Posted By: leanin post
Waco still giving them up in deeper waters - 04/03/23 02:20 AM
we went yesterday for a few hours, had to figure out where they wanted to be. we checked a few shallow brushpiles on our way to the honeyholes just to see what was what, and didnt find fish shallow., we found fish from 23 feet deep, to 10 feet deep. the fish in deeper water were not relating to cover as much as the shallower fish,.
were getting the knack of the open water single fish targeting game. we caught abt half of our fish, just slowly meandering around an area that had a good amount of fish swimming around and zeroed in on the ones we thought we could catch. these fish were not in an active feeding mood (oriented diagonally in the water column looking up).
that so far seems to be the less likely scenario we have found the fish to be in. all of the fish we found were sitting horizontally in the water column and had to be coaxed into biting. the jig had to be right in front of thier nose, and held there. Natural colors and minnow immitations are still the best jigs to use in small sizes.
I really enjoy this time of year, because the main lake was mostly vacated. Most anglers are beating the banks in the creeks or in slews . not sure how thats going, they are likely catching a few.
I will toss a slip cork rig shallow now and then in an area that has historically held very shalllow fish, IF they are close to the deeper areas im canvasing over. What im not going to do is spend a whole day fishing shallow banklines
From what I saw as a spawn pattern on waco this year, I will not search any shallower than 10
feet in the coming weeks.
were getting the knack of the open water single fish targeting game. we caught abt half of our fish, just slowly meandering around an area that had a good amount of fish swimming around and zeroed in on the ones we thought we could catch. these fish were not in an active feeding mood (oriented diagonally in the water column looking up).
that so far seems to be the less likely scenario we have found the fish to be in. all of the fish we found were sitting horizontally in the water column and had to be coaxed into biting. the jig had to be right in front of thier nose, and held there. Natural colors and minnow immitations are still the best jigs to use in small sizes.
I really enjoy this time of year, because the main lake was mostly vacated. Most anglers are beating the banks in the creeks or in slews . not sure how thats going, they are likely catching a few.
I will toss a slip cork rig shallow now and then in an area that has historically held very shalllow fish, IF they are close to the deeper areas im canvasing over. What im not going to do is spend a whole day fishing shallow banklines
From what I saw as a spawn pattern on waco this year, I will not search any shallower than 10
feet in the coming weeks.