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Any suggestions for areas on the lake right now to catch a lot? I wanted to take a friend so she can catch a bunch. I fished in the river the other day just on the bank and caught 3. Went back next day and none. I'm thinking they haven't started moving up in the river in numbers yet.
Don't get me wrong either. I'm a big time Crappie guy. Just looking for something I know easy and fun to catch for her.
Preferred lure?
White little george or any chrome shallow running crankbait . Sign 5 point on Enid is worlds best white bass destination . try also the rocky point between love joy and rowsey if there is any water there . :popcorn Anyone who spider riggs sign 5 will confirm . lol
Wait til Nov
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Fish are in the main river above Wyatts, but not enough water to push them up to Hwy. 7 new bridge area yet. Where were you fishing from the bank?
Actually Wyatts boat ramp and within a couple hundred yards either direction. Caught 3 in the boat ramp itself. Guess they came in from the current. Probably need to put my boat in and head down river as far as I can stay in the river. Don't like when it comes out over the bank. Gets dangerous for me. I can't ever figure out the twist turns of that dang thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pops
And where will they be in Nov?Quote:
Originally Posted by KDAVID1
Go up the river and look for eddys, run in ditches, and deeper bends. Fish Road Runners, jigs under a float, small crankbaits. Anything white or chartruese is good.
The fish are going to be trying to get further upriver as the lake slowly rises. They are there, you just have to search a little.
Run the river into the lake. When it's about a foot deep there they are. Will bite anything you throw at them.
I had a blast wading and catching them in tobby tubby when i was a young kid......i would go barefoot with swimming trunks, ultra light and a bitsy minnow crankbait
They are fun to catch!!!! I'd say if anyone trying to get a kid hooked on fishing, start with something they can catch easily so they can gain some enthusiasm.Quote:
Originally Posted by tigerinfielder3
All over but mostly close to the dam end. The guy that got me into crappie fishing stops fishing for crappie in Sept or Oct and just goes for the white bass pulling cranks at 3mph.Quote:
Originally Posted by 27458
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that sounds like a mess lol
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I've never intentionally fished for white bass on any of the big 4, but I've caught plenty on Sardis while spider rigging for Crappie with minnows.
On Pickwick in the summer you will see big schools busting baitfish on the surface, we wear them out casting white rooster tails into the school. You can just about get a fish on every cast and most of them will have a mouth full of shad when you real them in, it is a lot of fun if you catch them at the right time.
I see the OP is in Tennessee, if you live in the Memphis area Herb Parsons lake out near Collierville has all the yellow bass you could ever want to catch. I don't know what the difference is between a yellow bass and a white bass or if yellow bass are less desirable but if all you are looking for is somewhere you can catch a lot of fish easily, Herb Parsons is full of aggressive yellow bass. I used to try to fish for crappie out there and if I was using minnows I would catch about 3 yellow bass for every crappie.
They are fun to catch, I just can't eat them. I tried after some guy told me they was better to him then crappie if you get all the red meat out. Something about the texture of the meat, it's not flaky, but segmented kinda. Anyways, I know a creek I fish OP closer to you that was slap full of them this time last year when water was up high in the river. If they happen to show up again I will PM you and save you an hour or so of driving to Sardis, it was every cast last year with minners (for a week or two), a person could catch 50-60 an hour if they was willing.
he's got a system and fills the boat. He fills the freezer for fish fry.Quote:
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In my younger days my dad's side of the family would camp at rose trail and that's what we'd do in the summer....chase the schools and fill 5 gallon bucks up with them.Quote:
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That would be awesome. I'm in Germantown/Memphis. Not so big on eating them but fun to catch.Quote:
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That kind of takes the fun out of it. I want to feel the strike! I'm not into trolling for anything. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by KDAVID1
[QUOTE=KDAVID1;3393431]In my younger days my dad's side of the family would camp at rose trail and that's what we'd do in the summer....chase the schools and fill 5 gallon bucks up with them.
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We have friends who have a place on Sunset Beach near Cherokee Alabama, we mostly fish around Kogers Island and the Natchez Trace bridge but a couple of times when I didn't feel like buying an Alabama license I drove over to the Rose Trail and launched at Colbert County Park and fished in Bear Creek where my Mississippi and Tennessee licenses were both good.
[QUOTE=BigKyd;3393446]My family is from around there. Ever hear of Maude Alabama?Quote:
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Never heard of it but if its near Cherokee I may have driven through it before and not even realized it. But now that they built a new Wal-Mart on the side of Florence closest to Sunset Beach we don't make too many trips to Cherokee anymore. We used to make grocery runs to the little Piggly Wiggly on the highway but the new Wal-Mart is almost as close and has way more selection.
[QUOTE=BigKyd;3393446]It's was a fun time for sure.Quote:
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[QUOTE=27458;3393469]Yep. My mom's side of the family is buried there if I remember right.Quote:
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Ima AL guy. All of my family is from Red Bay, Hamilton, and Iuka (MS)
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