07-09-2006, 03:27 PM
As I mentioned a while back we were headed to Hills Creek State Park for a over the 4th camping/fishing trip.
It really ended up being more camping than fishing even thought we fished hard for 4 days I only caught 3 Bass. The bite was really off, even the Panfish fisherpersons were not getting anything.
There was not even any baitfish in the water except for a scarce Blue Gill here and there. I/we fished every piece of structure and weeds we could find but it just wasn't happening.
Fri I managed this 1.75lber on a Texas rigged Tiki Stick blk/bl flake with a 3/16oz bullet sinker off the point just out from our small launch area. Be advised these are the aftermath pics.
![[Image: 1.jpg]](http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j95/bassguy64/Hills%20Creek/1.jpg)
Saturday me and my buddy DR went out for 6hrs in his jon boat and fished hard but no matter what we tried the fish were nowhere, not even any baitfish as I mentioned earlier.
Sunday I went out at 6am in my toon and managed a nonkeeper under a laydown with a weightless senko (watermelon)...I thought I was snagged but when I pulled the line I had a fish on lol. DR and I went out later after I got back in the jon boat again and I managed this 2.75lber in about a foot of water with a Texas rigged Kinami Flash red/blk w/ 3/16 oz bullet sinker pegged. She hit it so hard I didn't even have to set the hook. I say it was over 3lbs but DR's scale said 2.75
![[Image: 2.jpg]](http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j95/bassguy64/Hills%20Creek/2.jpg)
We fished day and night for two more days after that, we fished topwater with alot of flashes at the bait but no hookups. We fished shallow and we fished deep and we fished stucture. I can't tell you how many times we changed baits/lures and I had 4 poles with me and he only had 2. I had a few times where I would just stare at my tackle and wonder what to throw...lol
So it was a challenged effort for sure but we had a good time anyways with only 1 morning period of rain. Now that I think back on it we shoulda beenout there fishin in it, maybe they were bitin then...lol
Lastly I am really beginning to wonder if they are trying to turn these local lakes into Muskie farms. Here is a link to what they have put in the two larger lakes here
http://www.nab.usace.army.mil/recreation...ng2006.pdf
Maybe I should start buying Muskie tackle, now wouldn't that be a treat in a pontoon boat...lol
Thanks for reading
Bassguy64
It really ended up being more camping than fishing even thought we fished hard for 4 days I only caught 3 Bass. The bite was really off, even the Panfish fisherpersons were not getting anything.
There was not even any baitfish in the water except for a scarce Blue Gill here and there. I/we fished every piece of structure and weeds we could find but it just wasn't happening.
Fri I managed this 1.75lber on a Texas rigged Tiki Stick blk/bl flake with a 3/16oz bullet sinker off the point just out from our small launch area. Be advised these are the aftermath pics.
Saturday me and my buddy DR went out for 6hrs in his jon boat and fished hard but no matter what we tried the fish were nowhere, not even any baitfish as I mentioned earlier.
Sunday I went out at 6am in my toon and managed a nonkeeper under a laydown with a weightless senko (watermelon)...I thought I was snagged but when I pulled the line I had a fish on lol. DR and I went out later after I got back in the jon boat again and I managed this 2.75lber in about a foot of water with a Texas rigged Kinami Flash red/blk w/ 3/16 oz bullet sinker pegged. She hit it so hard I didn't even have to set the hook. I say it was over 3lbs but DR's scale said 2.75
We fished day and night for two more days after that, we fished topwater with alot of flashes at the bait but no hookups. We fished shallow and we fished deep and we fished stucture. I can't tell you how many times we changed baits/lures and I had 4 poles with me and he only had 2. I had a few times where I would just stare at my tackle and wonder what to throw...lol
So it was a challenged effort for sure but we had a good time anyways with only 1 morning period of rain. Now that I think back on it we shoulda beenout there fishin in it, maybe they were bitin then...lol
Lastly I am really beginning to wonder if they are trying to turn these local lakes into Muskie farms. Here is a link to what they have put in the two larger lakes here
http://www.nab.usace.army.mil/recreation...ng2006.pdf
Maybe I should start buying Muskie tackle, now wouldn't that be a treat in a pontoon boat...lol
Thanks for reading
Bassguy64