with frozen milk jugs in the boat. Keep the minnow bucket in the cooler and just take a few out at a time and put them in a separate minnow bucket.

Caught a limit today (6/18) in about four hours me and my 6 year old son spider rigging minnnows in 25 fow about 9-12 feet deep. I call 30 a limit when fishing with MY 6 year old son. Fun none the less. We just let the wind carry us and when a rod moved someone grabbed it, since I was on the trolling motor....

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Originally Posted by stsburnsy

Caught a limit today (6/18) in about four hours me and my 6 year old son spider rigging minnnows in 25 fow about 9-12 feet deep. I call 30 a limit when fishing with MY 6 year old son. Fun none the less. We just let the wind carry us and when a rod moved someone grabbed it, since I was on the trolling motor....

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Don't tell me you have done traded partners....Rofl. I bet he enjoyed it more than you know. :biggrin

I am thinking of coming down Friday afternoon and fishing the evening into the night to test out my new light. Could not find my old aquastar lights. I put them in a box in the garage to keep them from getting damaged, the only problem is there is about 40+ boxes of christmas decorations and can't find which box it is banghead. But my grandkids got me a new one From Bob at Reel Lites for fathers day. I'm thinking of testing it Friday night for the Tourney Saturday night.

Hey Dutch552, finally got the pic of the smallie off of my phone. I tried holding it in one hand and taking the pic with the other. This is the first smallie i have caught that was this large from Green. Caught a bunch of largemouths 2-4 lbs and then some 10-12" smallies.


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Hi Chuck,
You did good. I never wet a line last weekend, but will be out there Sunday morning.
Taking some people from the home office out of Rockford, IL.
Hope they like casting jigs :)

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Originally Posted by colayn

Hi Chuck,
You did good. I never wet a line last weekend, but will be out there Sunday morning.
Taking some people from the home office out of Rockford, IL.
Hope they like casting jigs :)

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Hey Paul, You taking them to Green or Nolin? If Green, i may see ya. Fishing a tourney Saturday night. Got to be back in to weight in, but i am going back out and fish till mid morning on Sunday. Good luck buddy!

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Originally Posted by chucky

Hey Paul, You taking them to Green or Nolin? If Green, i may see ya. Fishing a tourney Saturday night. Got to be back in to weight in, but i am going back out and fish till mid morning on Sunday. Good luck buddy!

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Chuck, I am taking them to Green. I still haven't figured em out at Nolin, still struggling on that lake.