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Posted 09/15/04
Rainbow Trout and Brown Trout The river is clear and low and the generators are running between 11 am and 1pm everyday. Trout fishing is good wax worms with marshmallows and pink or chartreuse colored Power bait Report by Ripple Outfitters The river is clear and at normal level. Trout is excellent using wax worms and Power Bait Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 462.5 Temperature: Outflow: 1750 cfs. Level: 7.50 feet low Walleye fair using nigh crawlers in 35 feet of water Largemouth Bass fair using plastic worms in 20 to 25 feet of water Bream No Report Crappie excellent using minnows in 15 feet of water Channel Catfish slow Bluegill No Report Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 1121.4 Temperature: Outflow: 1279 cfs. Level: 3.52 feet low Crappie good using minnows in the brush piles Stripers are deep using umbrella rigs and deep cranks and live shad Largemouth Bass good using crankbaits at night White Bass good at night under a light Catfish No Report Report by Ripple Outfitters No Report Temperature: 70's Report by Ripple Outfitters The river is very clear, but it is to low to float. Bass fishing good while wading early in the morning and late in the evening using hula grubs or buzzbaits updated 09/15/04 Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 657.0 Temperature: 80's Outflow: 6312 cfs Level: 2.51 feet low Fishing Report by: Wilderness Trail "Braggin Board" ANGLER'S EDGE TEAM BASS TOURNAMENT OCTOBER 9 AND 10, 2004 CALL FOR INFORMATION
FALL IN STORE SEMINAR - SEPTEMBER 25TH 2 TO 4 P.M. CALL US AT 870-445-2703 TO MAKE YOUR RESERVATION There is no charge, everyone is invited - but we are limited to 50 people We had another gorgeous week with moderate temperatures in the mid-80’s and night time temperatures dipping into the mid-50’s. Lake temperature has dropped to 75.5 degrees, warming up to 78 degrees during the heat of the day. Dog days are still with us, light winds with lots of sun. As we move toward October, cooler weather and winds will prevail and the fall bite will start up. The thermocline moved up to 35 feet this week, which brought the bass and walleye in towards the bank a little. Pool level dropped below normal this week, it is now 653.79. We haven’t been below pool since last March. Crappie remain in the brush piles but they are tucked in so tight that you have to fish down through the brush. Take a lot of hooks, split shot, baits or minnows with you because you will lose tackle. Largemouth bass continue to show up in the back of the creeks, cuts and coves. The morning bite is the best on buzzbaits, spinnerbaits and Pop R’s. After the sun is up the shallow water bite shuts down and the largemouth move to the first drop off where 20+ feet of water is present. Spider Jigs, football jigs and tube baits will trigger a few bites through the day. Smallmouth bass are still deep, suspending and roaming, around points and channel swings. The smallies will bite all day but they are hard to find and to find more than one or two in any given area is almost impossible. Best baits have been Spider Jigs, football jigs, swimming a smoke grub and a drop shot rig with 4" finesse worms. Look for some top water action in the mornings and have a Zara Spook ready to cast into the smallies that are frenzy feeding. Kentucky bass are also pushing shad to the top during the day. Spit’N Image and Pop R’s are the best baits for feeding Kentuckys. Chunk rock banks and deep brush piles are also holding Kentuckys that are feeding on crawdads instead of shad. They are in 35 to 45 feet of water and hugging the bottom. Best baits are tubes, Carolina rigged finesse worms or brush hogs and Spider Jigs with Yamamoto trailers. Walleye have become active in the afternoons this week. The bite starts to pick up around 3 o’clock until after dark. Bottom bouncers in 34 to 40 feet of water with night crawler harnesses (red or copper blades) are catching some nice walleye. Long liners are also having some success using lead core line pulling Rapala Glass Shad, Reef Runners and Bill Norman DLN’s in colors 150 or 153. Most of the trollers are pulling these baits over 40 to 48 feet of water around points that have some chunk rock on them. Trout fishing on the White River has been good on Power Bait in yellow, chartreuse and white, and Belgian red worms. Buoyant Spoons, Mepps, Blue Fox and Rooster Tails have been working when the generation is on. The fly fishermen have done well on olive Woolly Buggers, sow bugs, and San Juan worms. Browns are being caught on Smithwick Rogues, Countdowns, Rebel Floating minnows and nightcrawlers. Remember to keep only what you can eat and release the rest for another day. Rick Culver of Wilderness Trail does the research for this report and the writing of this report. For more information call Rick or Sue Culver at Wilderness Trail at 870-445-2703, e-mail us at wtrail@bullshoals.net Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 259.20 Temperature: 83 - 89 Outflow: 777 cfs. Level: 0.21 feet high Report by: Millwood Lake Guide Service }><(((º> Millwood Lake Fishing Report 9/14/04 <º)))><{ Largemouth bass, Spotted Bass and Whites, 1 to 3 pounds, are randomly schooling and excellent on 5 inch Bass Assassin Shads in salt & pepper colors; Rat-L-Traps in chrome, white, or smokey joe; crazy shads or silver and gold spoons with white buck tails, in lily pads along Little River. Norman cranks in white or blue/chartreuse still remain catching keeper bass along points of feeding creeks in Little River. Soft plastic Scum Frogs in black, are catching decent bass in the lily pads, coontail moss and hydrilla. Carolina Rigs using zoom lizards in watermelon or pumpkin/chart tail are
catching keepers on points in Little River, at the 7-8 foot drop offs. Schooling
blacks have also been found up river and caught in the 2-3 pound range up Little
River, caught on the Rat-L-Traps and Cordell Red fins, Crazy Shads or Smithwick
rouges. Action is quick, fast and furious, best occurring on cloudy days,
starting and stopping at random early. The White Bass are sometimes found
schooling along and with the Black Bass and have been caught in the same schools
as the blacks, but apparently are preferring chrome or white/chart Chuck-N-Spins
or red and white beetle spins over the top water baits. Two fishermen caught and
released over 30 blacks and whites between 1-3 pounds in just under 45 minutes
last week. Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 552.0 Temperature: Release Rate: 947 cfs. Level: 0.10 feet high Report by: Ripple Outfitters No Report Back to TopReport by Ripple Outfitters No Report Back to Top
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