(10-20-2023, 07:03 PM)doitall5000 Wrote: I've been itching to do gunlock for crappie. Never been there but hear good stuff. Large fish and easy to find.
Can anyone share some stories about there experiences? Best seasons and baits
Don't know how much you know about Gunlock in general. It has had it's heydays of great fishing for several species. But it was rotenoned in 2015 to get rid of smallmouth and some species were replanted. They have done well, considering the lake has been subject to great drawdowns with the prolonged drought years. I would check in with the DWR southern division or the Sportsmans fishing reports for that area before going down. (LINK TO REPORTS)
(10-20-2023, 08:37 PM)jjannie Wrote: Well Pat, you out caught us once again, but we're not surprised. Once we got too far away from you the walkie talkie didn't transmit far enough to talk with you. It must need new batteries.... So, using our 'normal' way of fishing we only managed 1 22" cat and 7 of those very young wipers. We covered the whole east side, trolled faster and slower, and doing S turns as well. So, no skunk for us but we had hoped to have better success than our last outing and I guess we managed that by getting the 1 catfish, LOL. We occasionally could see some marks we felt were a few perch so we'd circle through to give them ample opportunities to bite but that that didn't work. Still, we had a nice day none the less.
Our offerings of a FT (fire tiger) worm harnesses on bottom bouncers worked best for the catfish and most of those baby wipers on them. We put a FT flicker shad and FT Model A and only caught the wipers on it one time. Other than that, not much else to report.
Wow. I thought you guys were probably doing great and didn't want to stop the action to come back in at noon. Sorry to hear you didn't do better.
About those perch. I have also tried enticing them with a slow drag near the bottom without much success. But when I went vertical...in the marina...I did get a couple of quick hits, but lost both fish on the way up. I think I am going to do more vertical stuff on my next trip. That was the only way to score most of the time last year.
Looks like next week is going to bring in some colder conditions and maybe that will help.