geist 3/23, monroe 3/24 report

[Blister72]

My personal best, and the largemouth on my wall at home, was caught on an unseasonably warm March, just right, around the bend, of the Cutright Ramp.

Near the Pine Grove ramp, on the "slow" side is also good for Crappie and Largemouth bass. I haven't been out to Monroe yet this year, but soon, very soon.

White/chartreuse spinner baits and medium 2-3" black/silver crankbaits usually work for me.

[lroberts]

Ahhh...the slowside at Monroe. Gotta love the creeks come early summer! Did you guys fish when it was flooded last year??? They were pretty spread out, but when you found em' it was fun! My dad and I fished Lake Lemon today and had a pretty solid day. Found water temps. around 56-58 in shallow water in the afternoon. Found a drain in the east end and caught 8 keepers. Biggest was 5-1....best five around 16 3/4.

[Blister72]

Yeah, we fished Monroe when it was flooded out. At one USA Bassin' tournament, 1 fish won the whole thing out of a large field of teams. The guy walked away with a lot of money and the rest of us scratching our heads...

I haven't seen it at those levels, since shortly after I moved up here back in '97.

It was insane cruising around the slow side, knowing we were 12-13' ABOVE normal pool levels.

[lroberts]

Was that when the water was coming down? The slowside got really muddy then...from what I heard the fastside was better during that period.