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Posted 07/29/05
Rainbow Trout and Brown Trout The river is at normal level and clear. Two generators are running in the afternoon. Trout have been biting chartreuse power eggs and nightcrawlers in the evening With the combination of the hot weather and low water, the fisherman have not been fishing the river for the last few weeks Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 462.5 Temperature: Outflow: 1211 Level: 4.25 feet low
With the heat has kept the fishermen off the lake during the day. Night fishing has been good Beaver Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 1121.4 Temperature: Outflow: 1156 cfs. Level: 5.33 feet low Catfish No Report Crappie No Report Stripers No Report Largemouth Bass No Report White Bass No Report
No Report Kings River Outfitters said river is still very low. Floaters will have to drag most shoals. The fishing has been incredible. Bass are hitting Black/brown hula grubs worked around current breaks are taking fish. Watermelon and green pumpkin are good colors as well. Buzz baits, Tiny Torpedoes and Pop-R’s have been the main smallmouth and rock bass takers. Sunfish are hitting small top waters and crickets. Catfish are hitting chicken livers and nightcrawlers updated 7/29/05 Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 657.0 Temperature: 88 Outflow: 4935 cfs Level: 5.64 feet low Fishing Report by: Wilderness Trail "Braggin Board" TUESDAY NIGHT OPEN TOURNAMENTS SPONSORED BY R & H MARINE $25.00 PER TEAM WITH $5.00 GOING TO BIG BASS POT Rules and information available at R & H Marine and Wilderness Trail This has been an incredibly tough week as the temperatures soared into the century mark raising the lake temperature to 88 degrees. Lake level is at 651.45 this week, which is three feet below normal pool, water clarity is around 16 feet and the thermocline is steady at 36 feet. The daytime bite has really slowed down, not to mention how tough it is to stand out in 100 degree weather trying to find them. White Bass were pushing shad to the top in the mornings, but now the shad have gone down in the mid-20 foot range, which makes it spoon time for the Whites. Do a little graphing halfway back into the creek arms and find some schools of shad and there should be Whites with them. Silver or white spoons are the best at this time. Crappie remain scattered from the points to the deep 28 foot brush piles. Crappie minnows on colored jig heads are working the best early in the mornings and under floating lights at night. Catfish are also slow but a few are being caught on jugs with a 12 foot drop line throughout the night. Chicken liver, bream and nightcrawlers are the best baits. Largemouth bass can be caught from dawn until around 7:30 a.m. on top water baits (Pop R’s, Spit’N Image or Zara Spooks) halfway back in the creeks or creek arm pockets. The best bait is a buzz bait in either white or chartreuse and white colors. Once the sun is up the bite falls way off and your best bet is to throw a Carolina rigged lizard or brush hog in 30+ feet of water off points. Smallmouth bass are suspending most of the day time hours out over deep water. Early in the morning and throughout the night they move up to feed on crawdads. Spider jigs and tubes are your best baits during their feeding period. Transition banks and chunk rock points are good places to look for smallies that are feeding. Kentucky bass are now in 35 to 40 feet of water and schooled out around main lake points and in the middle of main lake cuts. There are two techniques to use this time of year; drop shot and spoons. Mark the Kentuckys and drop a spoon down through them or lower a drop shot rig with a finesse 4" worm or 3" grub. Walleye are still above 35 feet of water for some reason. Long liners are catching a few on Reef Runners, Glass Shad and Wally Divers trolling along channel swings. Leeches and nightcrawlers on a harness rig are also triggering some walleye along transition banks in 28 to 32 feet of water. A few walleye are still being taken at night around points on X-Raps and Suspending Rogues, the best bite is around midnight. NIGHT TIME UPDATE: Channel swings and points with big rock have been producing some nice smallmouth and largemouth bass. The best baits are Gene Larew 8" cherry seed or strawberry/gold worms, black and blue or brown Spider Jigs and salt craws. LAKE RATING: It is hot, the lake water is hot and the bite is cold. This week’s rate is fair. Fishing for trout on the White River has been good this past week. The Berkley Power Egg bite has been good in yellow and pink or orange and Belgium red worms. With generation the Buoyant Spoons, Little Cleo's, and Super Dupers are the bait of choice. The fly fishermen did well on olive and black Woolly Bugger, tungsten bead head midges, soft hackles, poppers and scuds. The Brown trout are being caught on Suspending Rogues, Flat Fish 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. Updated: 07/25/05 Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 259.20 Temperature: 88 - 91 Outflow: 171 cfs. Level: 0.27 feet high Report by: Millwood Lake Guide Service }><(((º> Millwood Lake Fishing Report 7/25/05 <º)))><{
Largemouth bass from 2 to 3 pounds each, remain good, early and late on various top water soft plastics such as Bass Assassin Shads, Zoom Horney Toads, and soft plastic rats and frogs. Johnson gold spoons (on cloudy days) and chrome spoons (on sunny days) with white grub trailers are taking nice size keepers in pad edges, coontail moss, and hydrilla, close to deep drops along Little River. Big Bass are deep and hard to come by on a regular basis this time of year. Their meals are few, their energy levels drained from the heat, metabolisms are slower, and they will not expend any energy they don't have to for chasing down a meal. During heat of the day, from 11-4, switch to the heavier 1oz size Rat-L-Traps or medium diving cranks like a Cordell Big O, in shad pattern or white, and work it slow along the deeper River ledges and vegetation and lily pad lines. 10" Zoom Ole Monster Worm or Berkley Power Worm, in June Bug or Red Shad, are working in the creek mouths into Little River 8-11 feet. Slow moving cranks in shad patterns, this time of year, have caught numbers of large bass, that are feeding on shad. It has to be worked slowly and patiently to entice a big fish to hit. This time of year, (and in dead of winter) the big fish simply are not going to expend more energy to chase a meal, than the energy the meal will provide for the chase. Carolina Rigs are also working in Little River along the creek mouths, cuts, wash-outs and current-cut steps from 10-12 feet deep, and in mouth of feeder creeks along stumps. Due to recent improvement in water clarity, try Lake Fork French Fries in green pumpkin, or watermelon-red colors in these areas. An occasional big bass (over 5-7 pounds) is caught with this method, but not an everyday occurrence. Gitzits are still working on cypress trees, approx 8-10 feet close to deeper drops. Smoke/red flake, apple seed, and Irish whiskey are best water color choices, since the lake has cleared over the last few weeks. Early and late in the day, and even between 11am-2pm in this heat, the bass are still feeding and chasing shad schools near top water. Spot remover colored buzz baits (and spinner baits), white Rocket Shads, small Spitin' Images Jr.s, Rat-L-Traps in various shad patterns, and Bass Assassin Shads, and clear Baby Torpedoes all are working well during the feeding frenzy. Spotted (Kentuckys) Bass, are fair in Mud and Horseshoe Lake up Little River, on trick worms or wacky worms. Best colors are bruised banana or lime. Crappie fishermen on the lake this week, were catching fair sized, 2 pound Crappie on live shiners, early, 12-16 feet deep on shiners. The best bite remains prior to 10am, and very few Crappie fishermen out after 10am. Channel (Blue) Catfish bite remains fair on homemade prepared blood bait, & Catfish Charlie on yo-yos under cypress trees, best at night, in 9-10 feet depths.
Thank you to the US Army Corps of Engineers and AG&FC personnel who are currently in process of evaluating the increase and spread of various vegetation species on Little River and Millwood Lake. A recommendation & report is pending, on potential control measures which would be the most physical effective manner of the vegetation growth explosion in all the creeks, oxbows, Little River and the main lake; as well as which methods could be the most cost effective to maintain. Use EXTREME caution navigating Little River in low
light conditions, and SLOW DOWN! Careful watch for floaters and
debris in Little River's current, and wearing your PFD is a requirement!! The upriver oxbows such as McGuire, Horseshoe, Mud Lake, Cemetery Slough, etc, away from any current in Little River, still have much better water visibility, estimated at approx 4-6 feet in places. Water temperatures have increased in the last 2 weeks and range approx 88ºF early to 91ºF later in the day, depending on area of the lake and wind. Lake Elevation at Normal Pool: 552.0 Temperature: Release Rate: 1100 cfs. Level: 3.29 feet low No Report Back to TopNo Report
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