After 2 weekends of Trout fishing up at Waitts (they are biting like crazy up there) it was time for some Bass fishing, so the wife and I took the afternoon off and headed up to Eloika. Water was low, lillies are in full bloom and surface cabbage is starting to show, water temp varied from 64-73 degrees. Started out on the left side of the boat launch and nailed quite a few in the lillies in the 1.5-3.8 lb range (sorry no pics, forgot the camera). Saw some beds with fish on them and some looking to make beds, most were in the 2-4lb range. Saw some huge black Crappie in the same area as some of the beds so my wife pulled out a jig and caught a few. Saw something strange that I read in a few other posts, there were about 5-8 LMB dead and floating on the east end of the lake, I saw a couple about 3-4 weeks ago but it seems like the numbers have increased and these seem to be about 4-5 lbers. We're thinking about calling Fish & Game to have them checked out to see what's going on.

SmallyBigs

5/14/2010 11:21:00 PM

Thats shocking! Im supposed to go tomarrow

Lundegard

5/15/2010 8:29:00 AM

Definitely call Fish & Game. If the lake is already 73 degrees, sounds like a pretty shallow one, and therefore it would freeze pretty hard in the winter. Consequently, the bass could be suffering from oxygen deprivation. That being said, it would seem a little late in the spring to still see oxygen effects. Eloika sounds like a very popular bass lake so someone should call F&G.

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