Nolin Report 10/22/11

[09Z7SC]

Wow, lots of fog first thing. There must have been a tourney going out at Moutadier, lots of guys standing next to their boats looking out at the fog. I opted for the State Park, to let some fog burn off while driving. I launched about 8:30 and idled to Briar Creek because it was pea soup still. Didn't do much back in the creek, moved out to main lake points and caught a few keepers on craw imitations, then worked some main lake docks with a tube and caught a bunch of shorts. I didn't see too many of those tournament boats, guess they all went up lake. Water temps were in the low to mid 60's. Full sun pretty much. Oh yeah, caught one short on a gunfish. I haven't seen much shad activity in the creeks. Slow to move I guess. Lake is still turning over, got some nasty scum on the boat. Spotted a few schools of fish on the sonar out on main lake though.

[fishinfreak]

i fished there sunday and we had alot of fish just no size on them most caught on crankbaits but a few on a chatterbait. they were caught on points channel banks and in the back of coves.

[alycat]

I was in one of the tourneys at Nolin this weekend. We went out at Wax. Pre fished friday found most fish in the creek bends. A few on the main river. Dog creek was the most productive. Everyday the bait changed friday was spinnerbait and crankbait,saturday was buzzbait and whacky worm, sunday was all whacky worm. Ended up with 20.25 lbs for second palce and big fish 3.50lbs. Of course we had to go through 125 fish to get that many keepers. Also as the water was dropping each day the more dagerous it got. By sunday people were having trouble getting out of the ramp.

[first2fish]

me and the wife where on nolin sat. from 2-6 pm. fished in the red rock area and caught 8 bass total but the wife caught the biggest being 3 lb. i thought the bass would back off the banks with the water dropping but all 8 bass came within 5 foot of shore.

[Bumblebee_1]

I would appreciate some clarification. I know they are drawing the lake at the moment. Based on the above report where they launched from Wax, is the water getting low to the point that some ramps are not able to be used safely? If so which ones should be avoided and which ones can still be used? I may fish Nolin this coming Saturday.

Thanks!
Bumblebee

[09Z7SC]

You can launch at the state park, the dam, and Moutardier for sure at winter pool. I assume you can launch from Wax and Dog Creek also, but I cannot say with certainty. The main problem I encounter is, if fishing alone, you have to beach the boat on the ramp, because the courtesy docks are on dry land. I prefer Moutardier in the winter because it is a 4 lane ramp, so beaching on the ramp doesn't interfere with other people launching. I also go to the state park because it is almost never very busy, and the second lane is hardly ever used because it is a very narrow ramp. I fish Nolin year round, it is usually not frozen over too bad, even in the colder months. The longest I went was 1 month, January, this year because it was too cold.

[first2fish]

Dog creek ramp dry at winter pool. Might be able to access until middle of nov. Depending on how fast lake gets to winter pool

["The Man"]

Also Wax is getting harder and harder to put in at winter pool.

[alycat]

I can't say about other ramps but I know Wax was getting more difficult by the day. Also you have to stay out in the main channel if you want to go up on plane other wise be careful you can hit a hump under water and tear off your motor or the bottom of your boat. Also the fish are moveing daily. We only had one spot that kept producing. Up in Dog Creek is where we consistantly caught fish. We just looked for steep banks that had deep water close.

["The Man"]

When Nolin is at winter pool you MUST stay in the main river channel. If not you will end up hitting something!!!!