High water , spooky fish and wind
I wanted a change so I fished a lake that was high and rising . Fish were moving a lot and chased them down with livescope . Moved around a lot looking for big fish just never found em . No two pounders any way . Had a couple nice ladies in a big camo boat from Altus pull up to meet me . They had saw my Crappie.com sticker and recognized me from my posts .
Fish were in some areas and other areas I saw none . Couple spots where I saw none even asked guys there how fishing was . They replied no good and I told them the fish were not there . Easy to see them on livescope if they are many there .
I caught and released about a limit and kept a limit for a neighbor that asked for a mess of fish . Several fishing brush could not believe they were not biting but I was steady catching in the open . One guy even asked to hang on my boat and see it on livescope .
The fish were moving a lot more than usual , guess high rising water . Still using Timmy Tom insert jig heads with a purple/chartreuse Umbrella Tube .
One guy asked about the length of rod I was using . If you got closer than 20' most spooked .Been flipping out 20' from trolling motor . Since I am about 5' behind trolling motor means over 25'. I am watching some shallower fish spook if jig hits too hard . Using a Huckabee Phantom 13' livescope rod. I have several feet more line out in my hand longer than the pole flipping a jig . If I go past that use a spinning reel on a Huckabee Hot Rod and cast to them . Most everyone I talked to was saying it was tough yesterday . I livescoped mostly at 20' with forward view set on 40'. Most fish in open water 18 to 20' suspended at 8 to 12' . The ones fishing brush were mostly using rods about 11' or less . Too close fish spooking .
