Definately a top water early, try a soft body swim bait near grass, or a wacky worm/t-rig trick work with splitshot. Later in the day back off into 10-12 foot of water and slowfish, c-rig, jig etc.
I was out on the lake Thursday through Saturday and the winds were rough. Friday I found a good top water bite but for my tournament Sat. it was gone. We caught our fish in 8-10 foot of water near grass or brush piles. We won our tournament with 14.33. Our big fish was 3.95 with another 3.5 both caught on jigs near deep water.
If you are up there the second weekend of April then there should be the last wave of spawners up on beds, 5 fingers is a good area to fish during that time.
I believe the black forest starts just below the 147 bridge and is on the west side of the lake, with the water so low it should be easily visible.
Well I was just checking back in after my hiatus, and man am I saddened to learn about Jacks passing. He was a good man and loved to help other people out. He will be missed.
There is no offical take off. You tune in to 105.1 and listen for them to call out the first cast @ 0600. Other than that you can launch from anywhere on the lake, make sure you have life jacket and kill switch on. If you violate any rules you must go into the weigh in site and get cleared by an offical to resume fishing.
Oh yeah, there is no fish anywhere near white oak, just launch from there and run somewhere else!
:-)
Jack have you been down to the lake any this week?
Use a good hard side sweep and that should do it, also keep your rod down so they dont come to the surface if possible. A trailer hook is also a great idea.
We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue.