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[opie13]

Timberpoint on the road down to Jamestown marina used to have some good prices for there motel in the winter. It is about 2 miles before you get to the marina on the right.

[Devils Horse]

Green has never been kind to me. There are some darn good bass in there though. On two different occassions I've had very very good fish take me to school during tournaments. I'm certainly no KVD either since I saw both fish, but didn't catch either.

You can catch bass consistently there on bluff walls by concentrating on keeping your finesse bait in contact with the rock as it falls. Use a tube jig, shakey head/4" worm, or texas rigged french fry. Bites will come from 2 to 22 ft or so with most being 12-18ft deep. Most bites will be non keeper spots. Interestingly enough it seems the bites deeper than 18 ft or so are always punk sized spots, and the occasional keeper will come in less than 12ft of water.

Last time I was there, I caught small fish and the rarely occasional 12-14" keeper for 3 1/2 straight days. By the afternoon of day 4, I was tired and badly discouraged. To add insult to injury, my tournament observer, Joey had caught several more keepers than me without even trying hard. I made a cast up against the bluff and the bait only sunk a couple feet before I felt a little tick. Rolling my eyes I reeled up the slack and did pretty weak hookset on what I was sure was a little squealer hanging up against the bluff. I didn't want to snatch the poor little critter out of the water after all.

The rod loaded up and the fish ran to my right. Calmly as possible I asked Joey to get the net. He'd felt bad because every time he fished a little he'd get a keeper while I caught punks, so he'd sat down and was checking NFL scores on his cell phone. He asked me if I needed the net, and as the fish turned back and headed back toward the wall I told him yes this was a good fish. I could feel a big tail pumping back and forth. He scrambled to get the net in his hand as a big brown fish surfaced at the wall and spit my bait out. This was a big smallmouth, over 4 and as much as 5 and 1/2. I was devastated. Absolutely crushed. Fished hard as I could the rest of the afternoon, but my heart just wasn't in it. I wound up with 3 keepers in 2 tournament days. Not exactly a sterling performance, but hell, that's fishing.

A buddy related a similar story of his losing fight with a big smallie, and some good ones were weighed in including one 5 and 1/3 lbs.

[Danny]

I've only been to GRL two times, but loved it. I caught several nice fish, including some very nice smallmouths, and I caught mine on a CR using baby brushhounds or lizards.

I wish it were closer. I'd love to fish it much more often.

Tight lines and God Bless

Danny

[gettingonefishin]

imagine that catching fish on bluff walls