SpurHunter, Parksville, Mixed bass, 8-2 & 3, 14, Heath J, Elvis

[SpurHunter]

I was determined to catch some topwater fish on this dang lake. Heath and I hit it Saturday morning and threw our arms out for an hour without a single bite in Greasy creek. We opted to find some different water and while running along I looked left and saw fish busting. We sped over, shut it down and before the boat came to rest, casted and both hooked up, white bass and a spotted bass. Over the next few hours we boated over 25 fish, including whites, spots, LM, and one yellow perch. We caught most of them in 35-40 FOW. One spot was over 3lbs, and all the whites were boat paddles, which I have not seen up there before.

Pop-R's and stick baits were the best, with a jigging spoon coming in second place. Lots and lots of fun chasing these fish, missing a bunch of bites, and loading the livewell.



Sunday morning I took my neighbor Elvis and we got there at daylight....and waited, and waited for the fish to do the same thing. It sucked,
I caught one white bass, and we only saw about 15 total busts scattered around. I couldn't even buy a bite going deep with the spoon like the day before. I have a love/hate relationship with this lake. LOL

 

[SpurHunter]

Here is what they were feeding on, I know there is supposed to be bluebacks in the lake, but Ive never seen one in person, and this didnt have any blue on it. Could be an alewife?

 

[fishinvol]

That's a blueback. Alewife are shaped just a little differant.

 

[jimwarden]

Nice job getting into those white bass and spot on top. It's hit or miss when they're going to break on top. Yes, that's what the blue back looks like. More green than blue most times. If you cut it open you'll see the black peritoneum meaning it's a blue back herring. We haven't found any alewife at Parksville.

 

[EricM]

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[Jmax]

That is a few good sammitches right there. emoHungry Good report Spur! Thanks for sharing. emoThumbsup Jmax

 

[Dbuff]

Great report that lake can be tuff

 

[Creek Chub]

Whoot!! Whoot!!!

 

[BassERT]

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[Fishin Fool]

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[porthos33]

I knew you would get on them eventually! I caught quite a few white bass too up there. While we were at camp I went and got some red worms and the kids had a ball catching the bluegill and then they found a spot that had a ton of the yellow perch. It's always good to see those yellow perch. They are such a beautiful fish!

 

[SpurHunter]

WOw, these cool to find the perch this time of year!

 

[BILL DANTZ]

Good report, man those northern perch are tasty!

 

[bass1090]

Nice job !