Hot Action / Cool Water

[Stan Wright]

What a difference a day makes... I was just going to check out the motor and didn't plan to stay for but a few minutes. The first guy I met at the ramp reported catching 40 or 50 fish. They are schooling near the outfall.

The next guy pulled up to the ramp and I was starting out.... He reported catching 68 peacock bass... schooling fish near the outfall. Mostly in the 1 1/2 to 2 pound range.

I pulled up at the outfall and the water was boiling with fish chasing shad. I caught fish on a gold CastMaster and a silver/blue CastMaster. Then I caught on a small Sinko, a Roadrunner, and a Jig.

Another guy came up and reported catching 64 fish... his largest weighing 7 pounds. In the 10 minutes I was there talking to him he caught several more.... Gold CastMaster. They were still catching when I left.

He said he got a picture of that 7 pounder and will post it later. (They said something about leaving when it got too dark to fish.) LOL

Water temperature was 74 degrees. I don't know why the fish were so active all day... but I'm glad they were.

[Bozu]

Now you know why the tucs were so active the other day.
It was the feed before the storm so to speak. Lucky you got them when you did because today its a different story.

Heavy, and I mean heavy overnight rains have turned the lake into a mud hole again. Brown water galore gents with lots of floating flotsam and jetsom. Water level is so high it almost covered the top of the little island you pass before the bridge.

Hydrology report listed 13+ inches of rainfall in a 12 hour period.
Water over the spillway at almost 84 feet. Water level rose 12 - 14 feet overnight. Fishin anyone...

Bozu

[Stan Wright]

Thanks for the report, I was hoping someone had seen the lake.
Stan