Sutton Lake

Got to Sutton last night for the first time in forever it seems. Just did a little bank fishing. We ended up with Jason catching a nice channel cat and I caught a 15lb flattie, both coming on cut shad. It was weird, as soon as the eclipse was full on the fish started biting. We missed a few including a nice one. It was fun to go and do some nice relaxing bank fishing.

 

Yeah, it's a great lake for both. I'm 100% positive that there is a state record flathead and channel cat in the lake. Actually me and my buddy McLean released state record channel cats on the same night. My friend Jason has also caught one well over the current record. I've hung some flatheads in there that I couldn't do anything with. It's a tough lake to land a big one in b/c there are stumps/logs literally every 10ft. If you go out there be really careful, just put around. There are some serious hazards out there especially if the water's down like it was last week. It was back up as of yesterday though. If you ever get down this way hit me up.

 

Yeah, it was pretty funny he was saying before we went out there that he's never gotten a bite off the bridge and it was a full moon, blah, blah, and we weren't going to catch anything. Well we did :smile: He's so funny, if he hasn't done it, it can't be done:smile2:

 

They sure have:angry: It's not as bad as it has been, but they're starting to undo all the work the guys put in to smooth the road out.

 

Me and McLean went out last night for some of that awesome ditch action:smile2: The bite was on!!! Got hit before we could even bait up the second rod. We continued getting slammed all night long every 5 minutes or less. Almost lost a rod twice on the initial hit. Man it was fun. Only ended up getting 4 fish in 2hrs but it was nice to have to keep running from rod to rod the whole time. We lost a couple of fish and like I said missed I don't know how many. I think the majority of them were small and some must have been gar. We ended up with 3 channels (9-15, 9-11, 9-5) and a small flathead around 4-5lbs. Pretty good night except for the 2-3 foot swells coming up the hot ditchoooh:

 

Yeah, the wind can be bad but usually it's not blowing right up the ditch like it was. I wasn't in a boat yesterday, but I've never "marked" a fish in my life and caught them (well maybe once I did:smile2. I've heard tales of such a thing but I just try and fish spots that consistently produce fish and fish those areas.

 

Got out to the lake for a little bank fishing last night. Fished two spots and caught 2 flatheads and 1 channel cat(the fattest one I've ever seen). One flathead came on a green sunfish and the other two cats were caught on cut shad. The water was low and they weren't pumping hard in the ditch last night.

 

Yep, sure was. Caught two off the T-dock and 1 near the bridge.

 

They could be man. I wouldn't be surprised if they do spawn twice a year in there. With the water warm year round it's a definite possibility. I don't think they are spawning yet, but they're well on their way. I think that they spawn right after they make their annual run up the lake and possibly again near the fall.