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May 27 Fishing Report

Written by Phil Lilley on May 27th, 2010
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The US Army Corp. of Engineers slowed the water down a bit the other day, and man we needed that to happen. It has been running high, clear and cold, 42 degrees, for a couple of weeks and it’s been tough fishing. One good thing is it seems the high water has washed out the heavy moss that was hindering our fishing back a couple of weeks ago. This generation patterns seems to become the norm as it’s been a few days since the pattern changed so great news for holiday weekend anglers!
The best bite continues to be early and late. If you’re in a boat, be careful. There’s fog in the morning and evening now because of the high humidity. Take a little more time getting where you need to go, take it slow and you’ll do fine.
Above Fall Creek, in the morning there’s a very nice scud bite using as big as #10’s but best is probably a #12 in various shads of gray If the water slows even more, drop the size of scuds to #14’s. There are some reports that say egg flies are catching fish but I have done poorly on the egg, catching the majority on the scud. I have been dragging it on a drift rig with a 1/4 oz. bell.
Throwing a 1/8th or 3/32 oz jig in brown, sculpin, white, olive or black, working the deeper banks and keeping the jig close to the bottom early and late in the day is producing the most and best trout by far. Try this technique above and below Fall Creek. We’ve been seeing quite a few new brown trout, about 12-13 inches long. They are stocked once a year in April and are as silver as a rainbow so it’s hard to tell the difference. Look for spots . . . if there are spots all over the tail fin, then it’s a rainbow. If the tail fin has no over jsut a couple of faint spots, then it’s probably a brown trout and has to be released if it’s under 20 inches. If it’s in question, release it. Rainbow catching is so good, it’s not worth the trip to Forsyth and big fine for keeping a sublegal brown.
Speaking of browns, we are seeing the big kind too. White 1/8th oz jigs or small to medium crank baits like Rapala or Rouges early and late int he day against bluff banks.
Below the restricted area, some very nice fish are being caught on the inside bends of the upper lake from Fall Creek down thru Cooper Creek, and from the high line wires above monkey island to the new 65 bridge. This continues to be a very early bite, tappering off to almost zero, as the sun gets high and the fog burns off.
Best bait by far is 1/2 of a night crawler on a drift rig, or minnows. Also will catch a bunch of smaller rainbows on Gulp Eggs and casting spoons and in-line spinners.

The US Army Corp. of Engineers slowed the water down a bit the other day, and man we needed that to happen. It has been running high, clear and cold, 42 degrees, for a couple of weeks and it’s been tough fishing. One good thing is it seems the high water has washed out the heavy moss that was hindering our fishing back a couple of weeks ago. This generation patterns seems to become the norm as it’s been a few days since the pattern changed so great news for holiday weekend anglers!
The best bite continues to be early and late. If you’re in a boat, be careful. There’s fog in the morning and evening now because of the high humidity. Take a little more time getting where you need to go, take it slow and you’ll do fine.
Above Fall Creek, in the morning there’s a very nice scud bite using as big as #10’s but best is probably a #12 in various shads of gray If the water slows even more, drop the size of scuds to #14’s. There are some reports that say egg flies are catching fish but I have done poorly on the egg, catching the majority on the scud. I have been dragging it on a drift rig with a 1/4 oz. bell.
Throwing a 1/8th or 3/32 oz jig in brown, sculpin, white, olive or black, working the deeper banks and keeping the jig close to the bottom early and late in the day is producing the most and best trout by far. Try this technique above and below Fall Creek. We’ve been seeing quite a few new brown trout, about 12-13 inches long. They are stocked once a year in April and are as silver as a rainbow so it’s hard to tell the difference. Look for spots . . . if there are spots all over the tail fin, then it’s a rainbow. If the tail fin has no over jsut a couple of faint spots, then it’s probably a brown trout and has to be released if it’s under 20 inches. If it’s in question, release it. Rainbow catching is so good, it’s not worth the trip to Forsyth and big fine for keeping a sublegal brown.
Speaking of browns, we are seeing the big kind too. White 1/8th oz jigs or small to medium crank baits like Rapala or Rouges early and late int he day against bluff banks.
Below the restricted area, some very nice fish are being caught on the inside bends of the upper lake from Fall Creek down thru Cooper Creek, and from the high line wires above monkey island to the new 65 bridge. This continues to be a very early bite, tappering off to almost zero, as the sun gets high and the fog burns off.
Best bait by far is 1/2 of a night crawler on a drift rig, or minnows. Also will catch a bunch of smaller rainbows on Gulp Eggs and casting spoons and in-line spinners.