Coralville, aug 5

[sltrnsam]

went down to the coralville res saturday night and caught 14 from 8:00 oclock to 1:30. no fish was under 5 pounds, trolled and drifted around the 380 and 965 brigdes. had no problem getting shad for bait. thanks mike for the info.

clayton

[laidbck111]

fantastic, sounds like a great night of fishing.

[Burwell40]

went down to the coralville res saturday night and caught 14 from 8:00 oclock to 1:30. no fish was under 5 pounds, trolled and drifted around the 380 and 965 brigdes. had no problem getting shad for bait. thanks mike for the info.

clayton

Clayton, no problem. Glad you finally got into them in Coralville. Did you get any over 8lbs?

I was away for the weekend and didn't get home till Sunday at 5PM. It was hot and I was tired so I didn't follow through on my plan to get a line wet last night.

[oldstylelight]

yesterday, me, the wife and our baby came to iowa city to mess around. Of course i pulled the flatbottom.. we hiked around coralvill with the dog.. I did put the boat in by the 380 bridge. was too hot especially for the baby so we were only on the water for about 1 hour. (drove around most of the time to keep a breeze on the kid) Had a little fun catchin shad which are everywhere by the way. However i didnt find anything deeper than 8 foot east of the ramp and the marina to the southeast there. Is there a channel that goes through there? i didnt find anything.. surprised i didnt get pulled over as i was driving back and forth zig-zagged.
was a good day though, as i had never ever been on that lake and didnt know where to start.. next trip up there is with my fishin buddy, not the wife and 9 month old>.

[Burwell40]

Dave,

The channel doesn't get much deeper than that till you go downriver a mile or so. It's deep just under the bridges though.

[sltrnsam]

Clayton, no problem. Glad you finally got into them in Coralville. Did you get any over 8lbs?

I was away for the weekend and didn't get home till Sunday at 5PM. It was hot and I was tired so I didn't follow through on my plan to get a line wet last night.


no mike, all where 5 to 7 pounds. still had a ball, next week iam going back and try using live bait. i never have tried trolling or drifting with live bait, might pick up a big flathead.

clayton

[jdstraka]

Haven't fished Coralville Yet this year but I know there in there Clayton and You Sir have found them. Thats Great and thanks for the post. J.D.Straka :big_smile:

[Burwell40]

For some reason, it seems that flatheads don't like the moving bait. I've tried a fair amount of live bait trolling. It works okay, but the bait comes off too easy. If you're going to drag a live shad, make sure it's a big one.