July 29 - Aug 1...

I figured since this trip tilted into August I could open the August fishing posts. Well, the new moon phase was very active. We started out trip out with a bang on Friday the 29th catching a PB 52" beast. Over the 4 days of fishing we saw around 50 fish, but only coaxed 7 to eat and a couple of those were peanuts. Lots of followers. All of our fish were caught on smaller baits. We had several fish follow 3 or four times on many different lures, so we know they were interested, but just wouldn't eat. I've seen similar reports from around the lake that attribute this to the late spring.

Most of the larger fish we saw (and caught) were from rock reefs. We saw more numbers, but smaller fish coming from the weeds. I know some big girls live in the weeds, but we didn't see them on this trip. We're just happy we got to hold a 52 incher and see her swim away effortlessly!!