Do I just suck or is tenkiller really fishing this tough right now?

[BigSexyPhoenix]

Brought the family over to do a little camping and I have had my butt kicked by these bass. Water temps are through the roof and blue bird skies all weekend. Managed some sand bass but the others were non existent.

[gambler4]

Night fishing it took 23.87 to win our tournament Lat Saturday night

[BigSexyPhoenix]

Night fishing it took 23.87 to win our tournament Lat Saturday night

I probably should have went out at night. Getting old makes it harder to drag myself out when it's bedtime lol.

[gambler4]

Yes I know we didn't fish it because I couldn't stay up all njght

[huntingnick]

fish early, had 8 overs on topwater and back and loaded by 8 am this morning

[rhlabs]

fish early, had 8 overs on topwater and back and loaded by 8 am this morning

Yep, that's what's really sucks. Drive 2 1/2+ hours round trip for that very short window of opportunity in the morning or evening.

I'm ready for fall/winter/spring, lol....

[BDRisley]

Yep, that's what's really sucks. Drive 2 1/2+ hours round trip for that very short window of opportunity in the morning or evening.

I'm ready for fall/winter/spring, lol....

You can catch them after the sun comes up you just have to deal with oppressive heat and negative nancy fishing partners complaining all the time.

[SkeeterStew]

you just have to deal with ... negative nancy fishing partners complaining all the time.

The bane of any good fisherman's existence! I've threatened to use 'em as chum before!

[BigSexyPhoenix]

Looks like we are headed over again this weekend so I'll try my luck again.

[rhlabs]

You can catch them after the sun comes up you just have to deal with oppressive heat and negative nancy fishing partners complaining all the time.

I think "Nancy" is what we'll name that new Basscat of yours...

[BDRisley]

I think "Nancy" is what we'll name that new Basscat of yours...

Boat's gotta earn a name, like Buffy before, she'll earn it.

[BDRisley]

Tenkiller is tough right now. This time of year the thermocline is typically around 25' which means the fish are all in less than 25' of water, Saturday the thermocline was at 38'. This must be due to the flood earlier in the year and all the current produced from lowering the lake level to normal. If you can find a brush pile 35' deep and have the patients to fish it, you will probably load the boat with big fish, the deepest brush I fished was 25' and we caught 3 small fish out of it.
We managed about 15 fish Saturday with the biggest being just under 4lbs, every one of our fish came out of brush.

[BigSexyPhoenix]

Tenkiller is tough right now. This time of year the thermocline is typically around 25' which means the fish are all in less than 25' of water, Saturday the thermocline was at 38'. This must be due to the flood earlier in the year and all the current produced from lowering the lake level to normal. If you can find a brush pile 35' deep and have the patients to fish it, you will probably load the boat with big fish, the deepest brush I fished was 25' and we caught 3 small fish out of it.
We managed about 15 fish Saturday with the biggest being just under 4lbs, every one of our fish came out of brush.

rhlabs and I have been talking by PM and we need to do a rally on Tennkiller one weekend.

[11pounder]

rhlabs and I have been talking by PM and we need to do a rally on Tennkiller one weekend.

I'm in lets do it in the fall when it's a little cooler out.

[BigSexyPhoenix]

Fall sounds good to me. We will be camped out quite a bit over there when all the kids go back to school and the lake lice store their boats for the winter.

[rhlabs]

Fall sounds good to me. We will be camped out quite a bit over there when all the kids go back to school and the lake lice store their boats for the winter.

Same here...

[jarhead175]

Make it a Sunday and I'm in.