Fish Are In The Docks

[AndrewSlabMan]

Fished LOZ last week (9/22-9/24), caught roughly 40 over the 3 days, about half were keepers (<9").

Fished closer to home at the small private lake my dad lives at over the weekend and caught 20 Friday night in a couple hours, and 10 more Saturday in about half the time. All were keepers.

Both lakes the pattern was the same. Find docks, fish 8-12' down depending how deep the water is. Basically just a couple feet off the bottom. Caught them on minnows, crickets, and white/chartreuse hair jigs.

With the live bait, I just dead sticked close to the edge of the dock. With the jigs I was dead sticking them at the depth for maybe 30 seconds, giving a small twitch and getting bit. If I didn't get bit after letting them sit and then twitching, I moved. Sometimes moving as little as 24" away was enough to get bit, so fish slow. As the water continues to cool, I imagine this pattern will be hot for a month or so.

There are better/different daily patterns for having singlular monster days, but this pattern produces fish to clean nearly every time out in the fall for me.

[LSL Angler]

Thanks for the good report at LOZ. It is supposed to get cooler this weekend and hopefully they will move in in a couple of weeks.

[ripnlips]

Nice report and welcome.

[Speck]

Great report!!! Thanks for posting

[AndrewSlabMan]

Off topic, but I caught a couple of what I believe to be goggle eyes on crickets at night fishing near some lights. Anyone have any idea if LOZ has a population and if so where can I catch some more of them? Great little fighters on a 5'6" ultra ultra light set up.

[endo2075]

They eat pretty good also.