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Name: Don
Email:
Date: 02/05/05
Time: 11:00-3:00
Briery Creek
Sunny/Windy
Stained
Out from the 701 ramp
Crappie/Bass
Small minnows,and soft plastic, and Jig.
Various
Worked underwater "Humps" holding fish.
The famous Briery Creek winds blew straight down the lake from the upper end towards the dam. All fish were caught on the back side of points that were sheltered from the wind!
Name: Wayne P.
Email: purdum43@aol.com
Date: 2/6/05
Time: mid day 1 hr
Briery Creek
upper 50's
cold
Shoreline of gravel parking lot at dam
None
Jig
10' and less
Dragging along bottom
Made the 80 mile trip to check the water level and amount of ice. NO ICE and normal water level. The drawdown as done the past two years did not happen. Talked to the game warden and he said that the drawdown did not affect the grass as they thought it would so it was not done. Took along a rod just in case, should have taken my boat-wont't happen again. One trailer at the 701 ramp and three at the dam. Talked to a guy fishing from the shore and he had caught one and has been to the lake just about every week this winter and said the ice has never gotten real thick or covered the whole lake.
Name: Don Arbaugh
Email:
Date: 02/08/05
Time: 11:00-4:30
Briery Creek
Sunny/ No Wind
Stained
FROM POWER LINE UP
2 1/2 FOOT PIKE (1) BASS 4.4 LBS. 8 CRAPPIE TO 2.4 LBS.
MEDIUM MINNOWS, AND LIZARD
8'-10' OF WATER AROUND TIMBER
ONE OF THE BETTER WEATHER DAYS ON LAKE, WITH THE ONLY DRAWBACK BEING THE STAINED WATER CONDITIONS.
Name: Don Arbaugh
Email:
Date: 02/15/05
Time: 11:00-4:00
Briery Creek
Sunny
Light Stain
Above power line, across from 701 landing
3 Bass to 5 pounds
Lizard, and Berkley Power BAit
(2)at 10 foot,(1)at 2 foot (Shallow)
SLOW!!!!
I caught the 2 dinks fishing for crappie, the 5 lb'er was caught by my a friend on his rig.
Name: Tim Davis
Email: tdavis596@pmtnet.net
Date: 2/16/05/
Time: 10am-3Pm
Briery Creek
windy and cloudy
stained
backend of briery creek below 701 ramp
largemouth and pike caught 3.5 # ,4# ,lost one approx 2# beside boat .One pike between 2-3 #
terminator spinnerbait
3 - 4 ft
slow rolled thru stumps
started off a nice day but weather front came in with high , cold winds . Bass were on flats at back of cuts .
Name: Tim Davis
Email: tdavis596@pmtnet.net
Date: 2/16/05/
Time: 10am-3Pm
Briery Creek
windy and cloudy
stained
backend of briery creek below 701 ramp
largemouth and pike caught 3.5 # ,4# ,lost one approx 2# beside boat .One pike between 2-3 #
terminator spinnerbait
3 - 4 ft
slow rolled thru stumps
started off a nice day but weather front came in with high , cold winds . Bass were on flats at back of cuts .
Name: Don Arbaugh
Email: arbaughbunch@direcway.com
Date: 02/19/05
Time: 10:00-2:00
Private Pond
Sunny/Light wind
Stained
Dam
Citation Bass was 23 1/4 inches and weighted in at 7.8 lbs
Minnows
Shallow
Fished minnows about 4' deep.
Bass was sluggish, but was fat & healthy. Measured and weighted than released.
Name: Jeff Banko
Email: vafishing@comcast.net
Date: 2/27/05
Time: 10 - 3:30
Briery Creek
Cloudy, Cold Mid 40's and very windy
Stained, 43 - 45 degrees.
Launched at 701 Ramp and fished main creek channel all the way to the South End of the Lake
None
Jigs, Brish Hog, Lizards,
4 - 17 feet
Fished with Don Arbaugh today. We knew we would not kill them because it was so cold but thought we might pick up one or two if the South end of the lake was a little warmer so we headed that way. Water temperature never really left 43.5 degrees except in the Little Briery Creek Cove, that one was 45 and the temp. change did have a bunch of shad back in there going nuts. Just no bass would take. Think the cold front that came in with this winter storm coming in tonight shut them down hard. Did have a few pick ups on the main lake fishing the Briery Creek channel but the wind made it near impossible to hook them with how slow you have to fish this time of year.