Posted By: Ron Douthit
Cedar Creek November 1st 2022 - 11/02/22 03:34 PM
For various reasons (lake 5 ft low and a dry boat dock being #1) I haven't been out since Oct 10th. I decided to let the latest front settle for a couple days and it looked like Tuesday was going to be one of the better days.
Summary: Air temps 60 to 72, Water temp 64 - 67 degrees, 25 keepers, 4 unders in 5 hrs 15 min (9am - 2pm). Lure: ghost minnow thump chubbie on 1/8 oz pink jig head. Depth 12 - 17 FOW.
Since I haven't been out recently, I really wasn't sure where to start so I just picked some spots that were decent last fall. I fished brush on under water points/humps, main lake points, mouths of creeks in 8 - 20 FOW etc... I can't really say I identified a pattern which is one of the things I don't like about this time of year. Fish just seem to be scattered. I had to brute force a limit by hitting as many spots as possible. I only fished spots that had nearby access to both shallow and deep water. It was a feast or famine day ... a lot of spots I hit had no fish. The first two spots I hit were completely dry. These were underwater humps with many piles which have ridges nearby and brush at various depths. One of my favorite summer/fall/winter spots has a long 30 degree slope from 8 ft to 25 ft and bush at both the top and bottom. Fish usually like to hang out on that slope but there was nothing there. I next moved to brush at the mouth of a creek and caught a couple dinks and one keeper in 17 FOW. Moved to another creek mouth and caught 8 nice keepers in 15 - 18 FOW on a slope. Unfortunately I just don't have a lot of spots marked like this so I couldn't try to repeat that pattern. This is a cove that has deep water way back in the cove where there are two forks. Maybe that was the pattern for the day but without a similar spot I wasn't able to replicate it.
Anyway, it was a beautiful fall day with light winds. I took my lunch and had planned to do some sandbass/hybrid fishing if I got my limit early but that didn't happen.
Summary: Air temps 60 to 72, Water temp 64 - 67 degrees, 25 keepers, 4 unders in 5 hrs 15 min (9am - 2pm). Lure: ghost minnow thump chubbie on 1/8 oz pink jig head. Depth 12 - 17 FOW.
Since I haven't been out recently, I really wasn't sure where to start so I just picked some spots that were decent last fall. I fished brush on under water points/humps, main lake points, mouths of creeks in 8 - 20 FOW etc... I can't really say I identified a pattern which is one of the things I don't like about this time of year. Fish just seem to be scattered. I had to brute force a limit by hitting as many spots as possible. I only fished spots that had nearby access to both shallow and deep water. It was a feast or famine day ... a lot of spots I hit had no fish. The first two spots I hit were completely dry. These were underwater humps with many piles which have ridges nearby and brush at various depths. One of my favorite summer/fall/winter spots has a long 30 degree slope from 8 ft to 25 ft and bush at both the top and bottom. Fish usually like to hang out on that slope but there was nothing there. I next moved to brush at the mouth of a creek and caught a couple dinks and one keeper in 17 FOW. Moved to another creek mouth and caught 8 nice keepers in 15 - 18 FOW on a slope. Unfortunately I just don't have a lot of spots marked like this so I couldn't try to repeat that pattern. This is a cove that has deep water way back in the cove where there are two forks. Maybe that was the pattern for the day but without a similar spot I wasn't able to replicate it.
Anyway, it was a beautiful fall day with light winds. I took my lunch and had planned to do some sandbass/hybrid fishing if I got my limit early but that didn't happen.