8-1-20
Hello fellow anglers! I hope you and your families are doing well. I’ve had a pretty good week in general, and I have been able to go fishing 5 times in the past week. Most of my trips are at night when the weather is cool, only spending about four hours per trip out there which includes the hike and time spent fishing.
I made a total of 4 trips to Vista Point last week. I was able to land 10 fish (1 Largemouth bass weighing 1.60 lbs. & 9 Stripers weighing roughly 1 lb. each) all caught on jerkbait lures. I don’t catch on all of my trips, as one of the days at Vista Point produced absolutely no action for me. I was able to land one Striper yesterday in about 3 hours of fishing, which was a relatively slow session. The other two days were better days which helped me produce the other 9 fish.
Also last week, I connected with some new anglers. They met me for the first time by hiking down to the picnic area at Vista Point where we met up. It was a relatively nice night, and they were able to land some nice Stripers shore fishing with jerkbaits and swim baits. It’s always fun for me to meet new anglers to help them connect, as well as share fishing strategies with each other.
I spent a few hours fishing at the Marina. I was able to get one strike in the couple of hours I spent fishing, and as I was attempting to land the fish my jerkbait dislodged from the fish’s headshake. For me, a strike from a fish is better than no strikes at all. It actually makes me feel a little better knowing that one fish was hungry that night, until I can get out to the lake to fish some more.
Honestly, it’s been tougher to catch fish in the past couple of weeks. I believe this for two reasons: a lot of bait fish in the lake, and chemicals used to control algae blooms. One of my buddies sent me footage of a helicopter dropping copper sulfate into the lake. I don’t know if the chemical affects the fish, but a few days after the treatment the bite seemed to be very slow. Moreover, my jerkbait lure doesn’t look enticing to a fish when there’s so much baitfish in the water for them to eat.
You can contact me anytime through Gmail (reeltimewithtimm@gmail.com) or my Instagram @reeltimewithtimm. If you have questions on best locations to fish @Silverwood, how to catch bass, or just need advice on which lures to purchase. Check out my compilation video of some of my catches from this year.