Anybody fishing tomorrow
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Hit the water at Farrington Point this morning for the sunrise. Had it to myself from about 6:45 to maybe 7:30 when a couple of other yak'ers arrived. Fished around the bridge for a couple of hours and only managed a couple of small stripers. I don't have a fish finder on my Yak, so not sure if the fish were there and not biting or if they have just moved on toward deeper water. I was really surprised there were no other boats there.
Talked to a couple guys that are very familiar with the lake and are quite good at putting them in the boat, they left last week scratching there heads, not sure what the deal is
Water hasn’t cooled down yetQuote:
Originally Posted by gobbler
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I've done my share of head scratchin' this year fishin' for (both) bass and for crappie. I don't really get it yet... but I'm quite set on figurin' it out pretty soon. I went to Harris Lake on Friday for a mixed bag of small bass, crappie, white perch and even a few blue gill. I'm guessin' I caught twenty some fish all together in about four hours with only about 7 or 8 keepers in the bunch. I've tried 'em shallow... I've tried 'em deeper... I've tried 'em on cover... I've tried 'em on structure. I'm tryin' to keep the faith that it will all come together sometime soon as the water temps continue to drop and the fall and winter pattern continues to set up.
Me and my son went today ended up with 14 good keepers and around 7 shorts found them today in 9-13 ft of water, caught a bunch of white perch mixed in we used 7 dozen minnows from 7:30 to 1:30 found them about the time we were running out of bait caught 12 of the keepers in a 50 yd stretch, but he had fun that’s all that matters. Water was still 66 degrees.
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Went to Jordan yesterday for about 3 hours. 19 keepers a lot of shorts and lost a few . All in 20’ of water about 14’down. They were scattered still not bunched up yet.
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Mac, I'll be there tomorrow, bass fishing .in a 19' cobra 200 mariner.
Getting ready to clean fish, fish are stacked in the rite places. Will elaborate later. Mac. What type boat do u have ?
Sorry late reply, went yesterday just to bass fish, caught 3 dinks up Haw river side , went up new hope side at masons reef nothing, marked a few small bait balls. Was fishing with a guy that just moved here from OK. He's fished Jordan 1 time and needed some one to show him lake. Went up thru s- curve showed him how to go around horseshoe islands, he asked me how's crappie fishing here , I told him great. So going about 30 mph, at mouth of s-curve theirs a guy spider- rigging, stopped and talked to him, he was in a aluminum boat with yammy tiller on back. He said he'd already caught about 20+ and said from there all the way around to new hope ramp fish a stacked, we said thanks for info. Headed around to danger shoal at new hope. Luckily Ed had 4 spinning rods in box, we tied on jigs and started looking bait balls on danger shoal. BOOM there they were in 12-20 fow, now bait was hanging at 8-10 ft. Couldn't get a strike in 20 to 16 fow, moved in a little to 12-14 fow an BOOM there's the strikes, if we got to shallow 10 ft. nada to deep 17-20 nada. CRAPPIE were in a certain zone, some structure here and there didn't matter. We hammered them before rain. About 30+- in 1 1/2 hr. Almost all 10-12 ". Now I know some will criticize me for to much info. But the way I look at it , there's enough crappie in lake for everyone. And for the weekend warrior like me , it's nice to at least have some clue, where fish are. And u aren't scratching your head. IMHO, you spend $$ to go fishing, your at risk of all kinds of possibilities pulling boat to and from lake and on the water. I enjoy the beauty and peace of being on the water, but I also like to catch fish and when I don't, I leave scratching my head for a whole week, what could have I done differently. Then I go back the next weekend with a different fishing plan not knowing what the fish have done, back to square 1. If conditions were as last yr. I'd know , but that's not what happened this yr. so you have to find the pattern for this yr. When I joined this site I thought I'd get some inside info on what fish are actually doing, from guys that fish 2 days a week. I'm the type that will tell, what I've seen and where. Always thought that's being good sportsmanship.
Sorry if I ruffled and feathers. Sorry for rant.
Slow drizzle started at around 2:15 so we packed up for quick run back to Poe's ramp, Ed said 18' foot cobra was fast with 200 mariner '98 yr. �� came down thru. s-curve at 56 mph. Once in open water boat with Jack plate trimmed, 2 in boat livewell full topped out at 74.8 mph.
to each his own. 26mph flat out is fast enough for me. I'll take the extra gas money and buy bait tackle.
Thank you Mbsbeek.
Thanks for the report, keep getting after them, they will get a little more predictable as the water cools.
Seadancer, boat burnt 6.8 gals. In a 25 gal. tank . Ran. Maybe 8 miles.
IMHO: I think it's perfectly O.K. to share information about fishing locations with anyone you'd like to... and it's pretty awesome that you think of it as being good sportsmanship. I used to feel exactly the same way until it got to a place where I would go to my favorite spots and almost always found there were already so many people on the spots that I shared that I couldn't even fish the spots I really wanted to. I certainly don't have a problem putting people on fish, but I do have a problem with giving information to any "lurkers" who do little or nothing to participate or share, but use this forum or any other to "shortcut" "fair chase" and/or the process of learning to find fish and pursuing fish for themselves as a real sportsman. These people are little more than opportunists and the world is already too full of these types for me to contribute to their ways and/or their prosperity. I have nothing against those who do, but I also have no interest in fishing in an armada such as those that form at the Hwy 64 bridge and other places during certain weeks of the year. I'll help anyone in any way I can, but NOW, I like to pick and choose who and how much information I want to share and when. That's just me.
Nater, I truly believe that Jordan has enough crappie. When I first fished it ,in 97' fishing under Ebenezer bridge and catch 40-50 per boat with 20 boats tied to bridge.
Thanks Speical K,
Didn't thank about trolls
I am with you Special K . I tried the good sportsman thing a few years ago and didn't have good luck with it I spent several hours and days putting out bamboo condos. Took a couple of friends and caught good fish. Went back in a couple of weeks and found friends with friends and friends that have got information from friends all catching fish on the bamboo. After riding from hole to hole finding them all occupied I made up my mind to become a little less "sportsman" minded. I fish alone a lot, take kids fishing. or old men that do not own boats. Sorry if I seem recluse but age and experience will sometimes cause that.
I also quit taking pictures of fish while still on the lake. ;)