Submitted by bocraw (ip 66.32.103.219)

Date Fished: 7/6/2002
Water Temperature: 82
Water Clarity: 4 feet or greater

Took my dad and brother fishing yesterday and this morning. Launched out of Keith Bridge and fished from daylight till lunch.

7/5 -- Headed towards Gainesville and caught 6 spots on flukes. Missed a big one on top. I believe one stripe was missed on flukes. We all missed several fish. It is almost like they would not hit the fluke aggressively enough. We saw spots busting threadfin on top and I decided that we would try live bait the next day.

7/6 -- Ran down to Flat Creek. Threw cast net and threw and threw and threw again to finally catch many threadfin and a couple of gizzards. Where are all the bluebacks? Ran up to Gainesville area to the spot where we saw the spots busting bait on previous day. Threadfin I worked so hard to catch were dead. I guess they got hot. I used the special shad tank and everything. I'm not sure wtf happened but at this point I was not very happy. I'm not sure what I could have done differently to keep them alive longer. I used the special bait packet in the tank and everything. That may be the last time I ever try to catch my own bait in July. Anyway, 2 spots were caught on flukes and one catfish was caught on a dead shad. Wish I could have done better considering my brother is out from Palm Springs and waking up at 5:00 is pretty early for him considering the jet lag. I still have a lot to learn about fishing this lake.

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