We had a pretty good time. Caught a few but there were definitely more fishermen that expected. I got one nice one around 2.5 lbs., got it on a zara spool jr. It came up from about 15ft. of water around some fallen trees. Funniest things is that when it came up with a large spook in its mouth a four inch bluegill fell out of its mouth and swam away. I am gonna get there again I hope this week or weekend coming.

Mike

Well keep us up to date... And good luck....

Thanks and I def. will keep youn'z posted.

Raystown can be pretty tough in the fall for me. I have been catching them scattered on wood. 2 feet to 20 feet. There is SO much bait in that lake, fall bass seem to scatter everywhere! We have been getting them on steep rock ledges into the channel too. I usually launch out of shy beaver. The lake is a lot different above the bridge. Almost like two different lakes.  Upper end is shallower and water clarity is always a little less.  She gets real clear and deep from jamescreek down!

Good luck guys, Jim

this is my lake! STAY OFF!! haha

last weekend and this past week. i have caught 4 fish over 5 lbs...and numerous smaller ones.

this lake is nothing like any other lake in the country.. have fun trying to figure it out.. its very hard..

Ill be out sat (pre fishing) then have a tournament sunday out of 7 points launch.

.. have fun trying to figure it out.. its very hard..

thats what makes it fun!

jim

yea.. i agree.. this year i have just started fishing my strengths and not fish so much "by the boooks" and it has paid off... tremendously!!

this lake is so different than any lake in the country.... so the books dont even matter n e way.. i concentrate my fishing on the dirtier water.. which is from James Creek up..

Thank you for the tips, even if you didn't to do it. LOL  I will have to try above the 944 bridge next time.  This is the first year I have fished the lake and I am not upset with what I have done so far, never been skunked but never any really nice ones.  Best so far was a 19in. largemouth.

Mike

if your out there this weekend, or anytime.. look for me.. i have a 201 stratos pro xl... w/ a 250 VMax.. im one of the only boats out there w/ a 250...

ME:

My Boat:

Say Hi, if you see me out there..

here are our 2 biggest fish in a tourny 2 weekends ago... the biggest (left) went 5.53  and the other was over 4.

the 5.53 (left, if looking that the pic)   My buddy in the pics is the one who caught both of them.. the 5.53 is his Personal Best.. it was awesome to watch him and be there to see his reaction..

Here is the update from my trip.... We got out fishing 3 out of 4 days... We didn't go out on Tuesday the 21st because it was supposed to be bad weather...

Monday the 20th we were fishing out of 7 Points, didn't do much all morning... We finesse jigged some ledges in the morning and threw everything at the weed beds directly across and north of 7 Points... Nothing... Most of midday and early afternoon was spent vertical jigging for lake trout but no luck... Around 3:30 we hit the point around marker 6... There are weed beds and it is realtively shallow there... 3 fish were caught there before the area went silent... 2 on a popper and 1 on a white and chartreuse spinner slowly reeled over the weed tops... Smallest was 16" and caught on spinner... The ones taken on the popper were 20" and 22".... The key to fishing this spot was to avoid the super shallows, and focus on fishing the areas that are about 5-12 ft deep... Stay off in the deeper water 15-30ft and attack everything in front of you....

Wednesday the 22nd we launched out of Snyders Run... Not much to say about this entire day... We threw everything at them and didn't see much action... Couple hits here and there but nothing took... Fished till about noon, then when we decided to troll while we ate lunch and relaxed...

Once again fish came in the afternoon...

We caught several smallies on Spooks and on a Rainbow Trout colored Husky Jerk... We were directly at the point where the #2 marker is... Biggest fish of the day was caught on the east shore near susquehannok on a bluegill colored Fat Rap... There are some weeds and rocks over there that we fished with little luck but I did manage to get a good smallie about 19"...

Thursday the 23rd sucked... Don't know if it was the cold front moving in or what but we got skunked.... Nothing, nada, zilch... Launched at 7 Points and we hopped from shallow point to shallow point back and forth all morning all the way down to the lower lake... We tried topwater, texas rigging, jigging the ledges of points, spinners, deep cranks, wacky style.... Nothing worked... We talk to a few other people throughout the day and no luck for them either.... The lodged we stayed at was run by a guide and apparently he didn't have any luck either that day(told to me by wife on friday)...

All in all I think we did pretty good going on to a new lake completely blind and I can't wait to do it again next year... A few of us are already planning on going back during the spring....

We stayed at a great lodge called 7 Points Lodge, which was great... Plenty of parking for boats and outdoor power hookups... Clean, well stocked, and very close to the water... About 4 miles to the launch at 7 Points, and it seemed closer then that... The gentleman that has the lodge is also a Striper Guide and from what I've read on striper sites, he's one of the best at the lake... Didn't get a chance to try him out but will next year....

Here is some further info:

http://www.7pointslodge.com

http://www.striper-guide.com/mainpageIE.htm