Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Cedar Creek alive and well

Well after a horrible, wet, cold, rainy, snowy, windy, muddy end of winter, things are finally getting back on track. I spent most of March postponing trips, am glad I did, as late as early last week still did not have a good bite on anything. It's amazing how a week of warm, windy weather improves things. I ran 3 trips over this last weekend and had limits of big Whites and also a couple of limits of Hybrid Stripers averaging about 5 lb.s. I'm catching Whites on the Moe's Triple S Slab in chartreuse as well as the chartreuse casting spoon from T.N.T. Lures, both of these baits work extremely well in dirty water conditions. Also got lot of schooling fish on a 4 inch Sassy Shad in day/glo and speckled chartreuse also from Moe'sTackleShop.com. With the cloudy, windy days we have been having, it's just a matter of following the birds.
I also did a little Crappie fishing, found some nice sized Males holding next to concrete retaining walls in 2 ft. of water, I don't minnow fish but use jigs in many colors to fish many structures, Monday caught most of them on a bobber/jig combo fished parallel to the retaining walls.
As the water temp continues to warm will be soon throwing Rattletrap like lures next to windblown retaining walls, Shad will be spawning and will be right next to these walls and so will be the fish, precise casts are a must and have your drag set accordingly.
the next couple of months should be sensational for whatever fish your wanting to catch, if you need any help or just want a guide to show you the lake or don't have a large enough boat, give me a shout and let's go fishing.