Report: 1st time @ Eagle Lake

[one more pass]

Well for the first time on the lake I feel like I had a good day on the water. I left Jackson at 5:00 am and had the boat in the water at 6:10. In minutes I found my boat right in the middle of a feeding frenzy! I caught 3 large Hybrids but they were gone as fast as they came up. I began to ride the lake to look for more on the surface but was unable to find any. I started trolling using a Strike King crankbait that would dive 10'. I caught a lot of fish but all were small Hybrids and mostly yellow bass as we called them. I switched over to a 200 series crankbait that only would dive 4' to 8' feet and caught 2 more large Hybrids and a slough of small yellow bass. I left the lake a happy man around lunch time. I wish I would have been introduced to Hybrids before it got to hot outside because it looked to me as if it has slowed down compared to what I was hearing a couple of weeks ago. On a side note the big gar in the lake love a crankbait trolled by real slow as well. I hooked up with 5 or 6 big gar (10 or 12 lbs.) and landed all of them. I hate getting them of the hook but they were fun to catch. All and all it was a good day a ton better then being in the office. Next up crappie fishing the Res. in jackson Saturday.

[CaptnT]

I was introduced to hybrid fishing back in the middle ninties. I caught my first one off rotten deer meat, I was tight-lining for catfish.

Those fish pound-for-pound fight more than any freshwater fish out there. My best to date is a 16.87 lb monster I caught out of the private lake community I used to live at in Eudora, MS. I caught that fish and threw it in a cooler and kept fishing for several hours (caught it at night just after dusk) before I wieghed it. On the way to the car it threw up alot of shad on me, ran down my leg and almost filled my shoe. [img]images/smiles/icon_eek.gif[/img]

Anyway, it was OUNCES off the state record, wish I would have weighed it earlier. I did have it mounted though.

Best time to fish for them is Early spring and fall, on moonless nights. Slow roll a Ratting Rouge, they can't stand it!

[one more pass]

BigMule check your private mess. and thanx for the info I fished every spot you mentioned. It seems everybody fishes the same 4 or so spots for the Hybrids.

[BigMule]

One More Pass,
Its good to hear from somebody who had a successful day on the lake. Did any of the suggestions I made make a big difference in your catch? If your up to exchanging a little more information from now on about the Reservior, Eagle, the river, etc... i'd be more than happy to keep up with what's happening on the water by EMAIL! Later ~BigMule~