03-17-2014, 01:21 PM
Pondered heading down there since it has been almost 2 years since the last time I launched out of Cottonwood. Great report. Good to know where the lake is at.
I hit Mead on Friday the 14th solo since Madi was in school. Almost all the same up there as Mohave. Water temp at sunrise was 55 at Echo. Water clarity certainly wasn't what I am use to. Maybe the wind tore it up some from the previous week. Several times I was over structure in 13-16 feet of water and I couldn't visually see the structure. The fish haven't moved up at all anywhere. Zero indications of even a pre-emptive SMB bed anywhere. I hit a ton of spots and just couldn't find a thing. I got one smallie on a Jerk Bait right there in Echo Marina in 30 feet of water at sunrise and then a 4lb LMB and a 3lb SMB later on in the morning on Strike King 6XD cranks fishing in 20-25 feet of water. I eventually ran into a huge school of Stripers so quickly bagged enough for dinner on 6XD and 10XD cranks then back to chasing the bass with zero luck. I worked my tail off for very little in the landing net. Only lost one fish all day and it was on a 1-3/16oz deep dweller spinnerbait. The fish are still deep and hard to find... Tossing those big azz baits all day sure can work one! I was beat the next day and got very little done around the house...
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I hit Mead on Friday the 14th solo since Madi was in school. Almost all the same up there as Mohave. Water temp at sunrise was 55 at Echo. Water clarity certainly wasn't what I am use to. Maybe the wind tore it up some from the previous week. Several times I was over structure in 13-16 feet of water and I couldn't visually see the structure. The fish haven't moved up at all anywhere. Zero indications of even a pre-emptive SMB bed anywhere. I hit a ton of spots and just couldn't find a thing. I got one smallie on a Jerk Bait right there in Echo Marina in 30 feet of water at sunrise and then a 4lb LMB and a 3lb SMB later on in the morning on Strike King 6XD cranks fishing in 20-25 feet of water. I eventually ran into a huge school of Stripers so quickly bagged enough for dinner on 6XD and 10XD cranks then back to chasing the bass with zero luck. I worked my tail off for very little in the landing net. Only lost one fish all day and it was on a 1-3/16oz deep dweller spinnerbait. The fish are still deep and hard to find... Tossing those big azz baits all day sure can work one! I was beat the next day and got very little done around the house...
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