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Post by bob347 on Dec 23, 2013 17:31:39 GMT -5
catching any LM? Seems like the striper guys are having a large time.  I'm headed back to the lake on Dec 31st & gonna try something totally different than I have the past 4 winters at SML based off a Master's thesis I read about bass on Table Rock lake. Very interesting and totally opposite of anything else I've read or heard for fishing highland reservoirs in the winter. I'll pass on my results if there are any other LM fishermen interested... The thesis can be found here; web.missouri.edu/~paukertc/theses/JasonHarris.pdfBassgold.com always relates Table Rock with SML since they're both highland reservoirs and on pretty much the same latitude. |
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Post by grasscutter on Dec 24, 2013 7:33:08 GMT -5
Soon as deer season is over....I want to get back on the lake if the weather is decent
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Post by ranger518 on Dec 24, 2013 10:21:10 GMT -5
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Post by jmr04 on Dec 24, 2013 21:16:09 GMT -5
Need help. Got a new boat this fall. Had a lot of fun fishing docks with senkos and shakey head trick/finess worms. Did real well thru the beginning of December. Last weekend absolute blank on the docks. Saw a lot of fish on creek channels and humps but no luck getting anything to bite. Tried tx rig worms, double tail hula grubs, trick worms, finess worms. No luck not even a bite. Tried jigging with a tx rig fluke, no luck. Any advice on sub 50 degree water temps. Much appreciated. Thanks.
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Post by ray on Dec 26, 2013 12:01:15 GMT -5
I've seen days when you could get them shallow on a shallow crankbait, Throw a blk an blue jig on 10lb flourocarbon, gotta tame your hookset. Have got them texas rigging trick worms and baby brushhogs on 8lb flourocarbon. I get a lot more bites on light line in winter.Slow rolling a bait works as well as a #7
shad rap craked sloooow, then slow it down.
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Post by ray on Dec 26, 2013 12:07:31 GMT -5
mite also try a jigging son and a drop shot rig
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Post by bob347 on Dec 27, 2013 14:54:54 GMT -5
Yup, a drop shot or C-Rig makes sense especially if you're marking them near the bottom but they're not biting a TX rig...
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Post by psuhntr on Jan 3, 2014 22:46:05 GMT -5
Jerkbaits, blade baits, jigs..drop shot..all should work during the winter.
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Post by bob347 on Feb 26, 2014 20:26:55 GMT -5
OK, I suck. I fished over New Years, notta. I fished 3 days this past weekend & again didn't catch squat. I've been up & down Gills Creek, Bull Run, Little Bull Run, All over the islands and submerged humps near the S turns in the black water & the mouth of Bull Run, Parkway Marina, over by the Damn, etc... Fished Rip Rap, lay downs, submerged standing trees, underwater brush piles on channel swings, & points, you name it, I pretty much fished it. I tried every kinda lure, you can think of from an A-Rig, swim baits, crankbaits, Jerkbaits, jig, shakeyhead, dropshot with 6# flouro on submerged humps, a shakeyhead & drop shot together, even slow rolled a spinner bait from 5' to 40'. I had a couple of bumps last Sunday while my jerkbait was sitting still but not even one real bite. I know the water was still cold & believe it or not, the warmest water I could find was 45 degrees in a cove almost next to the damn which was also the clearest. Gills Creek was really muddy and only 42.
But still I've got to be doing something wrong or missing something even with the water this cold, I know people are still catching them... Any help would be hugely appreciated!
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Post by grasscutter on Feb 26, 2014 21:18:36 GMT -5
I got nothing....the air/ water temps .... I can't get motivated to go....hard for me to think about it till the water hits 50..... Leesville bass masters are having their 1st tourney Sunday at pen hook....I'm gonna pass on it.... I may be up there fishing and just generally giving the boat a shake down run
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Post by ranger518 on Mar 3, 2014 10:29:30 GMT -5
Fishing is tough for everyone right now. Only 3 out of 21 boats had a limit in an open tournament yesterday.
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Post by jmuhoo08 on Mar 3, 2014 11:23:44 GMT -5
Do you recall some of the weights basstracker?
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Post by ranger518 on Mar 3, 2014 11:38:20 GMT -5
1st was 15 lbs, 2nd was 13 lbs, 3rd was 10 lbs
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Post by jmuhoo08 on Mar 3, 2014 11:41:05 GMT -5
Thanks, I was just curious heading into the Anglers Choice event this weekend - which is weird to think about with all of this snow outside (I live near Harrisonburg).
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Post by bob347 on Mar 3, 2014 15:00:31 GMT -5
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I'm headed back to the lake on Dec 31st & gonna try something totally different than I have the past 4 winters at SML based off a Master's thesis I read about bass on Table Rock lake. Very interesting and totally opposite of anything else I've read or heard for fishing highland reservoirs in the winter. I'll pass on my results if there are any other LM fishermen interested...
