have a few questions for atwood. we are planning on taking my sons boat Sunday morning or maybe head out Sat. night. just wondering what eberyone thout would be better? We are not targeting any specific fish just the ones that bite. Thank you for any advise HATRAT
My son and I hit the water around 7:30 this morning and from the 5th cast to the last cast at 2:30 we were on the fish. I actually had to take him back to the dock and make a run for more bait. We caught over 20 perch with 3 keepers, 6 white bass, 1 saugeye and 1 catfish. Very happy with our 1st time there. I think we are going to be back at it again when the sun go's down.
Fished Today from about 4 to 8 when the lightning started. 5 little bass 1 decent catfish and 2 BOATS
There is an issue with Jet Ski's and Boats crossing within 10 feet behind my boat at atwood. The First boat realized something was wrong and stopped, which was good because they were pulling 2 kids on a tube. ( I was scared they were gonna end up with treble hooks in them) and the second boat ignored it, and ran 1 of my poled out of line, with me on the horn at them.
Also If anyone feels friendly, Tell me roughly where , your nailing the Saugeyes ? I have yet to land one of these things out at atwood. I have caught every species in the lake, but I have yet to ever catch a saugeye .. Almost feeling elusive.
Also If anyone feels friendly, Tell me roughly where , your nailing the Saugeyes ? I have yet to land one of these things out at atwood. I have caught every species in the lake, but I have yet to ever catch a saugeye .. Almost feeling elusive.
First and foremost, you need to be fishing the bottom for saugeye. Right now they are pretty scattered throughout the lake. You can catch them from the dam to Dellroy. Casting or drifting jigs with a piece of crawler works as does trolling crank baits or harnesses. Either way your lure of choice has to be bouncing bottom.
My prefered method is sloooowly crawling along with my trolling motor and casting or drifting just within casting range from shore. (pretty much like everyone else I guess)
I like to stay back a ways and cast right up against the shoreline and slowly work jigs n crawlers or leeches. You can catch them in about all depths but I usualy like to concentrate on 15 ft. or less. Saugeye are often caught in very shallow water. Shad Raps and Big-O's are my favs to troll Atwood. They usually catch about everything including a saugeye here and there.
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that's my issue then, I have been running bottom bouncing rig from 15 to 20 feet in depth. Tomorrow I am gonna run the shore line. Thanks All eyes ! ( passes the beer nuts)
Swallx sorry to hear about the other boats but IV been getin my eyes in about 5-10 fow. I seam to
Be having the best luck up by the damn by boaters beach. And I don't to well in the evenings best luck has been in the morning.
Swallx I guess we should feel lucky because we landed a nice little saugeye on our 1st trip to Atwood on the 5th cast of the day. We caught it in about 6fow and on a pink Mr. Twister. My boy was just casting and reteaving. That was our only one for the day. It was about 7:45am and we put in at the launch by the dam. I hope this helps and hope you find some. HATRAT
Straight across the lake from the public beach (opposite side of the lake) can be a good spot to start. Find 15 fow or so under the boat and start pitching jigs with a 2" or less piece of crawler hooked once through the very tip. I personally like using Gulp twister tails in combination with crawlers or leeches but I pinch the tails off. It just gives a jig a bit more color and bulk for longer casts. Throw them right up to shore and slowly work them back on bottom.
Finish every cast till it's directly beneath the boat.
Crawl down the shoreline heading east toward the lodge where the water tower is. Just keep going that direction until you catch one. Cover the lake doing that clear down past the Yacht Club. When you catch one, stop and fish the area because there's always some more there. You will find a lot of flats and it's hard to maintain 15 ft. but the flats are often where the eyes are. Don't spend too much time in any area that isn't producing. Change jig colors often also until you find what they want. Good Luck!
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My jig of choice (or at least my starting point) is an 1/8oz chartreuse Roadrunner with a gold willow leaf blade. They are sometimes hard to find. I order them through BPS. The new Nature Series with the same blade are good also but expensive. Regular Roadrunners will work too. I like to hop them a foot off bottom and let the blade flutter a bit. I use the body of a Gulp Alive grub usually minus the tail. White works good too but it catches too many white bass sometimes. Hope some of this helps you get on some eyes.
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Hey Koonzie, I traded the 25hp Merc. off the Pontoon that I bought from your Grampa for a 9.9, that was quite a few years ago. I traded it to All Eyes, so he's almost been to your house before.
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