shemstreet
11-06-2006, 04:52 AM
Hit Upper Barton around 0900 yesterday (waited for the air temps to get above freezing). Ran on out to the dam area and started some drifts along the western shore across from the dam. Made a few drifts with minnows and crawlers and finally picked up a nice white perch/white bass (probably bass, since it was gold/green instead of white/silver). Picked up a keeper crappie shortly afterwards.
The fishing stayed slow/dead for a couple hours, then about 13:00 I started to mark more fish in the 12' - 21' depths. There was one little area just above a submerged point that crappie seemed to have stacked up on, and I managed to pull a real nice one and several more keepers out of there before they left and I could not find them again.
About 2:00 a wake boarder showed up and started running through the area, plus the action had died, so I packed it in and headed for home. Total fish, five crappie and one white bass/perch. Maybe the cold weather is finally turning the fish on.
Strangely enough, all but one of the crappie was caught on night crawlers on a bottom rig. The big crappie and the perch took large minnows.
Lots of small bait in the water, mainly running less than 8' deep, but very few decent sized fish marks anywhere along the mid lake from Upper Bartons to the dam. Almost no bird activity. Hopefully I can get my act together and get up to Kerr again soon, but after the late start I decided that an hour each way on a cold day just wasn't worth it yet.
The fishing stayed slow/dead for a couple hours, then about 13:00 I started to mark more fish in the 12' - 21' depths. There was one little area just above a submerged point that crappie seemed to have stacked up on, and I managed to pull a real nice one and several more keepers out of there before they left and I could not find them again.
About 2:00 a wake boarder showed up and started running through the area, plus the action had died, so I packed it in and headed for home. Total fish, five crappie and one white bass/perch. Maybe the cold weather is finally turning the fish on.
Strangely enough, all but one of the crappie was caught on night crawlers on a bottom rig. The big crappie and the perch took large minnows.
Lots of small bait in the water, mainly running less than 8' deep, but very few decent sized fish marks anywhere along the mid lake from Upper Bartons to the dam. Almost no bird activity. Hopefully I can get my act together and get up to Kerr again soon, but after the late start I decided that an hour each way on a cold day just wasn't worth it yet.