Warsaw old channel

[tackle box]

I fished the old channel below Truman this morning and it was tough.
Ended up with 12 keepers 5 of which were over 11" and biggest was
14". Started out drifting and caught a 2' gar . Anchored near the end
and started catching them with bobber 5' deep over 18 - 23' of water
also caught 3 blue cats and a white bass all on jigs tipped with
minnows . Best color today was black / fluorescent green tail.
Water was stained and the wind was howling from several directions.
Water temp started At 43 ° f and at 1:30 was 46° f.
Had the best luck for the bigger fish slow tolling over schools
of shad mid day. Nice to meet you Jeff and hope you found them.

[long poler]

Great report. Thanks.

[jigfisherx]

Thanks Travis. Good to meet you.

[usafret99]

Good report

[south point]

sounds like a good day, other than the wind. any shad around drake or the dead channel yet?

[kennyb]

great report tackle box, I'm still trying to get it working. I caught 2 at Truman yesterday and struck out at Longview today.

[tackle box]

Yes the dead channel had large schools in it. Made it hard to locate
the feeding fish that were higher in the column. The biggest advantage
I had today was the throws with the shad nets in the past. You can actually
learn a lot about open water crappie while trying to catch bait. Good luck
tomorrow.

[south point]

thanks for the luck. and I agree, that throwing the net helps you learn whats down there. the few times I have fished for shad in the dead channel, I'd see a school of fish on the finder and toss the net, only to pull in a net full of 8 inch crappies. would have swore they were shad in a loosely bunched school.... only place I have ever caught more crappies in the net than shad.

[DOFC]

Thanks for the good info