I went after work from 6:15 to 10:15 last night launching from Lakeside Bait & Tackle and fished up in the Rooty Creey and Cold Branch areas. This was my first time fishing Sinclair after dark and my first time in that part of the lake. I only picked there because it was closer to launch from than Dennis Station so I'd have more daylight. First off I forgot to grab a jacket and nearly froze in just a t-shirt. (Bet I won't do that again.)
Surface temps were still 75-78 degrees. I alternated between a crankbait and rubber worm without a bite until right at dusk. After that I started getting bites on the worms and stuck with that. I found a few good dock lights and caught most of my fish near them. I ended up with 12 largemouth and 1 striper. The striper was around 4 pounds. 8 of the largemouth were short fish. 3 were in the 1.5 to 2.5 pound range and the last one of the night was my biggest Lake Sinclair bass. I didn't weigh her, but she was 22.5" long. I'd guess around 6 pounds. She was near 441 straight across from Lakeside B&T right at the end of a pontoon boat.
I've been fishing lately with what I've heard called the "shaky-drop". A drop shot rig with a shaky head instead of the usual drop shot weight. Yesterday the first several bit the top worm....then later they started hitting the bottom one. Sometimes you'll get fish on both.
The big one last night tapped the bottom worm just as it hit bottom in about 6' of water. I felt her bite, but thought it was another little fish. As I waited for a split second to see if the fish was holding on or hopefully going to hit again - she rolled up swirling the surface of the water. It was then that I felt a good tug and set the hook. She started pulling drag pretty good, but didn't fight much. It turns out that she had bit and gotten hooked on both worms. That initial bump I felt and then the swirl and tug was when she rolled around and grabbed the drop shot worm. Fat girl was hungry!!
Surface temps were still 75-78 degrees. I alternated between a crankbait and rubber worm without a bite until right at dusk. After that I started getting bites on the worms and stuck with that. I found a few good dock lights and caught most of my fish near them. I ended up with 12 largemouth and 1 striper. The striper was around 4 pounds. 8 of the largemouth were short fish. 3 were in the 1.5 to 2.5 pound range and the last one of the night was my biggest Lake Sinclair bass. I didn't weigh her, but she was 22.5" long. I'd guess around 6 pounds. She was near 441 straight across from Lakeside B&T right at the end of a pontoon boat.
I've been fishing lately with what I've heard called the "shaky-drop". A drop shot rig with a shaky head instead of the usual drop shot weight. Yesterday the first several bit the top worm....then later they started hitting the bottom one. Sometimes you'll get fish on both.
The big one last night tapped the bottom worm just as it hit bottom in about 6' of water. I felt her bite, but thought it was another little fish. As I waited for a split second to see if the fish was holding on or hopefully going to hit again - she rolled up swirling the surface of the water. It was then that I felt a good tug and set the hook. She started pulling drag pretty good, but didn't fight much. It turns out that she had bit and gotten hooked on both worms. That initial bump I felt and then the swirl and tug was when she rolled around and grabbed the drop shot worm. Fat girl was hungry!!