Lake looks as sad as I've ever seen it (roughly 2/3 the size of Union). Water seems quite stirred up. I had to wade out 80 yards just to get into like barely 3 ft of water for casting my bait out. Got there round 6pm. The bro-in law & kids along with my lady dunked some crawfish, nightcrawlers and even mussels from shore and played the waiting game while I took the belly boat out on the SW part of the lake... More like I just laid on top of the doughnut and used my arms for paddling. Caught a whitebass on a half a sluggo w/EWG hook way out there in "5 1/2 ft" of water. Did this because they seemed to be gulping stuff off the surface sporadically around me.
Got back just before dark to dig into some munchies.. As soon as it got pitch dark round 21:30 my lady got the 1st hit. Rod nearly flew in. She reels in a 20 inch wiper. Not bad... A couple missed hits later she gets a carp..
Her bros about 100 yds down the shoreline had a similar bite at the same time, but just a couple of wipers ranging from 18" to 22"..... And a carp too.. Go figure! Well, that was all she wrote. We left around 02:00 in the morning due to discouragement.
This lake is not worth going to if you're planning for a grand slam trip. Honestly, you're better off dragging a small boat out there and paying the boat ramp fee at Nee Granda. If you've got an easy to launch john boat, then I'll recommend trying deeper waters at NeeNoshe, but other than that, it's a gamble. Oh and BTW, they want GOLD for the gas in Eads.
Got back just before dark to dig into some munchies.. As soon as it got pitch dark round 21:30 my lady got the 1st hit. Rod nearly flew in. She reels in a 20 inch wiper. Not bad... A couple missed hits later she gets a carp..
Her bros about 100 yds down the shoreline had a similar bite at the same time, but just a couple of wipers ranging from 18" to 22"..... And a carp too.. Go figure! Well, that was all she wrote. We left around 02:00 in the morning due to discouragement.
This lake is not worth going to if you're planning for a grand slam trip. Honestly, you're better off dragging a small boat out there and paying the boat ramp fee at Nee Granda. If you've got an easy to launch john boat, then I'll recommend trying deeper waters at NeeNoshe, but other than that, it's a gamble. Oh and BTW, they want GOLD for the gas in Eads.