Thread: Lake Monticello

Went to Lake Monticello yesterday with my daughter, son-in-law and 2 granddaughters from Iowa. We caught quite a few fish but most were white bass and yellow bass, but did catch a few good crappie. It was a beautiful day to be on the lake and the kids had a great time. We fish 35 to 40 feet deep. This is a picture of my granddaughters with 2 of the crappie we caught.

Hannah and Shelby with the 2 biggest of the day

nice fish LA. looks like you had some real good help catching them today

Nice fish good looking gals and they are all keepers. lol

Nice looking couple of slabs. I will be on Cane Creek again tomorrow. Got me 1/2 lb of rosy reds. Didn't get to fish any today. Shot a couple of ducks, but had to get home for our 2nd Thanksgiving of the year.

BW,

I went to Cane Creek on Friday, and I couldn't boat a single fish. The conditions were perfect, too. No wind, cool, sunny. It was a beautiful morning. The bad thing was I didn't see a single person boat a fish for almost 3 hours. I got back to the ramp around 10:30am, just couldn't stay out there any longer without any action. I was fishing the same area that CEB & I fished, and this time I had low vis line, spider riggin, w/ rosey reds, I did some casting, jig poling around the timber, but couldn't entice any bites. I got the classic story from a local, "they bit good yesterday, just started off slow". Jerry, some conditions for you to ponder; water temps-50F, fishing in 10-12 ft of water w/ hydrilla up to the 5 foot level. I saw fish under the mats, but not as many as I saw a couple of weeks ago. I noticed shad breaking on the surface, and noticed those brown scrap ducks with a beak (don't know what kind they are) eating shad & diving all over the place. I don't know if they were spooking the crappie somewhere else? I varied my line anywhere from 2-5 feet. Had the trolling motor on 1, bumping along because of no wind. Based on my conversations w/ CEB, I think I did everything right but catch fish. It was a bluebird sky, so I think that was the deal. I even tried to get in some wind to take advantage of the ripple on the water. I know that will turn them on sometimes. It was a beautiful day on CC, and very pleasant. I will get back there sometime, but it will be when I'm camping. Driving from England area for a day trip gets expensive. Any advice is very appreciated.

Way to go Jerry!!!