Dennis, those are solid. They look a bit different than the ones I catch.
They actually looked a little malnourished. Belly's were thin which is odd because the shad are everywhere. Huge schools.
I throw netted a dozen shad and had them in the live well to have for bait if trolling didn't work. Only got home with three! They ate the rest in the live well.
I throw netted a dozen shad and had them in the live well to have for bait if trolling didn't work. Only got home with three! They ate the rest in the live well.
Ha Ha. That is odd. How bad was the flooding up there?
All last summer the lake was 32' over normal pool, and this year, it was 18-20'. Gates in the dam were wide open all summer. Sandbass have a tendency to swim down stream in a current, so consequently the fishing below the dam has improved.
Mulvane Ks had a massive rain two days ago, with the city getting flooded. All that trash and debris is floating around the upper lake now along with driftwood. Idle speed only.
Mulvane Ks had a massive rain two days ago, with the city getting flooded. All that trash and debris is floating around the upper lake now along with driftwood. Idle speed only.
Dang. That's insane. Didn't know kaw was being that heavily affected. Probably junked up the public hunting areas too at those levels.
Any low areas would have been under water all summer, so yeah, probably messed up a lot of it.
Wonder if that affected fawn recruitment? It'd force deer and predators into a more condensed area increasing their run-ins.
It was a good weekend to be on the water!
We caught 59 fish total over two days. We had smallmouth, largemouth, sandbass, hybrids, one blue cat and one channel, all on crankbaits. This was Saturday's take home:
And this was Sunday's:
My buddy in the straw hat brought a flathead to the boat on Saturday that was about 18-20# that he caught on a jointed Rapala crankbait, but my bass fishing net was too small for it and it got off while I was trying to get my hand under the gill flap. I think I was more disappointed about not getting it in the boat for a pic than he was! Overall, it was one of the best weekend's we've had in several years.
We caught 59 fish total over two days. We had smallmouth, largemouth, sandbass, hybrids, one blue cat and one channel, all on crankbaits. This was Saturday's take home:
And this was Sunday's:
My buddy in the straw hat brought a flathead to the boat on Saturday that was about 18-20# that he caught on a jointed Rapala crankbait, but my bass fishing net was too small for it and it got off while I was trying to get my hand under the gill flap. I think I was more disappointed about not getting it in the boat for a pic than he was! Overall, it was one of the best weekend's we've had in several years.
I doubt it had much effect. They just moved into the private ground around the lake.
The ODW just finished planting the millet around the lake, so with the 7" rain in Mulvane, they are running the gates on the dam as much as the river will take trying to maintain level.
It was a good weekend to be on the water!
We caught 59 fish total over two days. We had smallmouth, largemouth, sandbass, hybrids, one blue cat and one channel, all on crankbaits. This was Saturday's take home:
My buddy in the straw hat brought a flathead to the boat on Saturday that was about 18-20# that he caught on a jointed Rapala crankbait, but my bass fishing net was too small for it and it got off while I was trying to get my hand under the gill flap. I think I was more disappointed about not getting it in the boat for a pic than he was! Overall, it was one of the best weekend's we've had in several years.
I'd say you had a hell of a good weekend!
