First in 12 years

[skeetbum]

Good fish CD. Looks like an Alumacraft boat I once owned. I haven't been on Toho in 15 years. Sounds like the drawdowns a few years back did no favors. That lake was smokin hot in the 70's.

[Nick]

That Fla. sun can feel like you're under a magnifying glass.On some of the fishing shows lately,the Fla. guys are covered up like bank robbers

[slabkeeper]

Niced bluegill

[kbaker]

Yhat's got to hurt.

[C_D]

Sounds like the drawdowns a few years back did no favors. That lake was smokin hot in the 70's.

Honestly I feel the major issue with Toho is they are no longer doing the major draw down every 4 years. I remember growing up it was looked forward to every 4 years when the lake was taken down to a point that you could drive a car on 70% of the lake. The cars driving around would turn the dirt and get it all dry, killing the invasive weeds in the process. Only way to put a boat in was to use a 4x4, I remember driving out almost a quarter mile into the water to get into water deep enough to float the boat off the trailer, just a 14 foot boat, nothing special and light.

[jonny177]

hydrilla? get some weedless worms and bobber and berkley rigs and take advantage!! while trolling those areas wont be a good thing, just fishing the edges of the plants will get some fish!!

[skiptomylu]

Man I wish this lake would quit killing off our Hydrilla as that is where they are especially in spring. I don't know your water temps are now, probably higher than spring, but next spring if you will long line troll some 1/32 jigs or especially Roadrunners over and through that Hydrilla I bet you kill them. Now your water may be higher that for what I do which is usually 6'-10' of water depth.

If you can find some Hydrilla where it near the edge of it now I bet you can do the same thing right now as long as it's say 13'-15' deep. Just fish as close to it as possible and yes your gonna hang some grass, but if you not doing that before they go to summer depth water your not going to catch many. If you just learn to love the Hydrilla you can still catch all you want. If you not catching some Hydrilla in a lake that has it before summer, then your not catching crappie!

Oh and once you find the water depth they are in stay on that contour and you will do well!

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[C_D]

Love the hydrilla, for the most part. Trolling is a no go in areas with Hydrilla as it is so thick the trolling motor cannot get thru it, Great for topwater bass fishing for sure. As for the Crappie, The water is to dirty to sustain hydrilla in water deeper than 5'. Average depth of the lake is 7-10. Now the old water hyacinth we use to get was fun to fish. Back when I had access to Lake Russell we would use a 12' pole with a gaff on the end, pull a hyacinth and drop a no alibi in the opening and give it a twitch or two. saw one over 3 pounds caught this way. Working to get access again.

I start my new job this week, will be in Albany Ga. 4 days a week so I will be looking for some locals to maybe meet up with to get some quick tips for that area.

[skiptomylu]

Well that is a lot different than here for sure. This lake before they started killing the Hydrilla with draw downs for other reasons. We had hydrilla in water as deep as 20' and mats all over the place, but early spring it was usually still down and had not come up for it's summer time and we could troll over it and out in 10' for sure it was pretty easy to fish it.

Yours sounds like a whole different thing since it stays in 5' or less and is thick all the time.

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