Fishing News - 2/23/03
Lake Weiss Fishing Report
DATE: 2-23-03
LAKE LEVEL: 563.8
LAKE LEVEL ON 2-21 : 560.6
NORMAL FULL POOL: 564.0
SURFACE TEMP: 50.0 on top, 50.1 2 foot down
WATER CLARITY: iffy, most of the lake is
non-fishable
FIRST OF ALL WE HAVE HAD A MAJOR RAIN.
THE LAKE IS RISING SEVERAL INCHES PER DAY
WE FOUND SOME FISHABLE WATER TODAY BUT NOT A LOT.
I AM UNDER THE OPINION THAT IT IS GOING TO GET WORSE BEFORE IT GETS BETTER.
CRAPPIE: First of all I am just one man. I cannot
cover the entire lake in one day. This is what I have seen in the last 2 days.
Saturday: I fished Dead Boy for 1 keeper. Wind
35-40 mph. Lake jumped up 2 feet overnight. Could not keep the baits in the
water. Pine straw, leaves, sticks and twigs everywhere. Moved to Trotter's and
killed them. 2 short fish! Basically the same conditions. Left Trotter's and
went to Godfrey's Island. Thought for a while I was going to have to get out
and push to get over the hump. The right finger is fishable, wind terrible. I
trolled form the country store about half way down the whole arm. Trolled 1
1/32 which at 1.4 in my boat is fishing about 3 feet deep. As the water
deepened I fished 1 1/16th. Went to 10 feet of water and had 1 1/32nd on, 1
1/16th, 1/16th & 1/32. Never marked a fish, never got a bite. But, Butch
put it on me hard, he had 1 non-keeper and he rubbed it in. Meanwhile, back at
the ranch, Harry fished Bay Springs, Churchouse and Sailboat. Quit fishing at
11:00 and he put on me and Butch bad, he had 2 keepers.
We have had not one but two cold fronts come thru.
We have had a lot of rain. The lake has jumped up almost 5 feet in 2 days. A
nail is pretty hard but crappie fishing is harder than that! It is going to
take a little bit of stable weather and they are going to turn on. Mother
nature waits for no man.
BASS: With the high winds and muddy water and the
cold fronts, bring a good book or a deck of cards.
STRIPE: My neighbor Jean, retired military, fishes
everyday for about 2 hours, rain or shine. He located some stripe in the mouth
of Churchouse about 100 yds out from the gazebo on the point. He caught
several trolling a 1/16th oz. with a crappie set-up. Blue seemed to be the
color. He also caught several short crappie along with some white bass
trolling 1.9. This was on Friday. He had his lines out approx. 50 feet using
Mrs. Cheryl's crappie jigs.
BREAM: High winds and muddy water, forget about
it.
WHITE BASS: Fished in Dead Boy Saturday, lot of
birds, but with the wind and stained water it didn't happen. I am sure they
are there but wind and leaves and whatever in the water I couldn't keep my
jigs in the water long enough to tell.
CATFISH: Commercial fishermen walking around with
a smile on their face so they are catching them. There was an elderly
gentleman fishing under the bridge at Cowan and he said he was catching them.
I don't think he lied to me, I believe he told me the truth. I saw him earlier
throwing a shad net so I knew what he was fishing with.
I am fishing Monday the 24th. I am fishing
out of Bay Springs. I do not have a clue what I am going to find. But, if
things change I will update the report. In fact I will update anyway and tell
you what I found and saw. As always if I can help anyone with anything just
give a shout. Thanks,
PS: We are going to start doing a fishing report on Neely Henry.
Neely Henry: It is quicker to mud up than Weiss.
Plus it gets all our muddy water. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to tell
that it's tough. One of the 3 of us will go down late this week and see what's
going on. Now if you will excuse me I am going to go throw up and take a
valium. Steve
Sincerely, Steve
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