arniejl
4/24/2011 5:58:00 AMYeah, I shied away yesterday. Too nice a weather=too many boats. But, I did fish pretty hard for the couple of fish I did catch there. I am also maybe a little less conventional while fishing American because, quite honestly, I do not know how to fish it. So, I just skipped a green pumpkin tube under docks all day, and because almost every dock on that lake is floating, that made it pretty hard. I would hit the long gang planks and skip my tube right up in there where they meet with the floating part. I would also skip it in under the same gang planks at every pile.
It was not very effective but did get me a few hook ups. Still pretty early yet, but with my track record at American, those were my best days ever out there:/
It was not very effective but did get me a few hook ups. Still pretty early yet, but with my track record at American, those were my best days ever out there:/
rockjiggr
4/24/2011 7:28:00 AMIt gets much better there as the water warms. Also, the early morning bite is usually the best time to fish for several reasons- less boat traffic, less wind, less light penetration. Mid day can be good there even with all the boat traffic. I think that the boat traffic drives the fish to cover making them easier to pinpoint. Also the wave action disrupts the surface so that the light penetration is reduced too. If you know where to fish, and in the spring its all about the docks, you can find them in the mid day. Of course, there is deep water cover too but it is hard to locate and even harder to stay on with all the boats in open water.