flyingmonkie Posted March 21, 2014 Posted March 21, 2014 Ok guys, need some help. Currently on a three day fishing trip and getting skunked. Hoping your wealth of knowledge might glean a catch for me. If nothing else, this might be a fun challenge. To start with, I'm at Dripping Springs state park in Oklahoma... If you want to look at a map. Water temp is averaging 48 (colder than I was expecting). Lots of standing tember throughout the lake, and a well defined main lake channel with depths as deep as 45 ft. Few well defined points. Gravel/clay bottom, and a few rocky areas. Good water color with 2 ft visibility. Air temps in the 70s with a strong wind out of the south. 3 days after a mild cold front, with another enroute tonight. I've cruised around the whole lake and have yet to mark baitfish on my graph. Only place I haven't been yet is far up in the coves/creek arms...the temp leads me to believe they are still staging. Ran down the d**n an hour ago hoping they might be holding on rocks, but still nothing on graph. Ideas? Quote
719BassFishing Posted March 21, 2014 Posted March 21, 2014 Ok guys, need some help. Currently on a three day fishing trip and getting skunked. Hoping your wealth of knowledge might glean a catch for me. If nothing else, this might be a fun challenge. To start with, I'm at Dripping Springs state park in Oklahoma... If you want to look at a map. Water temp is averaging 48 (colder than I was expecting). Lots of standing tember throughout the lake, and a well defined main lake channel with depths as deep as 45 ft. Few well defined points. Gravel/clay bottom, and a few rocky areas. Good water color with 2 ft visibility. Air temps in the 70s with a strong wind out of the south. 3 days after a mild cold front, with another enroute tonight. I've cruised around the whole lake and have yet to mark baitfish on my graph. Only place I haven't been yet is far up in the coves/creek arms...the temp leads me to believe they are still staging. Ran down the d**n an hour ago hoping they might be holding on rocks, but still nothing on graph. Ideas? Dripping springs as in the one on Grand Lake? Quote
flyingmonkie Posted March 21, 2014 Author Posted March 21, 2014 Nope... It's a different lake. By okmulgee. Quote
719BassFishing Posted March 21, 2014 Posted March 21, 2014 Oh okay. My advice would be to find 45 degree angled banks. Fish them with everything from a jerkbait to slow rolling a crankbait or shad rap. If you get no bites on reaction baits slow it down. Switch up to either a jig or shakey head and just drag the banks really slow. You should be able to pick up a few doing this. Hope this helps! Good luck! Quote
flyingmonkie Posted March 21, 2014 Author Posted March 21, 2014 I don't want the regionality of this question to bump it to a different forum... It's really a question of conditions. Quote
flyingmonkie Posted March 21, 2014 Author Posted March 21, 2014 Sadly, no 45.degree banks I've found. Except the d**n. It's mostly gentle sloping to the channels, then big drops of 10ft+ Quote
719BassFishing Posted March 21, 2014 Posted March 21, 2014 Giving your conditions, i would agree that the fish are most likely still staging. I would just try and find points where the channels swing up on them really close. Quote
Hyrule Bass Posted March 21, 2014 Posted March 21, 2014 are you looking for bass or baitfish? they aint always in the same place.... try fishing the rocky areas, as the rocks will hold heat, may be warmer there. also try creek channels and ledges/drop offs... Quote
flyingmonkie Posted March 21, 2014 Author Posted March 21, 2014 I can usually find a bait ball pretty quickly, kinda discouraging I'm not seeing anything. Gonna go drag a channel drop for an hour. Quote
Super User Shane J Posted March 21, 2014 Super User Posted March 21, 2014 Find trees to flip in the 7-10' area close to shallow, North wind-protected coves that get good sun. Use braid, use a 1/2-3/4oz pegged weight, and use a Falcon Craw Space monkey to hit the middle of all the wood you can find. Quote
Mainebass1984 Posted March 21, 2014 Posted March 21, 2014 I would try a Jig around some wood. Try and find the warmest areas of the lake like the north wind protected coves Shane like suggested, they should be warmer. A square bill crank bait deflected of wood or rocks can be pretty deadly too. I would also try a chatter bait or spinner bait with the 2 foot visibility. The warmer weather could have those fish significantly shallower then you think even in 5 feet or less. I would try to get out of the wind and fish slow. If you have been getting skunked so far I would try something significantly different like in the backs of creek and coves. Think springtime patterns. 1 Quote
Super User gulfcaptain Posted March 24, 2014 Super User Posted March 24, 2014 Man this takes me back. Used to live on T-Bird just east of Norman, sure you have fished there. Look for the deeper points with a creek bed, if there's standing timber close by even better. I'd fish a jig slow on the timber, or if you have one, fish an A-Rig on the points where a creek channel is close as so they can transition and fish that slow. If they are there and suspended, that set up may set them off. I'd stay on the North side of the lake, it's probably gonna be warmer and look for the primary points closest to the main channel or a creek. Good luck. Quote
Super User gulfcaptain Posted March 25, 2014 Super User Posted March 25, 2014 also being 45 degrees, the shad are gonna be in the warmest waters they can find which is probably where you will find the bass waiting to pick off the weak for an easy meal. I would stay in the 6-10ft range. Quote
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