Where fish had been all last week.... there was nothing. I had some live bait ( feeder fish from Moanalua Pets... 50 for $10 ) so we headed up the North Fork of the lake to Morgans Pt.
Last week all the action was had by the live bait guys around Morgans Pt... Tuesday morning the fish didn't bite for about 15 minutes and only after I thrashed the water with a stick. ( got to let the peacock bass know you're there so they will come over to investigate.) When I started splashing the water my mainland bass fishing friends were horrified... until the first strike a few minutes later.... a 4 pounder.
It was fairly fast action most of the morning with the live bait. We didn't see any schooling fish on the lake.
On Wed. the water level was still rising. On the way to Morgans Pt. for some more live baiting we came accross a football size area in the Main Basin just alive with schooling peacock bass. They stayed on the surface in a feeding frenzy for the next 2 hours. Small aggressive fish, averaging 3/4 to 1 1/2 pounds, but great fun on light spinning tackle. After the rain stopped and the sun came out things started slowing down so we went to Morgans Pt. for larger fish.
After an hour with no bites we returned to the Main Basin and worked our way up to Boy Scout Island catching small fish along the way. Mostly schooling fish on lures and some on live bait. We did see some large ones along the grass but they ignored our live bait.
An exciting 2 days of fishing. It's amazing how much conditions change from day to day, even morning to afternoon.
