Shawnee Bend LOZ 4-9-06

[fryguy]

fishing was outstanding this weekend!!! i didn't fall into anything as good as bugman last week, but it was great. didn't find much of anything during the morning or day, but after 8 o clock on both friday and saturday night it was non-stop. i caught everything, even a catfish! i had bluegill, loads of crappie, bass and that crappie x bluegill hybrid that i wrote about on the other thread. i caught everthing on those pearl colored puddlebugs tipped with a white crappie nibble. some were jigged at around 5 feet in 8 feet of water, the rest were caught on the cast dancing the jig back to me keeping it about 2 feet under the surface. first time i have ever caught a cat on a tiny jig! all of this was off my dock and if i hadn't been so tired i probably could have continued catching well into the night, but i stopped at midnight both nights. i heard they are finally raising the lake level 2 feet in the next 10 days. that's just a heads up for those who may not know.

[izzysfishin]

Glad ya got into them fryguy, man we had a great weekend for it. Had to work yesterday, was cussin every time i looked out...izzy

[bugman]

My shallow water hotspots slowed down a bunch during the cold front so we fished the main channel sun and done well just couldnt get on big fish.With the forecast this week the fishing will be awesome i cant wait to get back to the shallow fishin.fryguy do you have alot of lighting around your dock?

[fryguy]

we have four regular dock lights and two big flood lights pointing into the water, one red and one white. (can anyone guess why those two colors?)

[fryguy]

i am going back this weekend also, it's my birthday weekend so why not! curious to see how much the rising lake level screws up the fishing. i am glad, however, to have the water come up and finally hide my big rockpiles i built recently, i can't imagine how many people saw all of them. hopefully people respect the size limits and practice catch and release every now and then.