Pacemaker Fishing Forum

Launched out of Fountainhead at noon yesterday and fished uplake from the park past Ryan's dam to the first bend. Nice overcast day with a bit of rain, but not too wet. We caught 10 bass in 6 hours, the biggest about 2.5 lbs. Spinnerbaits, flukes and topwaters worked well. Most fish came off the sides of points or grass edges near submerged wood. Another tournament yesterday, apparently they have them there every other weekend. For the most part these guys are really nice. Unfortunately we ran into a couple of them that were pretty rude, cutting us off and then taking off quickly, pushing big wakes at us. Wish these guys would be as respectful to us as we are to them...anyhow, other than that a nice little day on the water. We caught a couple interesting looking fish. One had a big old scar on his back like he had gotten picked up by a heron when he was a baby. Another one we caught had an old hook in his gill. He looked to have the frame of a 3 lb fish but had withered down to a pound or so because he couldn't eat. Of course we did him a quick favor and pulled it out before turning him loose.  Besides the bass, we also caught some crappie and a couple of other weird-looking fish. They looked like a combination between a perch and a crappie, 6-8 inches long, maybe a Roanoake bass?

Last edited by purpleworm (Jul-06-09 9:56AM)