11-07-2006, 09:49 PM
Its not too late, the fish are still loaded in there. The bite is not "crazy" like it was though. I'd call it about average, good but not steady. The fish are dropping their eggs and suspending above the rocks, and they get moody faster when this is going on. A decent bite for the first couple of hours, then slowing rapidly. Forget the afternoons right now unless you can take one or two bites an hour. And, Saturday you'll have plenty of the dreaded snaggers out there as well if the weather is decent. If its windy, then you can't do very well anyway, though you'll have it to yourself if you can stay afloat.
I'd guess the fish will start leaving the beds in a couple more weeks, though there will still be fish on and around them for another month. So, they'll bite this weekend, but not like I was describing at the start of this post. Use the same jigs/techniques though. And now some bigger ones will bite once in a while as well! I got a couple over 20 lbs. out there "field testing" by myself late last week. Haven't been out since then though.
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I'd guess the fish will start leaving the beds in a couple more weeks, though there will still be fish on and around them for another month. So, they'll bite this weekend, but not like I was describing at the start of this post. Use the same jigs/techniques though. And now some bigger ones will bite once in a while as well! I got a couple over 20 lbs. out there "field testing" by myself late last week. Haven't been out since then though.
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