28 A tale of two days

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06-28-2016, 02:06 PM
20watt

Ouachita 6/27 and 6/28 A tale of two days

Had a good day Monday keeping 33 on a bayou off the river. Water is falling fast, shad on top everywhere you look. Couldn't buy a bite tight lining jigs. After an hour of nothing I pull out the ultralite and start casting a spinner, bam fish on, it was on for the next couple hrs.

Monday was so good I decide to take dad and try them again today. Guess what, fish no bite bite. Fished over 4 hrs for nada, zip, zilch, nothinggggg....

Fished same area as yesterday, tried same stuff, except today the shad were mouthing at the surface. Left there after a couple hrs to try a smaller bayou and actually saw bream and crappie mouthing at top of the water there. You could see them at the surface but they wouldn't bite.

I'm assuming they were stressed from low oxygen? Maybe someone can chime in with an explanation of what has happened.

Day one pics.
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06-28-2016, 02:09 PM
Crappie Trooper

Looks like you had a good day of catching.. thanks for the pictures and report

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06-28-2016, 03:21 PM
mermentau

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Originally Posted by 20watt

I'm assuming they were stressed from low oxygen? Maybe someone can chime in with an explanation of what has happened.

I'm betting that you are right and sounds like it would go with the fast fall.
06-28-2016, 03:26 PM
theygotaeat

Pretty fish and pretty pics
Thanks for sharing
06-28-2016, 09:02 PM
Clayroot2

Nice fish

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06-29-2016, 01:53 PM
Dapet

Nice fish !!
06-29-2016, 06:58 PM
Choupic

Had a similar thing happen yesterday while on black lake (maurepas) . Fished deep in the middle , maybe 9 ft at the most with no bites and started to move along with the troll motor . While dragging the jig up high in the water , caught a nice one . Started slinging the jig almost like casting and dragging it 2-3' under the surface and ended up catching 5 like that . Low oxygen my guess too .
06-29-2016, 07:33 PM
"G"

Good fish
06-29-2016, 09:08 PM
Pastor

Nice box of fish 20Watt. Congratulations!
06-29-2016, 10:43 PM
"D"

20, I musta sleep walked over there during the night between your trips and put my finger in the water. I have been shutting down fish bites all year. Bout ready to hang it up till next year.
06-30-2016, 05:44 AM
20watt

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Originally Posted by "D"

20, I musta sleep walked over there during the night between your trips and put my finger in the water. I have been shutting down fish bites all year. Bout ready to hang it up till next year.

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06-30-2016, 06:30 AM
20watt

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Originally Posted by Choupic

Had a similar thing happen yesterday while on black lake (maurepas) . Fished deep in the middle , maybe 9 ft at the most with no bites and started to move along with the troll motor . While dragging the jig up high in the water , caught a nice one . Started slinging the jig almost like casting and dragging it 2-3' under the surface and ended up catching 5 like that . Low oxygen my guess too .

In the bayous up here I usually don't fish more than 3 or 4ft deep in summer anyway. The day I did so well I think they were shallow feeding on the shad. The next day I think they were just shallow cause they couldn't breath, lol

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