Anyone been fishing Spring Lake lately? Ive only fished here a couple times in the last few months and it has been pretty unpreductive. I live right by it in walking distance but it doesnt seem to be worth it. Has anyone had any luck out there, and if you have, wat have u been catching them on?

Thanks,

Jdub

Hey Jdub,

Although I have not fished much in a while I would have to tell you to go out either really early or late at Spring. This time of year can be very tough during the day but can be absolutely wild at night! There is debate on if we should even be fishing night since it is somewhat illegal but some of the guys in the club have had nights of close to 35 lb limits! Crazy. Buzzbaits are the way to go at night but blades will work too.

Again, to be totally legal just go right before the sun gets up and work hard and fast with the blade I told you about a while ago. You'll catch some quality fish that will make your day!

Let me know if you have any additional questions.

Todd

I've hardly fished the lake this year. However, I did go out for 1 1/2 hrs a couple of weeks ago in the early afternoon. I noticed the water had an unusual, brownish stain to it & the weeds weren't nearly as thick as they normally are in the summer. My guess was that they might have sprayed it heavily to kill the weeds, &, without the weeds to hold & trap sediment, the lake has become murkier. That might be one of the reasons the bite has been tough there lately.

Todd,

What color spinners and buzzers at night? Would u go all black, and for spinners wat kind of blades? Also, When u say night time, wat times would u mean. Like evening, or pitch black night? soft plastics?

Thanks a lot,

Jdub

I like going straight black on black at night. Spinnerbaits would be either 1/2 or 3/4 oz single colorado blade (need it to THUMP!). Make sure you have a stinger hook on back as you will miss a ton of fish if you don't.

When I talk night I mean from 10pm - sunrise. The 9-10pm time for me does not seem to produce as well as after 10pm.

Man, with all this talk I'm thinking of heading out there in my float tube! Would be fun to catch a pig there at night.

Good luck either way and post how you do!

Todd

Hey Todd long time no talk, how have you been? Anyways I was wondering if any of you have hooked a black light up to your boats? I fished till 11 last weekend but when it got dark i just couldnt see anymore and was casting in to to much crap. Any ideas?

Jdub I live in sebastopol if you wanna hook up(no pun intended) I have some great local spots. Let me know......

Hey Daniel,

You're right, haven't talked in a while, huh?

I actually try to use as little light as possible. I've tried the blacklight thing with something cheap from Wal-mart but it didn't work very well. You might want to try something like what they have in the catalogs as they are probably a little brighter.

The only time I have a serious challenge is when I'm fishing in a secluded area on a new moon. Otherwise, I just blind cast (always throwing underhand, low to the water) and get a feel of where the shore is. Most of the time, if you are patient and don't use a light too much, your eyes will get adjusted to the minimal light.

When I'm blind casting it is almost always with something very weedless for obvious reasons. :+

Todd

Im gunna head out to Spring in the next few days around like 10. Gunna fish the buzzer and spinner like u said and lets see if i can get me one of those hogs. :-) I think im also gunna try some soft plastics and see wat happens. Ill post how i do when im done.

THanks,

Jdub

i was out there today, i went strictly for a hog, threw a 10 in. power worm in the rocks, tules, drops, weeds, and deep stuff in the north end of the lake, not even a touch. honestly i have given up on this lake, it got unbelievably pressured after that story this last year, and its also right in santa rosa so usually when a bank fisherman catches some bass its either dinner, or his prize to go show everyone, i have seen to many times here when a group of people sit on the bank with live dads or minnows with 10+ bass on stringers. there r still bass in there but not like there used to be.

yeah dude, I only fished Spring once this year and I felt like I hit it at a good time for some spawning fish, and it just sucked. There were males up and every one of them had been caught already. It just had that totally beat down feeling to it. Not a single female to be seen. No doubt there are still giants there but they need a period of low fishing pressure to recover.

Has anyone out there actually had a good day lately at Spring Lake?? I hear how everyone is getting skunked, but has someone done good? if so wat were u landed those suckers on?

Jdub