Any fish being caught in the spillway yet?
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Any fish being caught in the spillway yet?
Snagging the fool out of em before it started warming up.
Water still running pretty good?
Bout halfway open, 2800 CFS. They cut it back some today.
They still doing any good there? Looking to stock up the freezer.
There were about 14 cars at Enid spillway yesterday.
14 post and you are looking to "stock up the freezer". I think we see what's wrong here. LolQuote:
Originally Posted by greyf350
Thanks for the intel. Will let you know how it turns out.Quote:
Originally Posted by Crappiemaniac
Not sure what you're getting at....care to explain?Quote:
Originally Posted by feeshrman
Sure can, this site has always been about sharing knowledge and meeting new folks who have a common interest. We've had several discussions on the ethics of spillway fishing, myself I don't care much for it. If you were a novice and wanted to learn how to spillway fish you would've been given plenty info. However, I believe you are just wanting a quick yes or no if the fish are thick enough to snag so you can "fill your freezer". I'm not mad at you, don't care if you go down there and catch every single one in the spillway. Just be willing to put your own time and effort into it.
So what is the problem? Are you mad that I asked if they were "in there" or do you have a problem with snagging? If it is the later, let me tell you, last time i checked, it was legal. Like your mom once told you, if you don't have anything nice to say, keep your mouth shut. No one asked if you cared for spillway fishing or snagging, so once again, I will look forward to stocking up my freezer as soon as possible.
Everyone that had something positive to add, I appreciate it and would let you all know if it is worth going there.
Easy fella, I too like to spillway fish. Just getting started doing it and have only made a few trips for catfish. I haven't gone for crappie yet but what I've been told it needs to cold to be effective. I didn't read any commentary from the posters about snagging one way or the other on this thread. What I have read in other threads about this subject is some like it, some don't but realize that those crappie are out of the lake headed down river.Quote:
Originally Posted by greyf350
I think the comment that got stuck in your crawl was trying to tell you, go fishing. Whether they are biting or not, fishing is much better than not fishing.
Good luck, DS
The most positive thing I can possibly say is to get out there and try it. Wish ya luck, I'm sure everyone will be anxious to hear if they were snagged on the left side or the right, that's pertinent information.
I don't have a problem checking it out on my own, just wondering in advance if people were having any luck snagging, left or right side as well.
They turned the gates way back today, couple of weeks ago they were catching em pretty good when it was cooler weather. Lake is pretty much at winter pool now and unless we have some major rain they won't be cranking it back up any time soon. Mighty dry here so unless we have some really hard rain and in a hurry it would take a bunch of rain to make much difference.
Might get some rain tonight. It's raining here and coming from the south.
Lets all play nice, catch nice, snag nice. We're all friends here, or at least as fellow fishermen, we should be. Enough said, just wanting it to remain friendly on a family friendly site. Now if only I could catch some fish on this darn lake I live on here in Florida I'd be happy. Right now it's the dead sea! Ain't been cold enough to make them hungry. They are still in their Summer slumber.
Slumber? And I worked through nap time today. Guess I'll take 2 tomorrow.
I snagged for spoonbills in the lower lake of Sardis before the weir was installed. Have my camping/fishing gear in the truck the day before my off days of mid week. Have the car gassed up encase Debbie and the kids joined us. I'd get off at 7 am and swap the car for the truck and head down to meet mom and her boyfriend. Set the tent up and hit the water. Jake would run the motors and I ran the poles. Finish the day cleaning fish, a sponge bath (no shower houses back then) a bite of supper and head for bed. The next morning a bite of breakfast and hit the water. The third day, finish about noon. Pack up camp and head home. Unload the truck, nap time and head back to work at 11 pm.
Snagging had a season of October and November back then, only rough fish could be kept. It embedded, would I keep a snagged fish now, I don't know.
Went last night....lots of fisherman no one catching anything, including me.
Not enuff water flow, getting cold enuff tho
You think it will pick up?
Hope not but it will at some point I am sure. 99% of the fish below the spillway come out of the lake and I hope each year the spillway fisherman have a bad year, selfish I know. On the other hand, after they come through the gates I really don't care how many or how you catch em cause they ain't going back in. Watch they gauges, I use this one to see the flow, they don't always update it daily but it really helps.
http://155.76.244.230/offices/ed/edh/docs/bullet.txt
1500 CFS and up is better, the more the better for that matter, also COLD weather. Some of my best days or nights down there the pole had ice forming in the eyes of it. As low as they have the lake now it would take some big rains for them to gap her open and if those big rains are during warmer weather then the fesh head upstream as its rising, if its during pretty cool weather in the 40s daytime, then they are more likely not to move much and be subject to the current when the gates are opened. This of course is my opinion but I have seen it time and time again over the years.
I was told by a very good crappie fisherman that once you learn how a crappie reacts to situation you will be a better fisherman and learn to think like a crappie.
Appreciate the info and chart. One question, why would you wish bad on spillway fishermen?
My thoughts when I read that is, more fish caught below the damn indicates more fish out of the lake.Quote:
Originally Posted by greyf350
Or he just doesn't like spillway fisherman.
Downsouth hit the nail on the head. I'm not trying to be mean just would rather the lake not lose any to the river but like I said, if they are in there I hope you and all the others catch all you want. I have seen years that were devestating to the lake population, normally a very cold spell and the gates getting opened during that time at like 2/3 the way. Biggest crappie I have EVER seen came out of the spillway and a lot of them floating on top where they had just come through the gates.Quote:
Originally Posted by greyf350
I honestly don't wish anyone, not even those I don't care for at all, a bad outing and help when I can if asked.
Kind of off topic, but have you ever tried single polin in the mouths of creeks in the Yalobusha river? I know a fella used to do it years ago. Seems I remember you would have to fish it on a rise, though my memory isn't the best. All this talk of giants ending up in the river has got me thinkingQuote:
Originally Posted by Rees Guide
We have, haven't done it in years but we used to catch some when the river was shut off too, going from one hole to the next but most of what we caught were catfish. They do pretty good in the old river run jigging at times.
We used to wear em out about 20 miles below the spillway where Potocowa Creek flowed into the Yalobusha. Crappie and largemouth. This was 35 years ago, though, when I was still a kid. (and years may have clouded my memory a bit about how many constituted "Wore em out")
I grew up spillway fishing butla and Sardis. In the winter, when the snaggers were doing well, I could usually catch them down stream with a jig and float.