02-06-2014, 10:00 AM
<br /> Heard a good report or 2 and decided to see if we could boat a biggun&#39;.<br /> Put in at Grasshopper and after crossing the Hiawassee knew that it might be tough due to the muddy water rolling down.<br /> The water temp at the ramp was 41-42 and the water was plum muddy. There was a ton of bait and fish showing up mid way back into the creek but no takers. Worked our way further back and found that the water was warming a little and starting to clear up. Once we got into about 4-5 fow and the clear line was pushing into the mud we caught a 15 incher and then a 3 lber. A few casts later Cliff lost a decent fish. All of these hit 3/4oz traps (red eye in gold and LVR in craw).<br /> Went across the lake to Sale Cr. and found it to be a mud hole until we got under the bridge and around the bend. It started to clear a little and we managed to catch a few more on medium cranks. There were over 1000 sand hill cranes back there that were raising cain!<br /> We ventured down the lake and started hitting pockets with clearer water coming in and birds working the bait. Managed to catch another 15 incher and a few more dinks but nothing to brag about. We found water as warm as 46 in the back of a couple of creeks. The sonar showed a lot of fish in likely spots and as soon as it clears up some things should break loose!