Post by spoonpluger on Aug 27, 2011 15:29:47 GMT -5
Been hitting green lane allmost every weekend. Usually catch a few bass in the 3 to 5 lb range every week. As September closes in and temps drop along with the water temp. Some big bass will be taken, Our top fish is around 8 lb's but have had larger fish on.
The crappie bass are averge 6 to 9 inches but have taken fish up to 15 inchs and lost much larger fish. Bait of choice is a small jig 1/64th oz to 1/8 oz trailed by a small 1 inch grubb. Sometimes when they are fussy a minnow or small worm will get them to hit. If you have a depth finder. Start around 12 feet and locate bottom fish they are usually crappie. Any fish above them is white perch. Sometimes its hard to keep the white perch off.
For bass if there is cloud cover they fish are in near the weed growth or close by. If the sun is high look for bass off the rip rap along the bridges and roadway. If you can't locate fish shallow go to the weedline brakes to deeper water and fish the dropoffs.
With September coming the rip rap favorite is the Saly Spider and rubber worm. But don't forget that those small jigs will get even fussy bass to hit. Another lure that has produced some good fish is the old mirrow lure in black and silver. Or a shad rap in blue and white or a white perch finish, white silver Found that even in shallow water under 5 feet the lip digs up the bottom and any big boy near by will trake down the offering.
The last 2 years we've had bitoffs from pike. They stocked them around 7 years ago from 16 to 27 inches but most of them are in and area thats inaccessable. Anyone that has fished the lake for a long time knows at one time the reservoir was the best pike fishing on the east coast. But once the word got out. They dissappeared due to first time anglers catching fish they never seen before. It deplitated them very fast.
Muskies over 35 lb's and Pike up to 25 lb's were the norm only 20 years ago. They vanished like the crappies are now by some people over fishing them and keeping any fish they hook. You's know who I mean to.
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