Lake info

We got a lot of rain this weekend and the lake has come up to 154.83' ( and I think that it is higher than that). The corp of eng. takes the level early and we got rain until almost noon. The water was up 2 inches from yesterday when I arrived today, and when I left at 3:30 it was up another inch.  Anyway, the water is stained badly and the temp. was between 58 and 62 degrees. Still haven't seen any bass on beds, but the water is so off color that you can't see them.

Etiquette

Time for an etiquette lesson boaters. First when you see a fisherman trolling along, don't come flying up and pull in just in front of them and start trolling the same way. Second, just because your 2 power poles on the back of your boat cost more than my boat, motor, trailer and the van I pull it with, doesn't necessarily mean you are a better fisherman than me.

Keep tryin'.

I haven't found the honey hole yet, but I won't give up. It is just a matter of time, patience and persistence. The rain last night raised the lake by about 4 inches. The lake level is 154.63' and normal pool is 164.4'. The temp is now 63.3 degrees. The water is dirty again, and we are expecting more rain tonight and tomorrow.

Take it slow.

Well I've been too busy to fish lately, but I have heard some news. The news is that you can use a dark Texas rigged worm worked very slowly in 4 to 10 feet of water. When I say slowly I mean timed with a calendar slow.
I told you that there is always something to see, even if the fish aren't biting.

Heatin' up.

Went out for about an hour and a half today. The water is a little clearer today and a bit warmer. I could see the lure about a foot and a half down. The water temperature was 60.8 degrees. The bass should be staging for the spawn now. Try to find clearer water and 1 degree warmer can make all the difference in catching fish and not catching fish.

The beginning of the 2012 fishing season.

Well,it took some doing but I finally figured out how to get back on the blog. I was able to get my boat out of Monterrey Park launch Friday the 27th of January. I caught only one fish, but it was a pretty good first fish of the year. I caught it on a gold, black and orange Rattlin Rogue in about 3 feet of water. Water temp is 58 degrees already, so I think the spawn will be early this year. Bass usually start the spawn around 60 to 62 degrees. I went out 2 more times and have caught a total of 4 fish. Not earth shattering but not bad for the end of January. The water is quite dirty from the recent runoff. I will keep you posted.

Good day on a bad day.

 Well, it was bright blue sky, very windy and about 20 degrees cooler than the day before. A cold front had gone through the night before and I left the boat launch at about 1:20 PM. These are not ideal conditions by anyones standards. But, as you can see I did quite well. I saw people catching fish on white frogs over grass. I couldn't get a strike on my pop r so I changed locations and baits. I started throwing my gold and black rogue and started catching fish. I also caught fish on my ribbit around lilly pads. The rogue was producing near hydrila in about 5 ft. of water. The lake is probably 9 ft. low and very clear.
I ended up catching 15 fish in about 4 hours on what I would call a bad looking day.