Neil McCauley Posted July 22, 2015 Posted July 22, 2015 What are your preferred methods? I went after pike recently on a big deep oligo lake, in a reportedly very good pike spot, year-round. See pic here: http://oi59.tinypic.com/26410dv.jpgThere were humps, drop-offs, points, a stream inlet, and 100+ ft water nearby. I speed trolled big plugs/cranks 25-30 ft down- just above the thermocline- in 40-60 fow but did not do well. In about 6 hrs caught some smallies and even a LMB but no pike. Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted July 22, 2015 Super User Posted July 22, 2015 Today it was a SK Rage Blade with Lake Fork Boot Tail Live Magic Shad ~ Admittedly these fish are still relatively shallow as this lake has several underground mid-lake springs - just need to know where they are. A-Jay 1 Quote
Neil McCauley Posted July 23, 2015 Author Posted July 23, 2015 Today it was a SK Rage Blade with Lake Fork Boot Tail Live Magic Shad ~ Admittedly these fish are still relatively shallow as this lake has several underground mid-lake springs - just need to know where they are. A-Jay 22 July 2015 Our special day2.jpg I hear that's the key. How do you find these springs? I don't have sonar/FF. Nice pike there. That's what I'm looking for. Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted July 23, 2015 Super User Posted July 23, 2015 I hear that's the key. How do you find these springs? I don't have sonar/FF. Nice pike there. That's what I'm looking for. Thanks ~ Locating springs is a challenging proposition. Here's how I found some ~ This particular lake is relatively shallow, with the deepest "holes" around 20 feet. The lake has a ton of vegetation, Lilly pads, Milfoil, Coontail & Cabbage weed. - When first learning the lake, once the water temps went up I started fishing the deeper areas and that worked OK. But as my prospecting continued I started getting some better pike in spots that were not necessarily the deepest and were almost void of weeds. The light went on when handling the fish boat side - they felt unusually cold - especially for July & August (which is the only time this lake is open to fishing) - I don't really know if the weeds don't grow as well in the cooler water or what, but it was a reoccuring theme. That was 8 years ago and these spots have proven themselves year after year to hold some of the biggest & healthiest pike the lake. Hope this helps A-Jay 1 Quote
Super User J Francho Posted July 27, 2015 Super User Posted July 27, 2015 We're those cold springs, A-jay? Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted August 2, 2015 Super User Posted August 2, 2015 We're those cold springs, A-jay? Don't really have a way of knowing the exact temps J but the fish routinely feel quite a bit cooler than the surface temp which generally bounce around 70. And the waters not that deep so it's not like I pulling them up from way down there. A-Jay Quote
Freak78 Posted August 5, 2015 Posted August 5, 2015 Big crankbaits or large creek chubs. This is in a crystal clear river, average depth of about 4 feet. Quote
Neil McCauley Posted August 7, 2015 Author Posted August 7, 2015 Finally caught a Northern this week, by accident. Just an axe handle but was nice knowing they do still exist in the summer. Trolling a Rapala DT16 pumpkinseed pattern. Quote
Frenchman83 Posted August 10, 2015 Posted August 10, 2015 Generally I look for weed beds or rock piles around the 10' range near deeper water. Cast to shallow. Quote
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