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Well since it's so close to home, I decided I would try yet again to put my growing knowledge to the test and see if I can crack Oak Hollow's code. Bass fishing opportunities have been limited this summer by a herniated disc in my back followed by surgery, followed by a busy work schedule trying to make up for the time I missed from said problem. I am able to get back on the water, just don't have a lot time... hence Oak Hollow because it's 12 minutes from my house and I can fish a couple hours and run back home when I have short windows.
So anyway... not doing as badly as I could be, as I have caught at least one fish on each of the last 5 trips, and at least one bass on each except one where I caught a little catfish and a couple 1.5lb hybrids. Most of my trips have been around 2 to 2.5 hours. However, most the bass have been dinks, other than one quality fish of about 2 to 2.5lbs. It's more or less catching schoolies on top on cloudy evenings, or getting lucky with small fish in some of the (limited) shoreline cover.
I am disappointed in the shoreline cover of the lake. Laydowns are typically my bread and butter, and I will often be able to get fish out of them following behind other boats; I have just become comfortable and confident in what I do I guess. So I have definite opinions about what makes one fallen tree better than another. Oak Hollow has a lot of trees and bushes that hang over the bank, and some have fallen in. Almost all (with only a few exceptions) of the laydowns at Oak Hollow lie over a very shallow shelf. It looks nice from a distance but when you get up to it, it's really of minimal quality. I have fished much of it, but with only a couple dinks to show for it. I can see why the reputation is that you have to find offshore structure... the problem is that there is not a lot of it that I have found yet. With no available maps of the actual creek / river channel, and limited topographic maps, I can see how it is such a challenge to figure that place out. Currently I would say I have more determination than I do confidence in cracking the code there, but we shall see. Anyway... enough of my musings.
Pic-worthy fish were the 5lb or so hybrid on a family outing with the wife and 2 year old, and the one decent keeper bass on another family outing where I just fished for an hour or so and got lucky (with the fish I mean
). Hybrid was on a Flash Mob Jr. after I saw something running shad in a main lake pocket, and the bass was on a shakey head and trick worm on a minor ledge that falls from a flat to a secondary channel.
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Tight lines, everyone, and happy Labor Day weekend!
So anyway... not doing as badly as I could be, as I have caught at least one fish on each of the last 5 trips, and at least one bass on each except one where I caught a little catfish and a couple 1.5lb hybrids. Most of my trips have been around 2 to 2.5 hours. However, most the bass have been dinks, other than one quality fish of about 2 to 2.5lbs. It's more or less catching schoolies on top on cloudy evenings, or getting lucky with small fish in some of the (limited) shoreline cover.
I am disappointed in the shoreline cover of the lake. Laydowns are typically my bread and butter, and I will often be able to get fish out of them following behind other boats; I have just become comfortable and confident in what I do I guess. So I have definite opinions about what makes one fallen tree better than another. Oak Hollow has a lot of trees and bushes that hang over the bank, and some have fallen in. Almost all (with only a few exceptions) of the laydowns at Oak Hollow lie over a very shallow shelf. It looks nice from a distance but when you get up to it, it's really of minimal quality. I have fished much of it, but with only a couple dinks to show for it. I can see why the reputation is that you have to find offshore structure... the problem is that there is not a lot of it that I have found yet. With no available maps of the actual creek / river channel, and limited topographic maps, I can see how it is such a challenge to figure that place out. Currently I would say I have more determination than I do confidence in cracking the code there, but we shall see. Anyway... enough of my musings.
Pic-worthy fish were the 5lb or so hybrid on a family outing with the wife and 2 year old, and the one decent keeper bass on another family outing where I just fished for an hour or so and got lucky (with the fish I mean
). Hybrid was on a Flash Mob Jr. after I saw something running shad in a main lake pocket, and the bass was on a shakey head and trick worm on a minor ledge that falls from a flat to a secondary channel.
Tight lines, everyone, and happy Labor Day weekend!
