Been told big die off at Harris today, water 47 at 2:30 more seagulls than at beach.
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Been told big die off at Harris today, water 47 at 2:30 more seagulls than at beach.
2" shad half alive. Said he grabbed a few put on hook still no bite.
that lake could stand to loose a few, i saw several while fishing last week swimming upsidedown just under the surface
Agree with Gobbler. Abundance of forage in the lake seems to have made it hard to catch em at Harris. Either that or I just am not good at the catchin part :dono
I went bass fishing yesterday and fished both the Buckhorn Creek and White Oak Creek arms of the lake and the fishing was once again very poor. Yes, there were shad dying and seagulls (both) actively diving while others were sleeping on the water as if they were working shifts on the dead and dying shad. Once I saw what was going on: I knew the fish were likely gorged to the gills... so I decided to make the day a scouting and graphing mission. I saw early on that it appeared that only the smallest shad were the ones affected in this die-off event... as the average size was two inches and less anywhere I went. I reckon the last long cold snap was more than they could bare.
I only caught a single pound and half bass and a four-pound (or so) jack... both on a spinner-bait as quick as the bait hit the water. I must have hit them both in the head and the splashing and flashing blades probably caused the reaction bite. I talked to several others out there who fared about like me or worse than I did. Still a great weather day to be on the water.
Don't worry: I can assure you there's still plenty of shad that are not affected, as I saw huge masses of them everywhere in the main lake. I will not go back until the die-off is over... I can assure you it is a waste of time unless you just want to ride and look around.
Would be nice if more shad could go the same route, I think there are two issues with Harris:
* Fishing pressure has educated the fish
* So much shad it's hard to find gamefish and when you do, they aren't hungry
Guess we can complain or figure out how to get'r done. If it was easy it would quickly become boring ;)
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I thought I would share: My youngest brother just called me to tell me about the bass tournament held at Shearon Harris Lake yesterday. He said that the tournament had 42 boats to enter... and at the end of the day, only two bass were caught.
I hate it for all the guys who fished this tournament and that it turned into such a non-event for them. After my bass fishing trip to Harris on Friday... and seeing the shad die-off for myself; I had a pretty good feeling that that's the way it might turn out.
Now, I do need to qualify what I've said a little further: This is strictly hearsay only at this point... so I don't tend to give it a whole lot of credence over and above that. Someone else on the NC Board might add a little more to this.
So bass are full to the brim( gills). So want be hungry again till after shad kill? 70- 80 good bass fishermen yesterday and 2 fish?
Think crappie tournament yesterday produced some good fish ? Don't know for sure?
I have not heard anything about the crappie tourney, but I would be extremely surprised if the results were much different than the bass tournament.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mbsbeek
In all of my riding and scouting on Friday... I did not see any noticeable formations of crappie either deep or shallow... at least not as you might expect.
There were some nice weigh-ins on Saturday. The top team was around 13.7 and 2nd close to 13.5. Big fish was about 2.4. I'm sure Rod will post the results soon.
There were some nice weigh-ins on Saturday. The top team was around 13.7 and 2nd close to 13.5. Big fish was about 2.4. I'm sure Rod will post the results soon. These results are from memory, so they may be off some.
Fished Harris Sunday, spent a good amount of time past the bridge fishing the creek. I definitely had the right idea, confirmed by fish finder, but no bites. Tried for bass and crappie. Spoke to a gentleman in another boat live scoping the same area, he said he could definitely see crappie but they just wouldn't bite. He said he had caught 20 in a different cover earlier in the morning.
Water was the consistency of chocolate milk, so yeah poor fishing conditions in White Oak. Left that and hit the sunny banks, water was warming nicely 57-58 degrees. Was hoping for a largemouth mama checking out the nursery but didn't get any takers, guess it wasn't time just yet.
Yet another day with no fish on Harris. Too many boats, too much rain, not enough cover. It will get better! I tell myself that all the time ;)
Well, that's encouraging news for sure. I'll look forward to hearing more.Quote:
Originally Posted by JordanLimit
Thanks for sharing.
Sorry I changed subjects:biggrin
Please explain, ok threadfin shad only move to shallows with 60 degrees water and full moon?
Are shad trying to come up , late afternoon for phytoplankton
And getting hemmed up in that water that drops quick temps.
I don't have a clue y'all. I'm just going by what I've read. Threadfin don't move to spawning ( hard ground) what they say. They can come up from bottom, and get trapped. Is that true ( I don't know)
I was there sat yeah shad all over the place think there is way to much bait around for them but ill keep going with jordon closed don't have a lot off options fished there some back in the winter useing live scope and they would literally just look at the baits and swim away amazing seeing that
I heard just wed there was a bass tournament last sat and 1 3lb bass won. Some seem to think that they have sprayed a chemical to kill the grass in the water and that may be effecting it.