Aug 06 2022
Doug Johnson
Fry
Fished this lake Aug 5th with partner Bill Lee. We encountered very stained water and lake appeared to be about 3 feet low. Not a surprise right now with our drought. I decided to fly fish only, while my partner fished with conventional worm rigs, spinner baits, and some topwater thrown in. Could not produce a bite all morning. Wind was dead calm upon arrival then picked up significantly. I fished Wooly Buggers to start with and produced nothing. Switched to a chartruese and white Clouser and immediately hooked into a 3 lb catfish. Only the second time in my life I’ve caught a cat on a fly. Put up a great fight on 5 x tippet and took a while to boat. The only other fish produced with the stained chocolate water was a nice Bluegill and a Threadfin Shad. Not a single bass was interested. We gave up early, about 10:30. I’m sure there are plenty of bass here but with the conditions we just couldn’t produce. Some days are like that.