re: New week, new Toledo Bend Thread

I'll outline what we caught and where over 3 days of fishing (Fri, Sat, and Sun) mostly around the state park and the coves just to the Northeast. Keep in mind, the water level was over 174 for the majority of our trip and we were fishing extremely shallow. So our pattern is more than likely impossible to fish at this point.

Friday - We caught 8 keepers. Mostly to the coves just northeast of the state park. This is the day it felt like we were fishing in people's living rooms. The fish really seemed to be enjoying all the 'new' water. Pops lost a giant at the boat. All fish were caught on sweet beavers and trophy hunters.

Saturday - I believe the final keeper number was 32. Again, we were in very shallow water. I usually had the boat in 3-4 ft of water and we were catching them in less than a foot. We fished backyards again as well as bushes in the back of the cove where the state park is. Pops had big fish again with a 6-4 and she was caught in less than a foot of water. This was just an incredible day of fishing. Senkos, centipedes, sweet beavers, yumdingers, brush hogs, ribbon tails, trophy hunters, all caught fish. The only thing that didn't catch a fish was a spinnerbait. As much as we tried to force feed them a spinnerbait, it never worked. We also had a couple other really good looking fish hooked but not make it in the boat.

Sunday - We only fished the morning but the final number was 12 keepers again split between the state park cove and the coves just to the northeast. Water clarity did not seem to matter at all. It was chocolate milk and we still caught them. Mostly senkos. Still in shallow water but the lake had dropped about 18 inches by then since Friday. Most of our backyards were out of the water so we were having to do the shallow bush thing by then.

Overall - It seemed like every boat we saw had at least one person fishing a spinnerbait and we couldn't get a bite on one. I'm not trying to say they won't catch fish out there, they just didn't for us. Again, our fish were very shallow and I don't know if that pattern will be available for you when you get there. The lake was steadily dropping when we left. We didn't find the clear/muddy water to be that strict of an attractor/deterrent. I'd almost argue sun/shade was more of a key with our bites mostly coming during cloudy weather or in the shade.

I still need to upload the pics but photo bucket is blocked at work for me. I'll try to do it tonight. Good luck out there. It's a very healthy fishery and I'll bet you figure them out at some point.