To kick-off the fishing season Bennie our Camp Manager went out for a pre-season fishng weekend.  Here’s a really good report on what he caught while fishing under the last quarter of the new moon. 

Friday, September 11 – 1 fisherman

6:30 am – 8 am

Caught 16 fish with white and green bush bait, all 3 to 4 pounders in not too clear shallow water.

8 am – 10 am

Fished with ¼ oz. chartreuse spinner bait and yellow trailer worms and caught 8 – 3 to 4 pounders and 2 – 6 pounders.

11 am – noon

Caught 1 big 8.5 pound fish using large white Zara Spook bait in 10ft. of deep clear water.

5 pm – 7 pm

Used green worm lizard and caught 8 fish all 4 to 5 pounders. 

Used spinner bait to catch 6 fish all 4 to 5 pounders. 

Used crank bait to catch 12 fish all 4 to 5 pounders.

7 pm – 7:30 pm

Caught 1 big 8.7 pound fish using Zara Spook.

Saturday, September 12 – 2 fishermen

6:30 am – 9:30 am

All top water action using Zara Spook, buzz bait, poppers, Senko, and frogs and caught 40 fish all 5 to 6 pounders in shallow water.

9:30 am – noon

Used white ½ oz. spinner bait in 10 ft. of water and caught 12 fish all 4 to 6 pounders, plus 1 – 7 pound fish.  Used Rat-L-Trap in chrome, blue and black for 10 fish all 4 to 6 pounders.

5 pm – 8 pm

Top water action using Zara Spook, yellow Magic and buzz bait for 55 fish all 5 to 6 pounders in shallow water.

Sunday, September 13 – 1 fisherman

Magic (yellow) – 45 fish all 5 to 6 pounders

Zara Spook – 2 fish both 7 pounds

Chuck Bait – 1 fish weighing 9 pounds

10:30 am – 12:30 pm

¼ oz. crank bait, ½ oz. and ¾ oz. Rat-L-Trap for 25 fish all 4 to 6 pounds.

SUMMARY

Friday – 1 person fishing – no fish under 3 pounds counted

3 to 4 pounds – 24 fish

4 to 5 pounds – 26 fish

6 pounds – 2 fish

8.5 pounds – 1 fish

8.7 pounds – 1 fish

Total number of fish 3 pounds or larger is 54 for estimated total weight of 230.2 pounds.  Top 5 fish caught weighted 34.2 pounds.

Saturday – 2 persons fishing

4 to 6 pounds – 22 fish

5 to 6 pounds – 95 fish

7 pounds – 1 fish

Total fish over 3 pounds – 118 for estimated total weight of 639.5 pounds.  Top 5 fish caught weighed 31 pounds.

Sunday – 1 person fishing

4 to 6 pounds – 25 fish

5 to 6 pounds – 45 fish

7 pounds – 2 fish

9 pounds – 1 fish

Total number of fish caught 73 for estimated total weight of 395.5 pounds.  Top 5 fish weighed 35 pounds.