O'Neill Forebay 10/28

Called the wind hotline in the morning -- 0 mph and they weren't kidding!  Flat as glass all day long with temps in the low 80's!  Nice day to be out, but not a very good day for catching fish.  Got one decent LMB about 2#'s on a spinnerbait, then picked up one about a pound on a fluke just before getting off the water.  I must have launched in the wrong spot  ... I came in @ Medeiros, but the towers were at the other end of the lake from where I launched, and I never did make it over there.  I spent most of my time in the channel leading to the Hwy 33 bridge.  Threw a lot of striper lures but no love (and no boils).

What you can do is park in the middle.  Half way from the closed ramp and the towers.  I like doing that because you can see your car or truck.  If it is windy you can launch from the big boat ramp near the family campgrounds and troll that side.

Try trolling near the weeds.  You will get stripers and bucketmouths.

Ken kickfish

The keyt to mid-day at the Forebay is a weedline near a deeper channel( and later mudlines when the Fall weather kicks in with a bit of wind and cold). The Threadfin Shad hang out right near the weedlines so they feel safe and able to dart into cover and the marauding Striper schools cruise the weedlines lookng to get the jump on them. But Stripers like cold water and low light so they stay deeper in the glaring Summer and Indian Summer Sun and warm water conditions. When the Forebay 'turns over' they'll come up early and stay shallow a long time.

In the evening, they will come all the way into 2 feet of water once its near dusk. So you start out fishing shallow at Dawn move to deep water midday then back to the shallows at dusk. But wind, water temps, and light all figure in and no one can be certain if top water even happens. I can lay odds, but I am never certain. I don't think anyone knows for sure. too many variables we jsut don't have the pulse of.