Scout'nStripers
Senior Member
Haven't posted in a while and thought I'd post a spring update for stripers and bass. For the past month or so I've been fishing the lake a good bit and I've had some good and bad days. About a month ago I followed a good group of stripers through the back of the creek and out. The bigger stripers stayed around for about a week and left. During that period I was able to catch a few on topwater as they feed at night and during the day for their spawn.
I ordered some bone colored Vixen topwater baits especially for the stripers this spring and the Vixens worked out great after I upgraded the hardware. My first big striper on the Vixen straightened a hook and the second big striper I hooked tore the hook and slip ring off the bait so I upgraded the hooks and slip rings and didn't have any more issues.
The stripers and bass have reacted well with the bone colored Vixen and I've caught some nice fish with it both shallow and deep this spring. I'd recommend keeping some kind of topwater tied on right now because fish have been surfacing and getting a topwater in them when they are up on the surface is a good way to get a few.
There are a lot of stripers out over deep water around the creek channel and pulling live bait on planers and freelines would probably do very well right now.
As far as the bass fishing, I've been fishing the creek a lot but also fishing up north. The bass are in spawn mode right now and I've been doing great with the smaller fish up in the shallows with small plastics and small spinnerbaits and getting some bigger fish in a little deeper water. Jerkbaits and some topwater early in the mornings are working but I'm getting most of my fish right now off the crankbait. I've been using a medium and a deep diver around rocky points, roadbeds, shallow reef markers and mud banks to catch my biggest fish in 10-20 feet of water. Water temps are in the mid to upper 60's right now and there is a pretty good bass bite. I was able to catch a couple nice stripers late last week on topwater very early in the morning on a point out in the main creek, mid creek area. Here's a couple videos and pics from the last month or so. The first video has some good video of some early morning stripers feeding on top. The last picture is a picture of the crankbait pattern I'm using for the bass with success right now.
I ordered some bone colored Vixen topwater baits especially for the stripers this spring and the Vixens worked out great after I upgraded the hardware. My first big striper on the Vixen straightened a hook and the second big striper I hooked tore the hook and slip ring off the bait so I upgraded the hooks and slip rings and didn't have any more issues.
The stripers and bass have reacted well with the bone colored Vixen and I've caught some nice fish with it both shallow and deep this spring. I'd recommend keeping some kind of topwater tied on right now because fish have been surfacing and getting a topwater in them when they are up on the surface is a good way to get a few.
There are a lot of stripers out over deep water around the creek channel and pulling live bait on planers and freelines would probably do very well right now.
As far as the bass fishing, I've been fishing the creek a lot but also fishing up north. The bass are in spawn mode right now and I've been doing great with the smaller fish up in the shallows with small plastics and small spinnerbaits and getting some bigger fish in a little deeper water. Jerkbaits and some topwater early in the mornings are working but I'm getting most of my fish right now off the crankbait. I've been using a medium and a deep diver around rocky points, roadbeds, shallow reef markers and mud banks to catch my biggest fish in 10-20 feet of water. Water temps are in the mid to upper 60's right now and there is a pretty good bass bite. I was able to catch a couple nice stripers late last week on topwater very early in the morning on a point out in the main creek, mid creek area. Here's a couple videos and pics from the last month or so. The first video has some good video of some early morning stripers feeding on top. The last picture is a picture of the crankbait pattern I'm using for the bass with success right now.
