Not spawning yet...but soon!

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04-25-2005, 02:53 PM
SlabKing

Not spawning yet...but soon!

Went to Union and Blueberry over the weekend. No crappie caught at Bluberry but I did nail a 4.1lb largemouth on a 5 inch Senko on the fourth cast from the NW corner of the pond. He didn't put up much of a fight but it was fun none the less.

Fished Lake Union on Sat evening (in the rain lol) and Sunday morning. Started out fishing the deeper docks and brush piles we planted a few years ago.. ;) ...nothing. Then I switched to a jig 2' under a bobber casting to rocky shorline areas with brush....and bam! Caught 9 smallmouth bass from underneth the same fallen tree. The largest went 3.4lbs...all were pale colored males meaning they have yet to spawn...just crusing for some food up shallow. Also nailed 3 cutthroats (aka..slime rockets :D) from the same tree. All fish released.

No crappie in the first hole so I moved to a rock ledge in the south end of the lake.....the crappie were stacked up on this 17' deep ledge. They would not touch a jig when presented on a bobber so I had to cast to them and the bites were very lite. Caught 37 crappie total 15 of which were females ready to explode they were so full of eggs. Went back Sunday morning and caught 13 more and a few smaller smallmouths. I think the bad weather saturday night pushed them back out.....but the spawn should be in full swing in a couple more weeks if the weather holds.
04-25-2005, 05:56 PM
Kokanee King

well it sounds like Urban and I are going to have to go take a crack at that soon mybe even this weekend, Hey slab king what happened to ya, you disapered, did you end up going out on union a month or so ago. Good to see you back, thanks for the imfo. Urba and I caught a couple warmouth at green lake one night to, The wierd part was I caught mine on power bait.
04-25-2005, 06:35 PM
SlabKing

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Originally Posted by Kokanee King

The wierd part was I caught mine on power bait.

Powerbait? Just goes to show that those viscous little things will eat anything :D. I've caught many a carp on worms and shimp while fishing for channel cats at night but never a warmouth.

About the trip to Union last month: Let's just say... drinking until 4am and trying to go fishing at 6am don't mix......never even made it to the boat launch :D.
04-25-2005, 06:44 PM
Kokanee King

haha. ok you did not miss anything urban and I fought the wind and never saw a fish, but oh well I could have been worse, what kind of jigs were you using for thoes smallmouth.
04-25-2005, 06:49 PM
Bassman

Good job on the crappie. Do you guys keep the lake union crappie?
04-25-2005, 06:50 PM
Kokanee King

I have not caught one out of union.Yet. I am thinking this weekend though.
04-25-2005, 06:52 PM
SlabKing

I was using a glow crappie jig on a 1/16oz jighead. Green body/white tail seemed to work pretty good. The only bait fish I seen where stickle backs and baby largemouths so I threw shades of green most of the time. Looks like the males are up scouting for a good place to spawn. I tried deeper rockpiles hoping to find some females but all the fish I caught were males. A few more weeks of decent weather should bring in the females.
04-25-2005, 06:53 PM
Bassman

I got a picture you could put in the photo gallery n your site if you want it.
04-25-2005, 06:55 PM
SlabKing

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Originally Posted by Bassman

Good job on the crappie. Do you guys keep the lake union crappie?

I let them all go. They don't seem to taste as good out of Union for some reason. Could be from all the road runoff that gets into the lake but I have no idea.
04-25-2005, 06:57 PM
SlabKing

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Originally Posted by Bassman

I got a picture you could put in the photo gallery n your site if you want it.

Perfect. You can send it to [email protected]. Include any info you'd like to share and I'll get it up by weeks end.
04-25-2005, 06:57 PM
Bassman

I heard someone sayin there was sewage run off in there too but with how many rumors there is about that lake i wouldnt know.
04-25-2005, 06:59 PM
SlabKing

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Originally Posted by Kokanee King

I have not caught one out of union.Yet. I am thinking this weekend though.

if the weather holds you should do good. Try the small cove on the eastside of gasworks and the house boats along there.
04-25-2005, 07:07 PM
Kokanee King

wow I was just thinking that too ( PIC ) urban And I caught a mess of pound and a half to two pound trout, unless you just want spinyrays. thanks for the tips there Slab, yeah urban was telling me about the stikle backs starting to show, the cutthroats love em.
04-25-2005, 07:10 PM
Bassman

Ok i'll send the picture. I saw some crappie up staging in a couple acre pond. Nothing worth keeping though How big were the union crappie?
04-26-2005, 10:07 AM
SlabKing

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Originally Posted by Kokanee King

wow I was just thinking that too ( PIC ) urban And I caught a mess of pound and a half to two pound trout, unless you just want spinyrays. thanks for the tips there Slab, yeah urban was telling me about the stikle backs starting to show, the cutthroats love em.

Just send me the pic Kok and I'll get it up for ya. Sticklebacks are bad but let's be glad that we don't have these :eek:

http://www.amonline.net.au/fishes/fi...es/csloanh.jpg

http://people.whitman.edu/~yancey/viperjaw2.JPG
04-26-2005, 10:15 AM
SlabKing

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Originally Posted by Bassman

Ok i'll send the picture. I saw some crappie up staging in a couple acre pond. Nothing worth keeping though How big were the union crappie?

Yeah, they should be getting ready spawn in the smaller lakes soon. Just a few weeks of stable weather should bring them to the banks. Most of the fish at Union where 9-11" with two or three that might have went a Lb or better.
04-26-2005, 05:14 PM
Bassman

Yup thats all it should take in mosst lakes..It will be so much easier to catch them.So did you get my picture?
04-26-2005, 05:21 PM
Bassman

Nevermind i saw it on your site.. One Pound crappie sounds like a couple of good filets.
04-26-2005, 07:04 PM
Kokanee King

thoes are some nasty lookin criters, that is all I can say.
04-26-2005, 11:52 PM
Bassman

Yeah they are.
04-27-2005, 01:40 AM
Kokanee King

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Originally Posted by SlabKing

Then I switched to a jig 2' under a bobber casting to rocky shorline areas with brush....and bam! Caught 9 smallmouth bass from underneth the same fallen tree.

What kind of water depth was around that tree, just rtying to narrow my search down to more productive water.
04-27-2005, 10:59 AM
SlabKing

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Originally Posted by Kokanee King

What kind of water depth was around that tree, just rtying to narrow my search down to more productive water.

It went from the shore to about about 5 feet deep under the longest limbs. I think the fact that it was rocky under the tree is what really drew in the bass since dark rocks retain heat better. There was better structure near by but it was hard bottom with no rocks to warm the water around it. The cutts love shallow wood more than bass lol. You can catch them on a jig or spinner on just about any shallow brush.
04-27-2005, 05:43 PM
Bassman

Your right about the cutthroat. Theres a beaver dam on lake margaret that we catch them off of when we used to bass fish up there.
04-27-2005, 05:45 PM
Kokanee King

well I am going to fish union on saturday afternoon ganna see if I can find something, Thanks for the tips slabking.
04-27-2005, 06:04 PM
SlabKing

Good luck.
04-27-2005, 06:26 PM
Kokanee King

I will probably need it.
04-27-2005, 06:37 PM
SlabKing

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Originally Posted by Kokanee King

I will probably need it.

:D LOL!!! Nah, the fish should be biting a little better with all this warm weather we're getting blessed with. You should get something out of that cove area. I may not get down there this week but I will be out there next Sunday if the weather is decent.
04-27-2005, 06:39 PM
Bassman

Tell us how you do.
04-27-2005, 06:40 PM
Kokanee King

thanks for the help again it is going to be our (Urban and I) only chance, we well see what we can get, but i looks like we will be fighting the wind again.