Just got home from my 3rd trip there this year ,man this lake is tough now . I would guess a 12-1 dink to keeper ratio at least for me.did manage 7to clean
Water is good at 74 degree
What i caught was 15ft deep in brush
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Just got home from my 3rd trip there this year ,man this lake is tough now . I would guess a 12-1 dink to keeper ratio at least for me.did manage 7to clean
Water is good at 74 degree
What i caught was 15ft deep in brush
You know buddy ... I'm thinking all (well, almost all) of those 12-15" Slabs, that we were catching a couple Springs ago, were decimated in numbers. And now we're seeing the bulk of the population of the spawns from 3-4yrs ago, and they haven't gotten past the 9" mark just yet. :dono
I caught my 7 from my last trip ... deep early, then shallow (& in the shade) during the midday hours. Totally backwards from the norm. Still catching them around, on, or close to fallen timber ... but, not always on my normal ones. And I actually caught the 3 biggest of the bunch in a shaded spot with probably less than 5' of water and no brush or deadfalls nearby. :scratchhead
They've been pretty hard to pattern all year long, though I haven't really fished it as often as I normally would have, so maybe it's me & not the fish ??
Next year, the dink to keeper ratio is gonna be even higher, once that 10" size limit goes into effect. But, hopefully in another year or two after that ... we'll start seeing more 11-13" fish. I just hope they put creel clerks out in full force, next year !!
I'm headed out there tomorrow. Never fall fished. Gonna try it out. Lots of drinks means lots of keepers eventually. Catching them is still fun regardless. Gonna try long lining becau Dr that is what I do. Especially since it sounds like there is no real strong pattern.
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Originally Posted by Jigboy
HI YA Jigboy where you been hiding?
It,s still fun catching them and they seem to be really healthy.for the size they pull good.it at least has made me look for more places that they hide in and the new fish finder!s are amaising.
I'm near Briar Ridge....
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crappie pappy said
[Next year, the dink to keeper ratio is gonna be even higher, once that 10" size limit goes into effect. But, hopefully in another year or two after that ... we'll start seeing more 11-13" fish. I just hope they put creel clerks out in full force, next year !!]i have never even seen any kind of enforcemen at t- ville i would welcome it
We went for 5 hours today. Hardly anyone on the water. No wind. Perfect, except no fish either. Actually we caught 6 or 7 crappie. Put them all back. A bass, catfish, and a few gills. Regardless, I had fun.
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Actually, I used to see creel clerks at the Settlers ramp, every now & then ... back a couple of decades ago :Doh: ... but, yeah, you're right about there not being much in the way of "enforcement" on the lake. I can't remember the last time I saw a CO boat active on the lake.Quote:
Originally Posted by dannyr3_8
I've fished it since it opened ... and I think I've been checked maybe 2-3 times since then. And that's been back when you could get a boat sticker showing compliance with the boating laws. And I've actually only seen the CO boat out patrolling a few times in all those years.
I fished it this afternoon. Got on the water around noon hit my normal spot and could not get a bite casting a jig. Luckily I had my long rods and minnows with me. I rigged from 3 to 6 and put 14 in the box. They seem a little spread out right now. I caught fish from 9-15 deep in 15-30 fow . Some was on brush and some just hanging out on a break line not on any structure.
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Great job. Better then me. Still trying to figure out fall fishing.
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Yeah, I saw 3 guys in a pontoon slowly dragging minnows under floats & tightlines out in about 20-25fow. Didn't look like they were fishing very deep either, from what I could tell. I heard one say they had 9 keepers, which meant they only had 36 more to go :RoflQuote:
Originally Posted by kenja
COE website says thermocline at the dam is at around 10-11ft deep ... and I certainly didn't catch any deeper than that. I just hope the "dirty green" color of the water was from the rise/fall after the 4" rain they got at the first of the month, and not the turnover beginning.
I think it's starting to turn over, very black looking all
the way up to Chowning.
From where, JC ?? You talking about from Van Buren to Chowning ... or mid-lake to Chowning ??Quote:
Originally Posted by JCCLARK
Sorry, I was referring from Settlers to Chowning.
I thought it looked blackish Thursday.
Fishing was pretty tough for me.
Dang ... I know it looked "dirty" (brownish tint to the green) and figured it was just from the lake being pulled down from the 5ft rise so fast. At least I hope that's it. There was a lot of boat traffic, too, with several of the larger boats just riding around aimlessly ... causing a lot of muddy water along the shoreline, then blown down the bank by the wind.Quote:
Originally Posted by JCCLARK
This just doesn't look like a turnover setup :
http://www.lrl.usace.army.mil/Portal...-05-161939-897
But, then again, these values are taken at the dam ... so :dono (plus they're 11days old)
Well, I had to have something to blame the hard fishing on!:cool:
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