03-29-2011, 08:28 PM
My older brother and I headed down to Sand Hollow on Thursday night.
Friday morning the air temp was 42 degrees at 7 am launch, water temp was 49-50 degrees. We fished for about 3 hours and boated 3 fish, nothing very large. The fish were scattered and the bite was soft. We probably would have caught more but the electric motor stopped working and the wind started to blow pretty hard.
Saturday morning we found colder water and colder air. Rain picked up early and we got real wet. We caught 10 fish and left around 11 am. Fish were scattered but a little more active.
Sunday and Monday brought better weather but poorer fishing. The bass seemed to have moved out to deeper water and were more scattered and less willing to play. I don't think we ever marked more than 2 fish on the graph at the same time. We tried everything from crankbaits, spinnerbaits, chatterbaits, lizards, etc. The most productive thing was finesse fishing a 5" worm texas rigged and fished off the bottom very slow.
Water temp when we left on Monday morning was still a chilly 51.5 degrees.
This week's forecast calls for warmer weather and a more stable pattern. Fishing should just continue to improve down there each day.
We are heading back down in June and I already can't wait.
Here are a few pics:
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Friday morning the air temp was 42 degrees at 7 am launch, water temp was 49-50 degrees. We fished for about 3 hours and boated 3 fish, nothing very large. The fish were scattered and the bite was soft. We probably would have caught more but the electric motor stopped working and the wind started to blow pretty hard.
Saturday morning we found colder water and colder air. Rain picked up early and we got real wet. We caught 10 fish and left around 11 am. Fish were scattered but a little more active.
Sunday and Monday brought better weather but poorer fishing. The bass seemed to have moved out to deeper water and were more scattered and less willing to play. I don't think we ever marked more than 2 fish on the graph at the same time. We tried everything from crankbaits, spinnerbaits, chatterbaits, lizards, etc. The most productive thing was finesse fishing a 5" worm texas rigged and fished off the bottom very slow.
Water temp when we left on Monday morning was still a chilly 51.5 degrees.
This week's forecast calls for warmer weather and a more stable pattern. Fishing should just continue to improve down there each day.
We are heading back down in June and I already can't wait.
Here are a few pics:
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