Respondent Name: = William L Darbyshire
Respondent Email Address: = wld1542a@msn.com
Place Fished: = Briery Creek
Date Fished: = 8-27-04
Time Fished: = 8:am to 5:pm
Weather Conditions: = hot , partly Cloudy
Water Conditions: = clear
Water Temp.: = 83
Locations Fished: = From the Dam to Mid point of the lake
Types of fish caught and sizes: = we caught 12 bass from 1lb to 31/2 lb
Types of lures/bait: = Crank Bait , plastic worm , spinner bait
Method/Presentation: = work lure around standing timber
Depths fished: = 5 ft to 12 ft
Additional Comments: = this was a slow day, we fish real hard to catch what we
had, the fish would only take the lure if we wore working it real slow, but wend
we got a hit they nailed it
Respondent Name: = Jeff Banko
Respondent Email Address: = jkbanko@comcast.net
Place Fished: = Briery Creek
Date Fished: = 8-26-04
Time Fished: = 5:00 am to 1:30
Weather Conditions: = Sunny but heavy heavy fog cover for most of the morning.
Water Conditions: = Stained
Water Temp.: = ??
Locations Fished: = South End of lake on Main Channel
Types of fish caught and sizes: = 10 Bass from 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 lb
Types of lures/bait: = Buzzbait, Jig N Pig, Texas Rigged worms, Senkos
Method/Presentation: = varied
Depths fished: = 8 to 17 ft
Additional Comments: = Had to come out again today after losing the monster fish
yeaterday. Started the day as usually working my way to the south end
fishing the buzzbait over grassbeds. Caught three fish this way. At
the south end of the lake switched to fishing Senkos along weed edges in 8 - 10
foot of water. Caught five fish quick and then the heavy fog rolled in and
it got breezy so beccame to hard to fish the Senko. Switched to a Texas
Rigged 10.5 worm. Had a few pick up then caught a nice fat 2.5 pounder.
He was caught off a stump along the edge of a channel in 10 foot. Fished
for a few more hours to no avail. Finally right before leaving picked up
one more 2.5 on a jig n pig in 16 foot on the main creek channel.
Respondent Name: = Jeff Banko
Respondent Email Address: = jkbanko@comcast.net
Place Fished: = Briery Creek
Date Fished: = 8-25-04
Time Fished: = 5:00 am to 1:30
Weather Conditions: =Sunny but windy North to South.
Water Conditions: = Stained, choppy
Water Temp.: = ??
Locations Fished: = South End of lake on Main Channel
Types of fish caught and sizes: = 11 Bass from 1 to 5+ lb
Types of lures/bait: = Buzzbait, Jig N Pig, Texas Rigged worms, Senkos
Method/Presentation: = run lure around standing timber and from shallower water
into Creek beds
Depths fished: = 8 to 17 ft
Additional Comments: =Had a pretty good day for August. Caught these 11
plus lost about 10 including one monster that easily cleared 10 pounds.
Started the day fishing Buzzbaits and caught the 5+ on second cast. Caught
him on point across from 701 ramp. Worked my way up shoreline
fishing buzzbaits and caught two dinks. Moved to a section of the main
creek channel about halfway down to the south end. Fished Jig N Pig here
in 14 foot of water. Picked up two decent fish there. Then moved on
to a stump and tree patch that was in 10 foot of water tried Texas rigged 10.5
inch worm but no luck switched to a Senko and caught one small one then had the
huge fish on. Got him to the side of the canoe and he made a run and the
drag on the reel seized and there went my fish. Fished out this stump flat
and them moved to main creek channel areas at south end of lake. Fished
the Texas Rigged worm here as the the wind really picked up and it was the
easiest to fish. Caught 4 on that. Bite died off around 12:00 so
worked my way back t the ramp. Stopped at the powerlines and caught one on
a Spinner bait slow rolled on the bottom and one on a jig N
Pig.
Respondent Name: = Jeff Banko
Respondent Email Address: = jkbanko@comcast.net
Place Fished: = Briery Creek
Date Fished: = 8-18-04
Time Fished: = 5:00 am to 1:30
Weather Conditions: = Mostly cloudy, windy from South to North
Water Conditions: = Stained, choppy
Water Temp.: = ??
Locations Fished: = South End of lake on Main Channel
Types of fish caught and sizes: = 10 Bass from 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 lb
Types of lures/bait: = Buzzbait, Jig N Pig, Texas Rigged worms
Method/Presentation: = run lure around standing timber and from shallower water
into Creek beds
Depths fished: = 8 to 12 ft
Additional Comments: = Slowwwwww day. Fished with my bud Greg and tried
everything we could to get a bite going with no luck. He caught 5, two on
Jig N Pigs, Two on Texas Rigged Worms, and one on a Wooly Craw. I only
managed to boat one on a swim bait. Hits were far and few between and when
you did get them they were not aggressive strikes. Talked to a couple of
others and seems all in the same boat.
Respondent Name: = Jeffrey Banko
Respondent Email Address: = jkbanko@comcast.net
Place Fished: = Briery Creek
Date Fished: = 08/17/04
Time Fished: = 4:45 to 12:00
Weather Conditions: = Cloudy, looked like rain. Could feel cold front
Water Conditions: = Calm, Stained
Water Temp.: = 85
Locations Fished: = Grass beds just up from the powerlines and main creek
channel halfway up to South end of lake.
Types of fish caught and sizes: = 10 largemouth
Types of lures/bait: = Buzzbait early, Senkos, Husky JErk, Carolina Rigged
Lizard
Method/Presentation: = Buzzbait slow retrieve
Senko's texposed
Lizard Carolina rigged
Depths fished: = 8-20
Additional Comments: = Got on the water early hoping to get a surface bite like
I have the past few times. As the sun was coming up cloud cover rolled in
and you could feel the air cool down. Caught one fish on the buzzbait but
it was slow Switched to the Senko and caught seven all on the outside edges of
grassbeds. Let the Senko sink all the way to bottom then work slowly back
in twitching, stopping, etc...Senko bite eventually died off the caught one on
Husky Jerk. Saw that fish chasing bait fish and cast to it. Ended
the day with one on Carolina rigged lizard fishing the main creek channel were
it first drops off to 18 foot about halfway up the lake towards south end.
Respondent Name: = Wayne P.
Respondent Email Address: = purdum43@aol.com
Place Fished: = Briery Creek
Date Fished: = 8/15/04
Time Fished: = 7:00 AM-5:50 PM
Weather Conditions: = Coudy Mid 70's
Water Conditions: = dingy
Water Temp.: = 67-76
Locations Fished: = South end of lake
Types of fish caught and sizes: = 37 Bass-most between 1 and 2 pounds, largest
4-7
Types of lures/bait: = Zoom finesse worm
Wacko
3X Zulu
Super Fluke
Method/Presentation: = wacky rigged finesse worm
Texposed Wacko
Texposed Zulu
Texposed Fluke
Depths fished: = 3'-10'
Additional Comments: = Most were caught on creek channel edges on trees
surrounded by grass.
Main feeder creek (Briery) had the coolest water temp. and was very dingy. Bass
were caught in the warmer/clearer water just North of the large clearing
Respondent Name: = William L Darbyshire
Respondent Email Address: = wld1542a@msn.com
Place Fished: = Briery Creek
Date Fished: = 8-14-04
Time Fished: = 10am to 4pm
Weather Conditions: = Rain to cloudy
Water Conditions: = Clear
Water Temp.: = 78
Locations Fished: = Back Landing & Front Landing
Types of fish caught and sizes: = 15 Bass from 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 lb
Types of lures/bait: = Spinner & Crank Bait
Method/Presentation: = run lure around standing timber
Depths fished: = 8 to 12 ft
Additional Comments: = Fish were scattered , But did catch 5 around 2 lb at one
tree
Respondent Name: = Jeffrey Banko
Respondent Email Address: = jkbanko@comcast.net
Place Fished: = Briery Creek
Date Fished: = 8/11/04
Time Fished: = 5:00 a.m. to 1:30 pm
Weather Conditions: = Overcast then cloudy
Water Conditions: = Clear, slight chop
Water Temp.: = 84
Locations Fished: = Fished shoreline from across 701 ramp all the way to the
south end of the lake then fished Briery Creek channel in the south end.
Types of fish caught and sizes: = 18 largemouth, Largest going 6-3 and average
around 2 pounds.
Types of lures/bait: = Fished from 5:00 to 7:30 with Buzzbaits. After that
fished trick worms and Senkos. Finished with Rapala DT10 Shad
Method/Presentation: = Buzzbait fished over shallow grass beds. Senkos
fished on Grass Edges that dropped into deeper water. Trick worm fished on
stumps nd trees in 8-12 foot of water
Depths fished: = 0-20.
Additional Comments: = Pretty good day for August. Fished first two hours with Buzzbaits, only caught 4 this way and no big ones. Then switched to fishing Senkos in Pumpkin and Green off of the weed edges at the south end of lake. Caught 9 fish this way and lost several others that got down into the weeds on me. At around 12:00 storms seemed like they were coming so started to fish stump fields back to ramp. Caught 4 fish this way on stumps in 8-12 foot of water. Finally hear thunder so stopped fishing and headed to ramp. Stopped at one spot were the original creek bed runs fairly close in on a point. Took a few cast with the Rapala here and cuaght the largest fish of the day. After that fish storms were getting real close so just motored full bore to the ramp. Just made it and got the car loaded before the downpours came.
Respondent Name: = Jeffrey Banko
Respondent Email Address: = jkbanko@comcast.net
Place Fished: = Briery Creek
Date Fished: = 8/9
Time Fished: = 5:15 a.m. to 12:00
Weather Conditions: = Beautiful clear day, slight breeze
Water Conditions: = Clear probably 5-6 foot visibility.
Water Temp.: = 83
Locations Fished: = Fished entire Eastern bank working my way from 701 Ramp all
the way to the South end of the lake. Then fished middle of the lake grass
beds.
Types of fish caught and sizes: = 20 largemouth. Biggest landed was 4.5.
Also caught two 4s, one 3, and alot in the 1-2 pound ranges.
Types of lures/bait: = Buzzbait, Senko, Finnesse worm
Method/Presentation: = Fished the buzzbait over grass in 5-6 foot of water.
Senko in the same. Wacky Rigged Finnesse worm and though to stumps in 4-8
foot of water.
Depths fished: = 0-22 feet
Additional Comments: = Buzzbaits were the king today. Caught 12 of the 20
fish on them, including the biggest one. Also lost one that probably went
7 to 8 pounds. Had it right at the canoe and it threw the hook when I was
reaching to land it. Fished buzzbaits all day and cuaght fish.
Morning bite was along grass beds close to shore that were in 4-6 foot of water.
In the later hours bite was on the river channel up in the south end of the
lake. Switched to Senkos when I lost my last buzzbait. Managed to
catch 4 on the Senkos. Also caught 2 dinks on Wacky Rigged Finesse worm
off of stumps at the end of the lake. Ended the day with a 3 pounder
caught in 22 feet under the powerlines. Caugth this on a texas rigged
lizard.
Respondent Name: = William L Darbyshire
Respondent Email Address: = wld1542a@msn.com
Place Fished: = Briery Creek
Date Fished: = 8-7-04
Time Fished: = 9am to 6pm
Weather Conditions: = cloudy
Water Conditions: = Clear to Stain
Water Temp.: = 89
Locations Fished: = back landing to Front Landing
Types of fish caught and sizes: = 20 bass from 4lb to 1 1/2 lb , had 4 4lber
Types of lures/bait: = spinner & Crank Bait
Method/Presentation: = run lure around standing timber
Depths fished: = 8 to 12 ft
Additional Comments: = fish all morning with no luck, around 1pm the fish turn
on for about 45 min to 1 hr & thin stop
Respondent Name: = Jeffrey Banko
Respondent Email Address: = jkbanko@comcast.net
Place Fished: = Briery Creek
Date Fished: = 8/4/04
Time Fished: = 6:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Weather Conditions: = Clear sky, sunny
Water Conditions: = 4' Visibility
Water Temp.: = 82 Surface when started
Locations Fished: = Point across from 701 launch and then down opposite
shoreline towards Middle of lake
Types of fish caught and sizes: = 2 largemouth 4 pound and 1.5 pound
Types of lures/bait: = Buzzbait, wacky rigged finesse worm, Jig N Pig
Depths fished: = Shallow and then 12 - 20 feet.
Additional Comments: = Fished the buzzbait early, fishing the shoreline across
the lake from the ramp and working towards the south end of the lake.
Caught the 4 pounder and lost several others on this. After Buzzbait hits
died by 7:30 fished the deep points were the power line is with Jig N Pig
looking for bigger fish had one pick up but missed. Then went down towards
the middle of the lake to fish deep points with the Jig NPig combo still no
luck. Fianlly just before leaving caught the 1 pounder on a wacky rigged
finesse worm off of a tree in 12'
Respondent Name: = William L Darbyshire
Respondent Email Address: = wld1542a@msn.com
Place Fished: = Briery Creek
Date Fished: = 8-1-04
Time Fished: = 6am to 4pm
Weather Conditions: = cloudy
Water Conditions: = clear
Water Temp.: = 87
Locations Fished: = front landing to mid of lake
Types of fish caught and sizes: = 10 bass from 1 1/2 to 6 lb
Types of lures/bait: = 11" plastic worm & crank & Spinner bait
Method/Presentation: = run lure around standing timber
Depths fished: = 6 to 20 ft
Additional Comments: = I was having a good day but around 12 to 1 pm I hit
another big fish, It look to be around 8 to 9 lb but I had no luck pulling this
one out of the standing timber, broke off & swam away, better luck next time
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