Pinchot Report
Bass fishing on Pinchot this week has been a little tough. It should pick up the next few days as the weather cools down a bit and we get some much needed rain.
Anglers doing best this week used a variety of baits. Rainbow Trout 5 inch Senkos worked well for some anglers. White Pearl soft jerkbaits worked well for others. The most consistant action is still on plastic worms though. Either 5 inch Slop Sticks in Junebug and Green Pumpkin, 10 inch Power Worms in Junebug or Zoom U-Tale worms in a variety of colors should get you some bites from hungry bass. The key the last few days has been to fish extremely slowly around isolated patches of grass and scattered rocks.
The grass beds on the flat (between the bridge and the campground) are starting to thicken up and that's where most of the bass are being caught. Tuesday night started off the Lunker tournaments. This past Tuesday there were 40 some guys that fished the tournament from 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm. 13 bass were weighed in. Winning bass weighed just over 2 1/2 lbs and second place was just over 2 lbs.
Crappie anglers are finding very few crappie and that is typical for this time of year. If you are going for crappie, target water at least 15 feet deep on main lake points. The fish seem to be suspended between 10 and 20 feet and are biting slowly.
Night action could be a little better. We did not hear of any hybrid stripers being caught this week. Catfish anglers reported doing pretty at night on chicken livers and shiners. One angler landed a channel cat pushing 15 lbs this week.
I waded a small creek Tuesday night for smallmouth bass. I caught quite a few smallmouth bass, some chubs, fallfish and a couple rock bass. Most were caught on a 1/4 oz Gray Shad spinnerbait. I also caught a couple of bass on a small AC Shiner 202 lure, a Baby Griffon Megabass crankbait in Ito Shrimp color and one or two on a MegaBass Pop X topwater bait in color Moth LA.
I did see one angler catch and keep a 19 inch smallmouth in the creek Tuesday night using minnows. Try to remember that some of these small creeks can only hold a small number of large smallmouth so put them back to fight another day so everyone can enjoy them in the future.
Have a great weekend!
Tim
Anglers doing best this week used a variety of baits. Rainbow Trout 5 inch Senkos worked well for some anglers. White Pearl soft jerkbaits worked well for others. The most consistant action is still on plastic worms though. Either 5 inch Slop Sticks in Junebug and Green Pumpkin, 10 inch Power Worms in Junebug or Zoom U-Tale worms in a variety of colors should get you some bites from hungry bass. The key the last few days has been to fish extremely slowly around isolated patches of grass and scattered rocks.
The grass beds on the flat (between the bridge and the campground) are starting to thicken up and that's where most of the bass are being caught. Tuesday night started off the Lunker tournaments. This past Tuesday there were 40 some guys that fished the tournament from 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm. 13 bass were weighed in. Winning bass weighed just over 2 1/2 lbs and second place was just over 2 lbs.
Crappie anglers are finding very few crappie and that is typical for this time of year. If you are going for crappie, target water at least 15 feet deep on main lake points. The fish seem to be suspended between 10 and 20 feet and are biting slowly.
Night action could be a little better. We did not hear of any hybrid stripers being caught this week. Catfish anglers reported doing pretty at night on chicken livers and shiners. One angler landed a channel cat pushing 15 lbs this week.
I waded a small creek Tuesday night for smallmouth bass. I caught quite a few smallmouth bass, some chubs, fallfish and a couple rock bass. Most were caught on a 1/4 oz Gray Shad spinnerbait. I also caught a couple of bass on a small AC Shiner 202 lure, a Baby Griffon Megabass crankbait in Ito Shrimp color and one or two on a MegaBass Pop X topwater bait in color Moth LA.
I did see one angler catch and keep a 19 inch smallmouth in the creek Tuesday night using minnows. Try to remember that some of these small creeks can only hold a small number of large smallmouth so put them back to fight another day so everyone can enjoy them in the future.
Have a great weekend!
Tim
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