Caney Lake 12/16, Saturday

Had an interesting day on Caney Saturday morning. I was on the water at dawn and fished until noon (only 'cause I had things to do).

At dawn I was the only boat out there, the fog wasn't too bad. I launched off the spillway side of the lake (the east end). Tried searching the spillway in 38 ft. of water - no sign of any shad or fish stacking up. Went to other spots I've seen people fish and still no sign.

Shortly after day break I see a boat heading west. I let him get settled, then I come over to see what he is fishing for. He was fishing for yellow bass with a spoon jig. It was interesting to me. He let me use one of his, but I got snagged and lost it within 15 minutes. :(

The yellow bass look like the bar fish I've been menaced by at D'Arbonne, but he assures me the biologist says that those at Caney are different. I apologize for not taking pictures of the 3 I kept. I put them in my pond. Here is a pic of the new pond. I just had it dug out in October. Last week I put in 1000 coppernose bream and have thrown in about 20 crappie so far. I don't plan on putting any more crappie in, but will put in about 50-100 bass in July.

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The exciting event of the day was the 2 largemouth bass I caught off of black and chartreuse tube jigs (of course super-injected with power bait by the bait pump!) The first bass was within the slot you gotta throw em back at (15-19") it was 18". The second one was 22" and weighed 6 lb 7 oz.;) I released this bass in my neighbor's pond.

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On a final note, remember my rear boat seat I lost last week. My son found it less than a mile from the house. I'm gonna have to be more careful in the future. They are expensive to replace! :mad:

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Fishing anywhere but Caney next week, unless I can get some good advice on where to fish this lake.

Nice pond you got there MudTurtle!
If you caught that bass on a jigging pole I bet your eyeballs were about to pop out of your head fighting that thing:p ! I was glad you found your seat until I saw it, looks like someone has been playing with that thing, like an 18 wheeler or a tractor:eek: :D ?

Caney can be a cruel host. I have been out there twice and not too much to speak off was caught. The yellow bass are HUGE out there. Neat the biologist says they are a different strain.

We always went out there after those giant Caney red-ears. And never got into them... I did catch crappie, blue-gill, and a few shell crackers but never into a huge school of mature fish.

I think the lake is so big and open that it's like finding a needle in a hay stack. I believe most the people that hammer the crappie out there build tops and concentrate them. There is a lot of natural timber in the lake however. And that is where I have caught the crappie and bream.

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Never got a good mess but crappie I caught were nice large black crappie.

Not much help but all I know... Oh yeah there is like a 50 or 60 foot hole in the first cove away from the dam. Supposed to be good on the red-ears the the heart of winter.

Dang nice bass by the way. Like the pond too. It's fun stocking ponds with fish you catch, we do it a lot at our farm too.

~Fishin' Magician~

MT, that is a nice bass! I like the pond too. I had a buddy that had coppernose bream stocked in his pond, they grow quick and are a blast to catch especially on a fly rod. If you feed them reguarly you can pretty much get them to bite any time.

As far as where to fish this weekend, me and Deacon and Randy are going to be fishing Larto friday. Come by and meet up with us if you can.:D

Fishin Magician - I fished that area you pointed to on the map, right near a bunch of staubs (old small stumps)...

BamaFan - Yea, my seat found the underneath side of a vehicle.

What a fight I had with an 11' crappie pole and 6 lb test.

Shadow - will you be there just on Friday?

Bye the way, forgot to mention that I release the bass in my neighbor's pond. It is 9 acres and will replace the other one I didn't release!:D

Let me ask yall a question. Is Caney Lake a wide open lake in terms of running the boat around and not having to worry about hitting some trees/stumps??

Caney Lake for the most part from the spillway is in deep water if you stay in the middle of it. What can be dangerous is getting around some of the entrances to the coves and on the west side of the lake, it is quite stumpy. Also there is one cove where it gets shallow quickly. I am not an expert for Caney though. I have only been on the lake about 10 times.

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Originally Posted by MudTurtle

Shadow - will you be there just on Friday?

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Yea MT, I have to do Christmas with the in-laws at noon on Saturday so it will be a 1 day trip for me. Just too far to drive to get back for noon--it is about 3 &1/2- 4 hrs from my house to Larto.