MWest77
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We're heading out to Pickwick Sunday evening and night for the super moon . Ocktane will be there with us. Anyone else planning on going?:gone fishing
My super moon will have to take place a day early. Tomorrow night I'll be down there fishing a tournament. I'll reserve a special place for you to watch the super moon though!:wink:very happyWe're heading out to Pickwick Sunday evening and night for the super moon . Ocktane will be there with us. Anyone else planning on going?:gone fishing
:lmao::lmao::lmao:super moon? Had to talk my way out of incarcination over that concept at least once. Thankfully, before cellphone cameras.
I can't say I'm really "on" the big girls yet. We are catching a good many 4's up to 5 lbs lately. I do think it wouldn't take but a couple of trips in consecutive days to eliminate the water and really dial in on them. If I had to have a 5+ smallmouth or else, I would honestly probably fish the bluffs between Big Bear Creek and JP Coleman State Park or go on down towards Pickwick Dam and hit the deep points down there. I'd throw a black/chartreuse 3/16" - 3/8" oz jig with a shaved #11 black/chartreuse pork chunk. I don't go heavier than 12 lb test down there due to the deep water. I only throw this jig color if there is about half a moon or more. Any given night though the big girls will trounce a 3/4" oz black/blue spinnerbait with a big #8 Colorado slow rolled down the points or out on a pea gravel flat in 10'-15' of water. A few weeks ago I caught 11 pretty good fish one night on the same spinnerbait color above but I had a #8 and a #4 Colorado blade instead of 1 blade. Vibrates like crazy and tangles up a lot on the line but was real effective. I toss spinnerbaits on a heavy rod and 30 lb braid. Ever since I lost moby dick 4 years ago on Pickwick due to a long cast and line that stretched a bit too much for a deep hookup, I've gone heavy on the spinnerbaits. BTW, I use an unshaved #11 only on my spinnerbait too. I'm a big believer in the pork trailers.:very happyThanks buddy! How bout some tips on catching the big brown fish?
Let me know how you do. I had one 4 pounder tonight in a Wildcat Tourney but we were fishing for largemouth more than anything. The smallie came out of a tree top; flipping did the trick on her.I got me a few new spinners today. Gonna try them out tomorrow night. Thanks for the tips. Hopefully I'll have some good pictures to post Monday!:gone fishing
Good luck. That moon should make for a great night of fishing up on the flats.We'll be putting in at the state park around 4:30 or so. Probably going to be three Allison's and a Venture running together tonight!
Dang. I hate to hear that you didn't catch anything. We've been catching a good many upriver around the Trace bridge all the way to the dam. Everywhere we have fished we have caught fish. Most of the smallmouth's are on the chunk rock banks or bluffs with slight slopes out to deep water. Largemouth's are in the hydrilla around 9'-10' of water along the river channel. Worms on small weights has been the ticket for us. Hair jigs for the smallmouths. With half a moon or more I always toss chartreuse on black unless I'm out of them!. Works for me.:gone fishingThat evening and night was probably our worst pickwick trip as far as fishing goes. I caught to little fish and my wife got skunked. I threw the whole tackle box in there that night.