Fishing News - 3/27/03
Lake Weiss Fishing Report
DATE: 04-02-03
LAKE LEVEL: 562.5
NORMAL FULL POOL: 564.0
SURFACE TEMP: 51 on top and 60 2 foot down,47
yesterday
WATER CLARITY: Good
CRAPPIE: The crappie want to spawn. Had 48 keepers
on Saturday trolling Godfrey's Island and Dead Boy and Waterhouse. Had 15 on
Sunday after the cold front and the high winds. Had 2 on Monday, surface temp
dropped 21 degrees as did my body temp. We were catching crappie in shallow
water pulling a 1/32nd at 2.5. When I say catching we were catching.100-150
per day.20-40 keepers. But, that has come to a screeching halt. The shallow
crappie we were catching a few days ago had started turning black, (spawning
colors). Sunday's fish had their spawning colors 10 feet deep in 12 feet of
water. With the temps warming throught out the week, by the latter part of the
week, things should be back to normal. Which means fishing a foot deep in 2
foot of water. Jigs or minnows, trolling or throwing a float.
For you trollers, short casts 1/32nd oz jig,
blue and bubble gum. For you minnow fishermen, throwing a float up on the bank
and bring her back slow. Most of the docks have brush around them. Look for
rod holders on the dock and the direction they are pointed and these secret
brush piles are no longer secret anymore. Around and under the docks will also
be productive. Should catch large numbers but a limited number of keepers. I
would strongly recommend that you mash the barb off your hooks so you do less
damage to the short fish.
There are some poachers, they are stealing from
you and me. Report them immediately to Game Watch 1-800-272-4263. If we leave
the 9+ fish alone we will not have a fish shortage.
BASS: Bass are not actually doing that bad. 1/2 oz
Rat'l Trap, chrome and blue. Shallow points and humps. Pig-n-jig crawdad color
around the rocks.
STRIPE: This is the first year that I have not
seen the birds diving on the stripe. I have picked up a few in the mouth of
Pine Cone and a few down the Slackland beach area trolling for crappie. When I
get on them I will let you know.
BREAM: Bream are on their pre-spawn pattern on
Guntersville. They are suspended 4 feet deep in 5-6 feet of water. Gravel
bottom, structure and rocks. Wax worms work the best. One of my guides limited
out by 3:00 3 days in a row.
CATFISH: A lot of catfish shallow, suspended in
with the crappie. A lot of catfish being caught around the fish cleaning
stations, some of them huge. You bank fishermen need to take advantage of
this.
The water is still about 2 foot low. Just enough
to make you over-confident. Be careful. No 1/2 off prop sales. Our out of
state guests are off about 60% due to the slow fishing the last couple of
years. A lot of business are hurting. Lets try to be extra friendly to them.
We need them. Without their tax revenue we are hurting and so are the business
in Centre. If I can be of any help, I do not mind answering your questions. I
would like you to ask them on the chat board so that in answering your
question I am answering a whole lot of questions
Sincerely, Steve
www.lakeweissguideservice.com 256-927-6617
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