I got to fish 2 spots for about 40 minutes total. Rt. 679 near new gretna ( oswego creek? )nothing was biting, so I walked 100 feet to where the waterfall/spillway was and cast out a silver spoon and had a HUGE pikerel jumping out of the water to get the lure. Finally hooked him 5 minutes later, about 50 feet out. Got him to about 15 feet from shore and he wrapped around some weeds and fallen tree limbs and the dam line snapped! Lost the lure and the fish. Stopped at a small lake in voorhees and they drained 98% of it. There's still about a foot of water, but all the undergrowth is 2 inches below the surface - except for a 40 foot area that's clear. It's full of pikerel and they are fighting for the lure. The bass are under the weeds and they kept missing the lure ( jitterbug ). Wished I could've fished longer. Caught 2 big piks and 1 small pik in 15 minutes. Everytime I cast out a lure, there were 3-5 fish going after it. So I went from being depressed about losing a fish to discovering a goldmine spot full of big fish. Hope they keep the water level down for a few days, because I'm coming back!!!!!
Sounds like you had a great day... too bad you only had a short time to fish.... Good luck on your return trip... with the water low... I would pay close attention to where there are stumps and where the main channel / stream runs through so you know where to fish once the water is raised.... how did you do on your return trip?
Been back 4 times, only catching 1 - 2 piks each time - lots of boils/swirls eachtime the lure hits the water. Not as many fish landed onshore as I would like, but the action has been awesome. It's been really windy the last 3 times here, hopefully the water will be calmer next trip. The fish have been hitting the jitterbug, the blue/yellow spinner and a small silver bucktail
going back to the rt.679 spot tuesday and try to catch that huge pikerel and get my lure back! Don't know if it will still be in the fish, or if I will catch the same fish, but there can't be many fish this size in the spillway - he looked about 22-26 inches and just big and fat! Hope to be posting a picture of that fish tomorrow night!