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Wife and I were hoping to get down to Bo woods for our annual camping and fishing trip around august 15 We usually do this trip to put a few fish in the freezer. Is anyone catching any white bass? Is the lake level stabilizing and getting close to normal?
Fishing is tough right now.They are dropping the lake fast .I'm not a white bass person but talk at the marinas is few and far between. Hope it changes for your visit
Oh and lake is 605..summer pool is 599
There is some crappies out there to be had but the fishing is tough. Fish deep and around stick ups and underwater brush piles.
Thanks for the reports everyone. I had been reading where the crappie was tough. But was hoping the white bass would be picking up.
White bass has not been good at all. You don't see any of them busting the top of the water. The ones you do manage to catch is small.
i'm going out to look for some this week, probably north end, might start by looking around weedy areas as they seem to be holding a ton of bait........ pat... no fishing for me till wed. will let you know if i'm successful.
Sure thing Wayne, took my son out this morning and had our unders and only 8 overs, everybody and their dog was out early today and big ole party barges was tied up in some of my best spots. Planning on going out again in the morning with my wifes nephew.
You guys are sure putting a dampener on my hopes. The 15 thru the 18th is about the only time I can get down there. I am pretty sure we are still coming down. If the fish don't bite I guess we will just be forced to sit around the campfire, relax, have some good outdoor cooking, enjoy the quiet time, and go for a few boat rides. Geeze I will miss work NOT. I will keep watching this thread till we leave Thursday morning. Thanks for replies. Maybe I will run into some of you if you are out and about. Good luck fishing guys
We will be launching / camping at Bo Woods, In a blue/silver/white Ranger bass boat. 150 hp Mercury XR6
Well fish or no fish we are leaving Thursday morning to head down. Looks like weather will be perfect for camping. Hopefully we can catch enough white bass, crappie, gills, or something to fry up for dinner one night. Speaking of gills. I never hear anyone talk about catching them. Are there any nice gills in Shelbyville. I'm talking 7"-12" inchers. We caught a few around some trees one day but they were only about 4 inches long.
Good luck fishing everyone. Hopefully will run into someone from here while we are on the water.
There are some 7" gills to be had around about every boat dock in findlay marina. Just pitch some waxies or worms along side the black plastic in every slip. Do this from the boat. There is always lots there. Iv never saw any really big gills really though in the ville.
Thanks Birdman. If we get desperate we may have to give that a try. We won't get shot for fishing around docks will we?
You would think a lake like that would have some real bulls in it.
No haha. You will be fine. But I agree, I would think the ville would have some bigger gills than iv saw. I know that down at lithia there is some giants!
crappie&shrooms - Like Birdman stated - the ville is not known for big bluegill. There are a lot of gills that hang around the docks at all three marinas. While Fox Harbor and Findlay will let you fish around the docks from a boat, Lithia Springs Marina frowns on this and will probably ask you to leave. We just live 20 miles from the lake and are retired, so I don't fish it on weekends until October/November/December. However, we frequently drive over to Bo Woods on the weekend just to observe the circus at the boat ramp. We will be busy Thursday and Friday, but may drive over on the weekend. We will look for your ranger. The fall months are the very best months for big crappie. During those three months I just mentioned I fished 28 days last year and cleaned 307 crappie and a 3.5 and a 5.0 walleye. During those months I don't keep any unders unless they go at least 9.5. Good luck to you and your family - hope you can get into some good crappie.
Crappieken
I've never seen gills like that except in Wisconsin or farm ponds
Ken I remember talking to you on the phone and a couple times on here last year. I wish we lived closer to Shelbyville . Its about a 4 hour drive for us. And if I can't get a day or two fishing in during the week I no way in H*ll want to fight with the circus on the weekend. I just wont drive down for a weekend. Fall is my favorite too.We book a week at Ky lake every year the last week of Oct.Quote:
Originally Posted by crappieken
Guess im spoiled. We have a farm pond just 5 minutes away we can fish that has some nice 6-8 inch gills. Another one about 10 minutes away where you don't catch many but they are 8-11 inch. Thick. Almost big as a shell cracker.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hughes