Thread: Thunderbird archives

I've heard stories of T-Bird's glory days from many of people. I didn't start fishing it until the drought years. Last good year I had there was 2012. Averaged 10"-12" every trip out. Now it seems they are 7"-9" if not smaller. I had 2 good days last September double dipping the standing timber in the cove on the east side of the lake. Spawns years back I slayed them on the dam and around the water intake tower. The water is up so a lot of stumps and timber that were visible aren't now. Thinking the cove on the north west end of the lake before the twin bridges might be good now. It is stump and limb infested and when the water is down is hard to navigate. With the water up it shouldn't be.

Go back to work Ledge FACT .... I have a question I'm going to PM you, rdjj

That's not even your livewell!

Well thanks for the feedback and advice everyone. Seems like I'm not the only one having a tough go of it on Tbird, but it appears there's still fish to be had. Armed with that navionics map linked in another thread and my fish finder, I ought to be able to track the suckers down sooner or later. When I do I'll be sure to follow up.

Managed to catch a couple 9-10" right around dark this evening trolling rat-l-traps under the twin bridges. The water was practically boiling with 1-2" shad from 7:30-8:30

Fished Thunderbird last night and came up with a dozen keepers fishing minnows 5.5-7 feet down. When the bite slowed down I would jig em using the bobber to help. Only 4 of them were real big and one was pretty small as it swallowed the hook. All between 5 and 7 in the evening.

Thanks for the report jshain. Glad to hear someone is finding them. I have been lazy and havent even tried. Let me guess, they were under the bridge?

They might have been but we were in the south coves. Tied onto a buoy.