Fished the steps for three hours. From 11 to 2pm.
26 whites
6 blacks
2 crappie

Thanks for the report, fishytx. Sounds like a good day.

Thanks, it was a fun day. For one, I watched about 10 of them strike my bait. The water is pretty clear and I was fishing shallow in fast moving water. I was pulling fish out behind guys standing in the water. Literally right behind where they were standing. They couldn't believe what they were seeing. Lol.

The professor showing how it gets done!

Wow fishytx! Sounds like a blast! We were out there last Thursday with only a few caught, and a warmouth. Cool looking perch. Anyway, we lost a set of keys down by those rapids where the creek bends to the left, and then that deep wide part. Just putting this out there, in case somebody reading here found them.
Thanks!

Fish On!

I met with my wife's cousin at the steps, he asked if I could show him the ropes. So I hooked him up with one of my ultralight rods. We fished from 1:30 to 3:30 with blue bird skies. I ended up with a catch of 26 and he caught 4. He just couldn't get the hang of it. But there are a lot of fish up there right now.

Have the crowds thinned out yet?

Nope, it's been crowded since it's Spring Break. I was out there yesterday and managed to catch a few. Got my first few fish on the fly as well.

Congrats!

So I've been dealing with a bad chest cold, but I try to get out there on any day that I feel about half good. I went this afternoon for three hours and caught 30. That's three more than my best day this year, so now 30 fish is my target to beat. There is about a half moon right now and the white bass are moving up shallow in schools right before the sun sets. With that said, there should be one heck of a good bite when the sun comes up. So these fish are really moving around and trying to spawn. I was told that there has been a lot of spawning action going on last week and that most of the females have spawned out. I can only go by what others have seen because I haven't been going. I did see big schools swimming upstream today, so I know a lot of this information given to me today is true based upon what I saw today. My guess is this, we have about one week of better fishing still left and then the bigger fish will return to the lake leaving small males upstream to finish out the spawn.

30?? Hahah awesome and glad you feeling better! I just caught one on the fly Sunday evening after the big storm. Water was murky and fast flowing but I had fun.

Neat thread.

I fished the steps again. Caught 34 and all were released. I caught better quality this trip. The water is clear. Saw so many fish charge my bait and turn on it. Presentation had to be just right to get bit. Had several grab my bait and short strike it. With that said, I had better luck at hooking up in the faster moving water. I left before the fish turn on in the last hour of day light, I still had 2-1/2 hours of daylight left. The fish were moving around most of the day with the heavy overcast we had, so I found a bite just about anywhere on the river. Had a great day, wife got tired of hearing me say, I had so much fun today. But yeah, days like this just make me happy. I could do this everyday. More fun than any amusement park. But catching fish is my thing, just love it. And I'm not picky, catching any kind of fish is what I live for. Guess that's why I fish for numbers, it's all about catching. I don't like the fishing part, it's the catching part I enjoy. The fly rod anglers were doing good too. And there wasn't that many people on the river either. I had access to any place I chose to fish.

Went to steps Saturday, fished for four hours and caught 27. Unfortunately we are on the tail end of this years spawn. So now there are five times more small fish than decent fish to keep. Out of those 27 I caught, I might of had six good keeper fish, everything else was super small. Most small fish I've caught this year. Small or not, I still enjoy these fishing trips. Almost all of my catch was caught in shallow swift water, so the fights were great. I'm sure I'll continue to catch these whites as long as they are up in this river.

See everyone next season! I'll continue to practice casting the fly till then!