Im about to head down there in an hour.... hoping the water has dropped since last week. Ill post an update later. Ill be in a 14ft monarch v bottom tiller with merc 25hp. If anyone sees me, say hi.... always enjoy talking to fellow anglers.
The launch ramp is about 2 inchs above water and useable. The lake still seems to be up 4 feet or so but was cleaner than i expected with a couple of feet visability in spots. Had between 52.5-54 degree water temps at surface. Fished from 4-9 with no luck. Casted shore lines for bass/saugeye. And also jigged/trolled for crappie/saugeye. Found some huge baitballs and schools around the 17-20fow range but jigging them produced not a single nibble. This year is proving to be tough spring fishing for me.
Nice! Do you think it's to early to do shore fishing yet? We normally hit the Dam, and Rocks by the picnic area. I'm thinking its early for that but haven't checked.
Thank you! Not looking for exact areas but are they more on points and humps or in front of bays or just kind of random areas? Any help is appreciated. Only my second year with a boat and really fishing alot so im still learning and picking up on patterns and stuff. Thanks
In the bays and as you head in the bay where the marina and resteraunt is there a point on the right side in front of there is a drop off that can be really good.i hope it make sense
Makes perfect sense. That's where we ice fish for saugeyes on that point. Drill holes at different depths to find out where they are holding.. Same thing with the crappies. Start deep and go shallow.
Do any of you guys troll Atwood for saugeye? I only have a 6hp outboard and I like to fish the cemetery bay so i was thinking about trollling on my way over there since it takes awhile anyway. If so any advice would be very helpful. Depts? Speeds? Shad raps and flicker shads? Crawler harnesses? What sizes? Colors? Any advice would help a lot thank you!
Caught a mix bag Saturday. 16 crappie, 9 keeper saugeye, 4 perch, 2 white bass. Released at least 20 undersized saugeye. All caught on either crappie minnie on bare hook, or 2" green/white plastic jig, in mostly 3-5' water. Fished about 4 hrs. Water temp low 60's.
Yea, the water has dropped almost 2 1/2 feet in the last 7 days. Looking good. Today the bite seemed slower. Managed 2 keeper saugeye (15 & 16), 5 crappie and a decent perch. Eyes came on 2 inch green/white grub body.
Yea, the water has dropped almost 2 1/2 feet in the last 7 days. Looking good. Today the bite seemed slower. Managed 2 keeper saugeye (15 & 16), 5 crappie and a decent perch. Eyes came on 2 inch green/white grub body. View attachment 261786
Looking forward to hearing how it goes, we were at Atwood Sunday, some nice crappie a lot of small saugeye, and a few small perch mostly on the bottom near trees ... good luck !!
Fished Atwood today. Caught 6 keeper crappie, one nice perch, 0ne 15" saugeye. Threw back quite a few small crappie and a bunch of white bass and one small saugeye. Caught everything trolling. Couldn't get anything on minnows. Also most were in 14-17 fow .
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