Boone Lake Fishing Report by TWRA creel clerks
BOONE FISHING REPORT – Richard Markland
29 December 2011
| Surface Temperature | 50 | ||||||
| Elevation | 1351.9 | ||||||
| Elevation Change | -1.2 | ||||||
| Water Clarity | slightly stained | ||||||
| Species | Action | Method | Presentation | Depth | Time | Habitat | Where |
| Largemouth | good | Long-A | casting | 0-10 | morning | rock banks | Pickens Bridge |
| small pockets | Dam | ||||||
| Smallmouth | good | flies | tight lined | 5-13 | morning | points | pt 19, pt 22 |
| Silver Buddy | casting | or evening | shale banks | Candy Creek | |||
| spoons | jigged | bluffs | Beaver Dam Creek | ||||
| Crappie | good | hair jigs | jigged | 8-16 | morning | brush | pt 22, pt 23 |
| minnows | tight lined | or evening | |||||
| Sunfish | good | small jigs | jigged | 8-16 | morning | brush | bluffs |
| minnows | tight lined | or evening | |||||
| Catfish | poor | na | na | na | na | na | na |
| Rockfish | fair | trout | trolled | 0-10 | morning | main channel | pt 19 |
| or evening | Candy Creek | ||||||
| Davis Dock | |||||||
| Hybrids | fair | trout | trolled | 0-10 | morning | main channel | pt 19 |
| or evening | Candy Creek | ||||||
| Davis Dock | |||||||
25 November 2011
Elevation-1,367.28
Water Temp-51.6 F
Water Clarity- 2’-4’
Bass-Good
Largemouth are shallow and on top water early in the morning and late evening. They are also hanging near brush piles in pockets and coves. Shallow diving crankbaits and spinerbaits are catching fish around brush, while Buzz baits, Pop R’s, and Long A’s are catching largemouth on top water.
Smallmouth are on points and round rock banks where medium diving crank baits are catching some good fish. Some of the bigger fish are still deep and a spoon is the lure of choice while flukes and swimbaits have also been good when fished early in the morning around brush and retrieved where the lure is just underwater.
Striped Bass/Cherokee Bass- Good
Most of the hybrids and stripers are being caught near point 19 and Winged Deer Park while trolling early in the morning with alewife and trout. They have also been seen chasing baitfish up near the surface at Sonny’s Marine which can make for a great day of fishing using Spook’s or any topwater bait.
Crappie-Good
There have been a few crappie caught at the entrance of Beaver Creek around brush by using small Jigs with minnows and small tube baits in about 5 to 8-feet of water. On the Watauga side, use the same techniques from pt.21 to pt.22.
