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Just an FYI, I drove to Rocky Fork Lake yesterday to test out my new electronics and majority of the lake is still frozen. The West end of the lake is the only place to launch a boat. At that, you can only access the very shallow parts of the lake right now on the West Side. Once you hit about 15 FOW the lake turns to ice.
That's hard to believe (and depressing) it's still frozen. I was thinking RF this weekend.
Thanks for the update.
This weekend is the Catfish Tourney also...DOC (Lange) and Daniel are headed there today to pre-fish...hopefully the ice is gone by the weekend!
Here is a picture of the East end. Sorry I cannot rotate the picture. Attachment 195078
Doc and Daniel are there right now (Monday Afternoon) and are destroying Big Kitties...they sent me pics and said the Ice was gone! (??) Daniel said there was just a slushy skim left at the Creek they launched at???
Looks like you can go this weekend Crappiemax. :):):
Thanks for the update. I was wondering if the ice was off yet. I might try to make it up there Saturday.
The lake is ice free, I was there Tuesday afternoon at docks on east end and seen one boat at east ramp , looked like he might have been having motor problems. I was going to fish docks but just to much wind for me. The water has a heavy stain to it and lots of wood floating in it.
no ice not fun but ready to hit the water...lol
Made it up to the lake today. Water was pretty dirty. I had no luck at all. I didn't really know what I was doing though. First time using artificial bait for crappie and second time crappie fishing. If any of you made it out and had any luck I would appreciate any tips.
Fished Rocky fork todayQuote:
Originally Posted by whirer02
Fish we're deeper today on cover ...... Got em swimming jigs mostly on the main lake .... Southern pro baby shad in Popsicle color ...... Tried shallow multiple times through out the day with no luck ...... Had to fish deeper...... Wind was a pain ..... Water was defiantly muddy...... Saw Y-slabs with a gewber in his pajamas ......
x2 what James reports. the gewber was harry's partner! guess i need to enforce a dress code or have his wife check him before sending him to school:RoflQuote:
Originally Posted by jeepguyjames
Thanks for the info. I agree the wind was a pain especially in my little boat. I had my 4 year old with me I'm just glad he still had fun even though we didn't catch fish. He wasn't ready to give up though.
Keep him fishing ..... I started my son out young like that..... He's gonna be 15 soon ..... We've made some fantastic memories ....... Learn how to find off shore cover ( ie brush piles / stake beds / stumps etc ) with your electronics ...... Vertical fish them or cast to them with jigs ..... Your catch rate will improve drasticallyQuote:
Originally Posted by whirer02
Thanks a lot guys. Yes I can't wait for the memories I plan to make with my son. He absolutely loves to fish and I am very thankful for that. Yes I was searching out deeper up to 14 ft looking for some type of structure to fish but just was not very successful. I don't know if I was out deep enough or not either. I just need time on the water and more time getting help from the great people on this site.
I was in 8 to 10 ft..... I very rarely fish deeper than that..... And defiantly never target cover deeper than 14ft....... Not saying some one couldn't be successful doing so in our area..... Just never had to , and I find it easier to just ignore anything deeper when looking for cover ( suspended fish are a different matter) ...... Cuts down a lot of the lake ..... Makes it easier to find stuff.... Basically makes big water fish smaller..... That's what works for me any how..........
Thanks for the info. I guess I just need to get a lot better at reading my electronics and finding structure. I hope to get back out next weekend again so maybe I can get some more practice and have better luck. My son is already wanting to head back out.
Has anyone make it back out on the water lately? I am thinking of heading back up in a bit and was just wondering what the water temp has been and if it was still muddy?
Well I made it back out on the lake today. For me fishing was the same. Water was clearer and 43 degrees. I couldn't get bit. Still trying to learn hoe to use my sonar and locate fish.
PM me your # and we'll try and hook up some timeQuote:
Originally Posted by whirer02
I was there Sunday afternoon for about an hour , fishing docks by marina east end and only had two bites caught two crappie . Both were in 25' of water and caught them 3' off the bottom. didn't have much time to fish was just getting out for a few.Quote:
Originally Posted by whirer02
Made it back up to the lake today. It was not as muddy as I expected. Water temp was about 57 degrees. Everything looked good to be catching fish. I. Sure many of you probably had good luck. I struck out again though. Hopefully next time.
My son wanted to go fishing Saturday , he was on spring break all week and didn't get to fish until Saturday ....... We went to RF...... Spent a little time playing with the new electronics ...... Fished until about 12:30pm ....... Was a tough bite..... We could only get them to go on one main lake spot in about 10 fow .......swimming a jig / 32nd head real S-L-O-W.....no big ones , but scratched out a decent bag of keepers ...... Tossed em all back ( haven't kept anything since Weiss lake trip ) ....... Don't get discouraged, it was a tough biteQuote:
Originally Posted by whirer02
Thanks james. I'm glad to hear you and your son did manage to get on the water and catch a few. My son was telling me he thinks there is no fish in the lake and I keep telling him that daddy just hasn't figured out how to catch them yet lol. Going to try a different lake out next weekend hopefully we can get some in the boat then.
I fished the docks for crappie Friday and Saturday. Caught keepers both days but did not keep any. Water was clearing up good where I was. I was catching them on BG, monkey milk. It has been a killer for me all winter on those docks when water is fairly clear. I used it ice fishing all over that area and several days had 15 or more good size fish not counting smaller ones. I have still been getting them deep, 20' bite is slow but Saturday caught 20-30 fish but only had 8-10 over 9"
Nice reports guys.
Keep them coming.