Chris (Blue Skeeter) and I fished Fayette today and we probably had one of our better days. We boated over eighty bass. It was crazy and wild; we had double hook ups more times than I can remember. We caught schoolies, we caught fish during the hottest part of the day on top water baits, we caught fish on cranks, but we caught most of our fish on plastic. Man did the wind ever blow! We took turns on the trolling motor, it was an all day thing to stay on the trolling motor just to try and hold your position on feeding fish.
The water color was pretty murky looking on the north side of the lake due to all these strong southerly winds we have been receiving. The fish on the north side were holding in grass in about four to six feet of water. We really didn’t get a chance to try out any of the timber areas due to wind, so no help on that subject. The fish on the south side were in twelve to eighteen feet. I say that, but heck we caught fish in all depths. I would say our top water bite was the weakest bite. The crank bait bite was second, and the plastic bite was our best. Other than all this wind, it was an awesome day. The fish were really feeding well. The bite got better by the hour during the day. Some areas we fished in the AM that had a some what pretty good bite, turned into our honey holes during the PM part of the day. The fish would hit your bait on the drop.
We didn’t find anything over four pounds, but we caught a bunch of good solid two and a half to three and a half pound fish along with three catfish to boot. I should have taken a snap shot of this 12 to 14 lb flathead I caught on plastic, but I didn’t. Here are a few pics we took just for grins. Nothing very big, just a lot of fish and a great day on the water.
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The water color was pretty murky looking on the north side of the lake due to all these strong southerly winds we have been receiving. The fish on the north side were holding in grass in about four to six feet of water. We really didn’t get a chance to try out any of the timber areas due to wind, so no help on that subject. The fish on the south side were in twelve to eighteen feet. I say that, but heck we caught fish in all depths. I would say our top water bite was the weakest bite. The crank bait bite was second, and the plastic bite was our best. Other than all this wind, it was an awesome day. The fish were really feeding well. The bite got better by the hour during the day. Some areas we fished in the AM that had a some what pretty good bite, turned into our honey holes during the PM part of the day. The fish would hit your bait on the drop.
We didn’t find anything over four pounds, but we caught a bunch of good solid two and a half to three and a half pound fish along with three catfish to boot. I should have taken a snap shot of this 12 to 14 lb flathead I caught on plastic, but I didn’t. Here are a few pics we took just for grins. Nothing very big, just a lot of fish and a great day on the water.
