We launched from Chaney point and spent the morning between Chaney and Dale Creeks. We noticed quite a bit of top-water activity around the banks and timber on either side of the creek, leading out to the main lake. A Gold 3" spoon and a 1/2 oz White/Chartruese, Booyah Tux & Tails Spinner bait seemed to work best for us in these conditions.As the morning wore on, we moved out to the main lake and hit a few points. We ran into a bevy of boats on these points, all struggling (to some extent) to maintain their positions in the face of the northern winds (Chaney Point is on the south-side, therefore, lots of open water for the wind to traverse). A few of these boats seemed to be locked onto a school of bass.. I watched two boats pull in 5-8 fish in 30 minutes... however, every fish I saw seemed to be small... probably even under the 14" minimum.. so, we moved on...which, we probably shouldn't have...in hindsight...small fish are better than donating lures to the timber army.
So, although we had yet another blast and witnessed troves of fish be landed, we didn't have as productive of a weekend as we would have liked..but, that's why we obsess and spend tons of $ on this hobby...I just can't get it off my mind...
This weekend, back to the lake... not quite sure where I will fish (depends upon the amount of participants in this weeks' tournament, The Lake Fork Rat-L-Trap Shootout.. need to fix our live well, so I can start joining these tourneys! (it will not fill up! - ARGH)
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