Fun Times on Ivie Lake with my Bro.

April 27

My brother Barry, came down from Oklahoma Thursday nite and we headed out to Ivie Friday morning at 3 am. Friday we did not have much success any where. We fished deep, shallow and paddled over 7 miles looking for the fish. Just weren’t biting. The wind was came and went. About 3 pm we pulled up to the Elm Creek Village for a big hamburger and 3 larges glasses if Ice Tea. Then we hit the room up and took a 2 hour nap. Got back out to the lake for the evening bite and managed a few small bass, was nice to finally get hit. The fish showed signs of a top water bite. We left the lake at dark and hit the hay.

April 28,

We got up at 5 am got some breakfast at Elm Creek Village and launched the kayaks 40 minutes before light. We did this because the BLT had a bass tourney starting that day and we wanted to have the kayaks rigged and ready to head out before the crowd started using the boat ramps.

The Saturday bite was on. We caught about 30 fish all day. I can’t emphasize enough how good the morning bite was at Ivie. The top water bite was on. I was using a 2 rod tactic that worked where if I saw a boil I would put a pop-r on it and also hit the spot with soft plastic to soak. If the fish did not hit the top water he would hit the plastic. The wind beat us all day; I use all my wind tools, anchor, brush clippers and stake out pole.  We had a good time, but the day was not without major disappointments. The best fish of the day was  22” 5lb’r but, we both had much larger fish bite. I lost 2 really good fish and Barry lost 1. The big bites were still very shallow next to deep water.  My problem on losing the bigger fish was I failed to notice that my drag was set way too tight on my soft plastic rod. I did not realize this till after the second big fish broke off. Note to self CHECK YOUR DRAG!!!