singingdog Posted September 12, 2015 Report Posted September 12, 2015 Got out on my favourite smallie lake yesterday. I was surprised to see that the shallow vegetation has mostly died back, sending the fish in search of water with more oxygen in it. We searched for awhile, trying flats close to deep water, rocky points, and transitions on the bottom. Finally found a pattern with all of the predator fish - LM, SM, Pike and Musky - cruising just below the surface over 20-30 FOW. Pattern of the day was a 5" plastic swimbait on a jighead, loooong casts and slow steady retrieve. The hits were super subtle, just an increasing weight on the line. Surprisingly, they wouldn't hit a jerkbait. Had 8-10 really nice smallies in the 18-20" range, a couple of decent LM, and a few midsized pike and musky.
Joeytier Posted September 12, 2015 Report Posted September 12, 2015 That's a productive outing...do you only fish from a yak?
singingdog Posted September 12, 2015 Author Report Posted September 12, 2015 I occasionally wade, but 90% of the time it's from a Yak.
OhioFisherman Posted September 12, 2015 Report Posted September 12, 2015 Cool! How far north are you? We just ended one of our hottest weeks of the summer, but the days are getting noticeably shorter. The cold front is hitting here with a high of 62 today, it was pushing 90 all last week.
singingdog Posted September 13, 2015 Author Report Posted September 13, 2015 Cool! How far north are you? We just ended one of our hottest weeks of the summer, but the days are getting noticeably shorter. The cold front is hitting here with a high of 62 today, it was pushing 90 all last week. Haliburton. It is definitely cooling off fast here
OhioFisherman Posted September 13, 2015 Report Posted September 13, 2015 Sing, there should be some good weather left. I am just guessing but the shorter days probably affects water weed health and growth also?
singingdog Posted September 13, 2015 Author Report Posted September 13, 2015 Definitely some good weather left. IMHO, the best smallie fishing of the year is in October. The trick from now until the water gets really cold is finding them. One day they will be on the bottom in 40 FOW, the next they might be right against the bank rooting frogs or busting minnows.
adam lancia Posted September 13, 2015 Report Posted September 13, 2015 Looks like things are posed t warm back up tomorrow so that should confuse the fish and us just enough to make things entertaining...
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