Fishing Time: 8:00 AM to 1 PM
Weather: Mostly sunny, breezy, T- 90s
Location: Newton Reservoir
Moon Phase: 11% Moon
Best Baits: Spinnerbait and Texas rigged senko
Who Went: Bobber John, Chad Fuller, Dunc
Rumor has it that Newton Reservoir is back with some healthy
Tiger Musky. I figured we would go up and
give it a shot. The weather was good
with only a slight breeze. The water was
pretty stained and from what I was told that was new from a week ago. Not sure how that affected our fishing, but
it may have been a factor.
Chad started with a spinnerbait, I used a swimbait, and John was fishing for panfish with a marabou jig under a bobber. Chad was the first to score a chunky little largemouth bass.
After that John got
into some decent sized bluegills. I
continued to throw the swimbait hoping for a Tiger, but never got a sniff. Chad had one follow his spinnerbait, but wouldn’t
commit.
I finally gave in and switched to bass fishing. On my first cast with a Texas rigged watermelon senko I landed a nice female full of eggs that was ready to spawn.
I coaxed one more largemouth with
a senko off the dam rip rap, but that was it for the day for me. Chad switched
to the slip bobber and added a couple more bluegill.
By 1 pm the heat became to much and we loaded the boat and headed home. No Tigers were caught, but we had a good time and it felt good to have the boat on the water again. It’s been awhile.
