Now for today’s post; with
high water on the lake the trout fishing is out until generation slows, which
could be a while. Heavy rains have caused an overflow in the lake and the water
has to go somewhere so the tailrace gets flooded. This of course doesn’t stop
me from thinking about casting for the rainbow and monster gills incoming
spring.
My last outing in my boat this year was
roughly six weeks ago to mark some sandbar nooks on
Sandbars are prime targets
for big bull bluegills to search out in the spring to create spawning beds. The
sand is easy to move and creates a perfect incubator for the eggs.
I have landed some of my
largest bluegills from heavy sandbars, where sand has piled up because of wave
wash.
The site of monster beds
such as these can trigger a quite reaction from an avid bluegill fisherman.
I have never found more
than a dozen bluegill beds on Smith at any given sandbar. The fish are scatted
more in Smith Lake as opposed to smaller lakes. In a smaller lake, there could be as many as two dozen beds in one area.
After February I will be counting
the days until the spawn. I hope some you guys will join me this year in
casting a fly or popper towards the big bulls.