I went out yesterday, after having a couple rough days. So thoroughly in a bad mood, I figured that if I went out solo, I at least couldn't ruin another's day.
I hit the water about 7:30 and ran north on the lake to the Kentucky line. There are some islands up there that last year produced very well for Lil Mule and I. Shutting down well away, I eased in to the shoreline of the island only to find no weeds at all! I tried a Carolina Rig and a jig where I had marked some fish on a point. I couldn't get bit.
I checked out another area that should have held a bunch of grass, and there was little if any grass there too. And no fish that would bite either…
I then ran to the bridge and pitched a senko style lure rigged wacky, and I picked up a short, 14″ bass. But that was only one of three bites at the bridge, both from the pilings, as well as from the rock/rubble shoreline.
I then worked around the corner, heading east along the highway on the north side. Throwing spinnerbaits and alternating with a Carolina Rig, I worked my way east and north along the east shoreline all the way to the small island, nothing!
From there I went and hit some main lake points with a Carolina Rig and while I got a couple bites, no fish… They just hit it once and drop it!
Then I went south of the bridge and fished a little cove that has produced in the past. While I did see some shad bust, spinnerbaits, flukes, stickbaits and the C-rig went untouched.
Further south is another bay with a long slinky point. I fished both sides of the point with a C-rig for nothing.
Inside the bay was a different story though. There was some funky looking grass in the inside bend. I threw a pearl fluke and on about the third cast, it got hammered. Finally a solid hookup and a largemouth just shy of three pounds came and went into the boat. Fish #2 bit in about three feet of water.
I flipped, pitched and skipped various lures underneath two of the boat docks without any success.
From there I went to Hole #7, only there were no weeds and no fish in the usual spot, and there wasn't anything I could find on the break either.
From Hole #7, I then went back to the highway bridge, only this time I went east on the south side of the bridge. Normally, the back end of the bay is chock full of weeds and I've pulled fish from there in the past. This time, there were no weeds and no fish.
By this time, I was hot, sweaty, slightly sunburnt and it was 2:30 in the afternoon. So I headed back to the ramp. Weatherwise, it wasn't all that bad. The air temp was 88 and the water temps according to my boat was 86.5 degrees.
I talked to three other guys back at Paris Landing. One guy caught a couple short fish, one guy didn't catch anything and the other caught one….
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