what to do?
 

Rain all day Monday and until late Tuesday morning.My rain gauge measured
right at 2 inches.........................I get to the lake at 1pm ,3 boats
on the waterand I think how lucky I am to have my own private lake.The lake
is at the end of "turnover" and with the water rising ,and clearing up [from
turnover] I look forward to a good day. After 5 hours of fishing every spot
I know and a few I'm not sure of ,or just heard about I get ONE lousy bite
on a miss cast into the middle of nowhere.....I even drop shotted for an
hour.In the five hours I fished, the water raised about 10 inches.. Changing
conditions has always been one of the hardest things for me to overcome.Its
like my brain just stops working. I confuse easily
If I had to live on what I catch,I'd be a skinny man
Ken

what to do?
 

Rising water is one of those things that are tough to deal with in any kind
of fishing, usually the fish are moving and in transition, especially since
the bait can continue to move and feel safe. Personally (depending on your
body of water) I would keep pushing into areas that you normally couldn't
get to, like the backs of creeks and coves. This time of year (post
turnover) the fish should be feeding on Shad (or whatever else you have for
baitfish), try soft plastic jerkbaits, or suspending stick baits (husky
jerk, long a, Rogue) cover a lot of water and find concentrations. Wood is
your friend as well as rip rap, they seem to hold heat and keep they offer
ambush points.
Hope this helps,

Chris
"Ken Blevins" wrote in message
...
Rain all day Monday and until late Tuesday morning.My rain gauge measured
right at 2 inches.........................I get to the lake at 1pm ,3
boats on the waterand I think how lucky I am to have my own private
lake.The lake is at the end of "turnover" and with the water rising ,and
clearing up [from turnover] I look forward to a good day. After 5 hours
of fishing every spot I know and a few I'm not sure of ,or just heard
about I get ONE lousy bite on a miss cast into the middle of
nowhere.....I even drop shotted for an hour.In the five hours I fished,
the water raised about 10 inches.. Changing conditions has always been one
of the hardest things for me to overcome.Its like my brain just stops
working. I confuse easily
If I had to live on what I catch,I'd be a skinny man
Ken

what to do?
 

Rising water is one of those things that are tough to deal with in any kind
of fishing, usually the fish are moving and in transition, especially since
the bait can continue to move and feel safe. Personally (depending on your
body of water) I would keep pushing into areas that you normally couldn't
get to, like the backs of creeks and coves. This time of year (post
turnover) the fish should be feeding on Shad (or whatever else you have for
baitfish), try soft plastic jerkbaits, or suspending stick baits (husky
jerk, long a, Rogue) cover a lot of water and find concentrations. Wood is
your friend as well as rip rap, they seem to hold heat and keep they offer
ambush points.
Hope this helps,

Chris
"Ken Blevins" wrote in message
...
Rain all day Monday and until late Tuesday morning.My rain gauge measured
right at 2 inches.........................I get to the lake at 1pm ,3
boats on the waterand I think how lucky I am to have my own private
lake.The lake is at the end of "turnover" and with the water rising ,and
clearing up [from turnover] I look forward to a good day. After 5 hours
of fishing every spot I know and a few I'm not sure of ,or just heard
about I get ONE lousy bite on a miss cast into the middle of
nowhere.....I even drop shotted for an hour.In the five hours I fished,
the water raised about 10 inches.. Changing conditions has always been one
of the hardest things for me to overcome.Its like my brain just stops
working. I confuse easily
If I had to live on what I catch,I'd be a skinny man
Ken

what to do?
 

Rising water is one of those things that are tough to deal with in any kind
of fishing, usually the fish are moving and in transition, especially since
the bait can continue to move and feel safe. Personally (depending on your
body of water) I would keep pushing into areas that you normally couldn't
get to, like the backs of creeks and coves. This time of year (post
turnover) the fish should be feeding on Shad (or whatever else you have for
baitfish), try soft plastic jerkbaits, or suspending stick baits (husky
jerk, long a, Rogue) cover a lot of water and find concentrations. Wood is
your friend as well as rip rap, they seem to hold heat and keep they offer
ambush points.
Hope this helps,

Chris
"Ken Blevins" wrote in message
...
Rain all day Monday and until late Tuesday morning.My rain gauge measured
right at 2 inches.........................I get to the lake at 1pm ,3
boats on the waterand I think how lucky I am to have my own private
lake.The lake is at the end of "turnover" and with the water rising ,and
clearing up [from turnover] I look forward to a good day. After 5 hours
of fishing every spot I know and a few I'm not sure of ,or just heard
about I get ONE lousy bite on a miss cast into the middle of
nowhere.....I even drop shotted for an hour.In the five hours I fished,
the water raised about 10 inches.. Changing conditions has always been one
of the hardest things for me to overcome.Its like my brain just stops
working. I confuse easily
If I had to live on what I catch,I'd be a skinny man
Ken

what to do?
 

Good advice there Chris.

Ken, when a lake takes on a large amount of water like yours you might try
areas where the water is coming in - oftentimes the water flow carries all
kinds of terrestrial morsels along with it.

Warren
--
http://www.warrenwolk.com/
http://www.tri-statebassmasters.com
2004 NJ B.A.S.S. Federation State Champions



"Chris Rennert" wrote in message
. ..
Rising water is one of those things that are tough to deal with in any
kind of fishing, usually the fish are moving and in transition, especially
since the bait can continue to move and feel safe. Personally (depending
on your body of water) I would keep pushing into areas that you normally
couldn't get to, like the backs of creeks and coves. This time of year
(post turnover) the fish should be feeding on Shad (or whatever else you
have for baitfish), try soft plastic jerkbaits, or suspending stick baits
(husky jerk, long a, Rogue) cover a lot of water and find concentrations.
Wood is your friend as well as rip rap, they seem to hold heat and keep
they offer ambush points.
Hope this helps,

Chris
"Ken Blevins" wrote in message
...
Rain all day Monday and until late Tuesday morning.My rain gauge measured
right at 2 inches.........................I get to the lake at 1pm ,3
boats on the waterand I think how lucky I am to have my own private
lake.The lake is at the end of "turnover" and with the water rising ,and
clearing up [from turnover] I look forward to a good day. After 5 hours
of fishing every spot I know and a few I'm not sure of ,or just heard
about I get ONE lousy bite on a miss cast into the middle of
nowhere.....I even drop shotted for an hour.In the five hours I fished,
the water raised about 10 inches.. Changing conditions has always been
one of the hardest things for me to overcome.Its like my brain just stops
working. I confuse easily
If I had to live on what I catch,I'd be a skinny man
Ken

what to do?
 

Good advice there Chris.

Ken, when a lake takes on a large amount of water like yours you might try
areas where the water is coming in - oftentimes the water flow carries all
kinds of terrestrial morsels along with it.

Warren
--
http://www.warrenwolk.com/
http://www.tri-statebassmasters.com
2004 NJ B.A.S.S. Federation State Champions



"Chris Rennert" wrote in message
. ..
Rising water is one of those things that are tough to deal with in any
kind of fishing, usually the fish are moving and in transition, especially
since the bait can continue to move and feel safe. Personally (depending
on your body of water) I would keep pushing into areas that you normally
couldn't get to, like the backs of creeks and coves. This time of year
(post turnover) the fish should be feeding on Shad (or whatever else you
have for baitfish), try soft plastic jerkbaits, or suspending stick baits
(husky jerk, long a, Rogue) cover a lot of water and find concentrations.
Wood is your friend as well as rip rap, they seem to hold heat and keep
they offer ambush points.
Hope this helps,

Chris
"Ken Blevins" wrote in message
...
Rain all day Monday and until late Tuesday morning.My rain gauge measured
right at 2 inches.........................I get to the lake at 1pm ,3
boats on the waterand I think how lucky I am to have my own private
lake.The lake is at the end of "turnover" and with the water rising ,and
clearing up [from turnover] I look forward to a good day. After 5 hours
of fishing every spot I know and a few I'm not sure of ,or just heard
about I get ONE lousy bite on a miss cast into the middle of
nowhere.....I even drop shotted for an hour.In the five hours I fished,
the water raised about 10 inches.. Changing conditions has always been
one of the hardest things for me to overcome.Its like my brain just stops
working. I confuse easily
If I had to live on what I catch,I'd be a skinny man
Ken

what to do?
 

actually , I fished just about every cove I came to, and all of them were
gushing with water. My plan was to throw a 4 inch weightless senko into
the stream and let it wash into deeper water but nothing was biting for
me .I also threw small single bladed SB w/o any luck
There is always tomorrow
Ken
"go-bassn" wrote in message
...
Good advice there Chris.

Ken, when a lake takes on a large amount of water like yours you might try
areas where the water is coming in - oftentimes the water flow carries all
kinds of terrestrial morsels along with it.

Warren
--
http://www.warrenwolk.com/
http://www.tri-statebassmasters.com
2004 NJ B.A.S.S. Federation State Champions



"Chris Rennert" wrote in message
. ..
Rising water is one of those things that are tough to deal with in any
kind of fishing, usually the fish are moving and in transition,
especially since the bait can continue to move and feel safe. Personally
(depending on your body of water) I would keep pushing into areas that
you normally couldn't get to, like the backs of creeks and coves. This
time of year (post turnover) the fish should be feeding on Shad (or
whatever else you have for baitfish), try soft plastic jerkbaits, or
suspending stick baits (husky jerk, long a, Rogue) cover a lot of water
and find concentrations. Wood is your friend as well as rip rap, they
seem to hold heat and keep they offer ambush points.
Hope this helps,

Chris
"Ken Blevins" wrote in message
...
Rain all day Monday and until late Tuesday morning.My rain gauge
measured right at 2 inches.........................I get to the lake at
1pm ,3 boats on the waterand I think how lucky I am to have my own
private lake.The lake is at the end of "turnover" and with the water
rising ,and clearing up [from turnover] I look forward to a good day.
After 5 hours of fishing every spot I know and a few I'm not sure of ,or
just heard about I get ONE lousy bite on a miss cast into the middle of
nowhere.....I even drop shotted for an hour.In the five hours I fished,
the water raised about 10 inches.. Changing conditions has always been
one of the hardest things for me to overcome.Its like my brain just
stops working. I confuse easily
If I had to live on what I catch,I'd be a skinny man
Ken

what to do?
 

actually , I fished just about every cove I came to, and all of them were
gushing with water. My plan was to throw a 4 inch weightless senko into
the stream and let it wash into deeper water but nothing was biting for
me .I also threw small single bladed SB w/o any luck
There is always tomorrow
Ken
"go-bassn" wrote in message
...
Good advice there Chris.

Ken, when a lake takes on a large amount of water like yours you might try
areas where the water is coming in - oftentimes the water flow carries all
kinds of terrestrial morsels along with it.

Warren
--
http://www.warrenwolk.com/
http://www.tri-statebassmasters.com
2004 NJ B.A.S.S. Federation State Champions



"Chris Rennert" wrote in message
. ..
Rising water is one of those things that are tough to deal with in any
kind of fishing, usually the fish are moving and in transition,
especially since the bait can continue to move and feel safe. Personally
(depending on your body of water) I would keep pushing into areas that
you normally couldn't get to, like the backs of creeks and coves. This
time of year (post turnover) the fish should be feeding on Shad (or
whatever else you have for baitfish), try soft plastic jerkbaits, or
suspending stick baits (husky jerk, long a, Rogue) cover a lot of water
and find concentrations. Wood is your friend as well as rip rap, they
seem to hold heat and keep they offer ambush points.
Hope this helps,

Chris
"Ken Blevins" wrote in message
...
Rain all day Monday and until late Tuesday morning.My rain gauge
measured right at 2 inches.........................I get to the lake at
1pm ,3 boats on the waterand I think how lucky I am to have my own
private lake.The lake is at the end of "turnover" and with the water
rising ,and clearing up [from turnover] I look forward to a good day.
After 5 hours of fishing every spot I know and a few I'm not sure of ,or
just heard about I get ONE lousy bite on a miss cast into the middle of
nowhere.....I even drop shotted for an hour.In the five hours I fished,
the water raised about 10 inches.. Changing conditions has always been
one of the hardest things for me to overcome.Its like my brain just
stops working. I confuse easily
If I had to live on what I catch,I'd be a skinny man
Ken