Tyler's Fishing Page
Pictures 2005


Art Tiff and I hit the backwaters today.  The fishing was slow. We were primarily pan fishing. The fish seemed to be scattered and it seemed we could only catch 1-2 fish per spot. I wonder if we were just catching the aggressive fish, but doing something that discouraged the remaining fish. We tried many types and colors of scented plastics including twister tails and Exude mini-shads. We even gave the old fashion worm on a hook under a bobber a try, but very little action.

I'm not saying we got skunked, but didn't see the numbers or size as some before us did (Matt & Tom). We were out for about 4 hours and boated about 20 fish. About 8 sunnies, 8 crappie, 2 largemouths, and 2 perch. A couple of those were decent, but overall they catch was small. Everything was returned to be caught another day.

The topwater action in that area was not happening. I threw the bait a few different times, but nothing. I noticed there were very few top water swirls period. Basically there were no fish surfacing at all. I didn’t try anything else for those big largies. I probably should have put on some sort of spinner or sinking bait and given that a whirl, but I didn’t.