I bank-fished there tongiht from 5:30pm to 7:30pm. I fished small wakebaits and small swimbaits only. Caught two bass and one pickerel. The lake is at full pool. Water is definately clearing up. If you've never been to this lake, the water gets ultra clear in the summer. Baitfish are all throughout the weeds. The grass and weeds in the water are greening up. The most amazing thing is the bluegill and redear in the shallows. The friggin' fish are gargantuan. They are bedding. Lots of really big panfish.

Here's my biggun for the evening. Caught on a Jackall Cherry Zero Footer waked next to a small foot bridge.

Hey Micro.

I saw a ton of bedding fish at the small lake I went to on the resort this weekend.  They mostly have green sunfish in there though.  They were ENORMOUS.  And a lot of them were up in the shallows off of the algae clumps.

This is the time to go out there with those bluegill swimbaits and flukes and stuff.  I need to try and find some time tommorrow morning if we get some sun today and the rain stops.  I work night tommorrow but have to go to the DMV   before I can get out.  Looks like I'll have to have my Mann's cranks and BPS shallow cranks ready.  

Good write up man.

micro - have you ever fished the intercostal waterway from the canal locks down to pocaty river and blackwater creek?...........was wondering what it is like, if you have.

No, I never have.  

micro - have you ever fished the intercostal waterway from the canal locks down to pocaty river and blackwater creek?...........was wondering what it is like, if you have.

Not many folks that I know fish the Intercoastal.  Most of us fish all the creeks and sloughs off of it.  Pocaty is full of stumps/structure so you have to be careful running "on step" in there.  

The Blackwater has a good bit of No Wake areas in it that you have to run to get to the back of it to find good water.  

You will find that a lot of us launch at West Neck Creek Marina and fish the creek or head south to the creeks off the River.

Its brackish water for the most part.  Boat traffic on the weekend is pretty heavy on West Neck Creek and the Intercoastal.  Lots of skiers and pleasure boats. In the spring/early summer and then again in the fall you will have lots of ocean type yachts running the river.  Makes life darned interesting because those fools don't slow down.

I have been fishing that area since '76.  If you get out that way I'm usually some where up above the bridge on West Neck Creek.  Look for a burgundy (red) Skeeter and it will probably be me.

Shortbasser

micro - have you ever fished the intercostal waterway from the canal locks down to pocaty river and blackwater creek?...........was wondering what it is like, if you have.

Not many folks that I know fish the Intercoastal. Most of us fish all the creeks and sloughs off of it. Pocaty is full of stumps/structure so you have to be careful running "on step" in there.

The Blackwater has a good bit of No Wake areas in it that you have to run to get to the back of it to find good water.

You will find that a lot of us launch at West Neck Creek Marina and fish the creek or head south to the creeks off the River.

Its brackish water for the most part. Boat traffic on the weekend is pretty heavy on West Neck Creek and the Intercoastal. Lots of skiers and pleasure boats. In the spring/early summer and then again in the fall you will have lots of ocean type yachts running the river. Makes life darned interesting because those fools don't slow down.

I have been fishing that area since '76. If you get out that way I'm usually some where up above the bridge on West Neck Creek. Look for a burgundy (red) Skeeter and it will probably be me.

Shortbasser

Thanks for the detailed info shortbasser!! great stuff!!

I went out this evening for 2 hours. I drop-shot fished around the fishing pier. Caught five. This one being the biggest. I made quite a spectacle of myself bringing this fish in. I was quite the contortionist trying to keep this fish out of the pier pilings. I was fishing with 6lb test and the drag set pretty low.

I can visually picture someone bending and twisting with everyone stopping view the show..........lol.

btw.....very nice catch!!!

I'm going to have to get my very first wet line at little creek reservoir. If you see someone out there chunkin away and then yelling and screaming because he caught a 1/2# bass..............it's me.