Its been hot out, anybody had any luck?

[JakeW]

its been unbelievably hot out in July, and i wanted to know if anybody has had any luck out there in local neb. i live in Fremont, and have access to elkhorn and platte rivers and several lakes. i had some luck on crawdads one day. i just dont know what to use when it is this hot, i think maybe the fish are feeding alot more in the middle of the night. the water is probably really warm, so they are waiting even later to feed. anybody else got any theories?

[fishinjunky]

your probly right, i have been on the missourri a few times using the same bait the whole time and the only fish we caught were after dark. the platte and elkhorn are so low right now you should be able to wade around and find the deeper holes. anything over 2 feet will harbor fish.

[JakeW]

its a little cooler out today (thurs) and i am gonna head out this evening to try some bluegill in the rivers, either platte or elkhorn. there probably real shallow still, so its just gonna take more brains on my part, which aint good. but i will let you all know how it goes, if anybody care!

[suddawg]

Good luck bro. Let us know how it goes.

SudDawg

[catcatcher311]

Hope you catch a biggun!

[JakeW]

i just got back from fishing, as soon as i figure out if i was catchin gar or sturgeon, i will let you know. i was hooked into about a 4 to 5 foot whatever it was, that fish rolled and snapped my line. my uncle was with me, he caught about a 2 1/2 to 3 footer also. i am gonna search around right now to figure if it was a gar, cuz sturgeon have a little sucker mouth on the bottom dont they? oh yeah, caught a darn turtle also, but no cats to report at this time.

[JakeW]

its saturday night, still hot out, i am goin back to the river and i will post how we do. i just got back from the lake, caught about 20 bluegill so thats my bait for the night. will post how i do if anybody cares. jake

[JakeW]

i just posted this, but will say it again, been about a inch of rain over the past two nights up by dodge-snyder area, that should make the elkhorn go up a little bit around the arlington omaha area. we have had good succes on whole bluegills about 2-3 inches long. good luck ya'll. jake

[kyhawk]

the rain brought up the river a lil bit...run set lines been having fair success in the dodge area...using frogs, crawdads, and blueguill....well goodluck...

[JakeW]

hey kyhawk, where you fish at? i have been goin to the river bridge right there past snyder on your way to west point. had fairly good luck in the deep spots. later, Jake

[catfish_jordan]

with all this heat the lakes are drying up.:sad2: :angry:

[JakeW]

anybody been out the past couple of days? its been rainy as hell and i have never had anyluck in the rain. i think its suppose to be wet the next couple of days, but i think after that the fish will be hitting.

[pk_powell]

I havn't had a bite all season.-------------pk powell:sad2:

[catfish_jordan]

im going fishing at a privite pond. ive been there a lot and my uncle(owner)feeds the fish everyday.

wish me luck:big_smile:

[kyhawk]

hey jake, i run setlines on the river bridge right outside of west point...i have a spot where i fish right outside scribner...theres the pebble creek about 3 miles b4 scribner, coming from fremont...you follow the creek about a 1/4 of mile and it goes right into the river and theres a tree hangin over the water, its about a 12-15 foot hole...i've had really good success with blueguills, catchin flathead and channels...i run poles all the way up and down the bank...blueguill seems to be the only thing i've had luck on, tried liver, crawdads, minnows, stinkbait, chubs, but the guills seem to be the thing...i've been catchin them right at dusk till bout midnight...havent stayed out much later then that so not sure how good it is at 12...havent tried it in about 2 weeks but b4 that it was good...if your ever gonna be around maybe we can go give it a shot...email me at kylehawk420@hotmail.com and let me no we can try it...well goodluck hope my info will help you out....kyle....

[kyhawk]

went last night to elkhorn by west point...only used liver and caught a 2 lber and that was it...they were bitin ok just didnt get em...thinkn they were pretty small...tried fishin a private lake today and caught a few under a lb so it wasnt that great....but thats my update

[kyhawk]

went out around noon just got back caught nothing....a few hits, but really slow...goin to the elkhorn river tonight, gonna try and get some frogs and blueguill...blueguill been realy hard to get...will post how i do...

[LiquidSteel]

I got back from Turtle Creek about 8:30 tonight. I was told by a good source they were hitting on cheesey hot-dogs. So, naturally, I had to try it. I only caught a couple of large mouth bass, not of any great size. Pound, to maybe a pound and a halfer. Sprinkled on us of and on most of the time.

[JakeW]

i am getting ready to go out fishing this weekend, anybody been having any luck lately. i know the area i live in has be saturated with rain the past 2 weeks or so, which usually makes the water muddier and darker, which usually makes the fish not so active, in my theory. i think bluegill will be my choice of bait. correct me if i am wrong, dead bluegill for channel, live for flathead? love to hear some putback on this subject. thanks. jake

[kyhawk]

i once was told by an old tymer that bullheads work great in the muddier water for flathead...cut the spines off n give 'er a shot...well for my report on the last couple days...ha i wanna give up on fishing, its been a joke lately...cant catch a fish to save my butt...well i wont give up but its annoying...well ne one else been havin ne luck???

[ToadWannaBe]

got my biggest flatty aver last weekend on the MO it was 43 lbs on a gold fish ill let ya guys know how i do this weekend going out friday for sure gonna try bullheads good luck fellas

[JakeW]

i am heading out friday night also, with bluegills i think, think i am gonna catch them a day early, leave them outside, let them kill over a little bit, and use them. i dont know about no 43lb flatty, but i will give it my best. will let you know how i do and you do the same. thanks. jake

[JakeW]

now with all this rain i think the fish are hard to find. before when it was hot out, if you got yourself into a good hole you could find some good fish. around the omaha area we have got 8.5 inches of rain during the month of august. the elkhorn river where i fish is up a little bit, and i had no luck. was wondering if anybody else had the same results lately.

[ToadWannaBe]

went out friday again had a big one on but lost him due to me being stupid. my buddy cought a 16 lb flatty had lots of bits though. with the water being a lil higher i think there moving oround the flats a little more gonna go out this weekend again ill let ya know what happened. good luck

[JakeW]

i am heading out tonight also i think. its friday and i aint got nothing else better to do. goin up to summit lake, gonna try some stink bait i believe. havent dont that yet, and its kind of cool out so i dont know what the luck will be. good luck to everybody for the weekend as far as fishing goes, and go huskers.

[Mauer]

any mo river updates...

[suddawg]

any mo river updates...

TA2D and myself went out last night on the Missouri near Brownville. I personally only caught bait last night, and TA2D caught 2 huge (1lb. maybe) blue cats. Does anyone know how to get some Skipjacks on the Missouri? We tried and tried last night with a cast net on a wingdike and got nothing...absolutely nothing.

SudDawg

[decker]

I have been killing them out at Wagontrain Lake, south of Lincoln the past two weeks. The biggest so far was 8 pounds. I hope to head out to Branched Oak this weekend. I got 6th place out there in a tournment a couple of weeks ago.