This morning, Rob and I hit Idong, complete with waders so we could get out past the shallow areas, since the water level is still very low. Rob stayed near the parking area and also fished the deeper water close to the dam, while I walked along the cliff shores to the left.
Let me tell you, walking along those cliffs wearing chest waders while carrying several rods plus my tackle bag in this heat was a chore. By the time I got down to the other corner, I was drenched from head to toe. I caught lots of bass but unfortunately, this one was the biggest out of the lot – yes, the rest were even smaller than this one – they ranged from a four inch dink to what you see.
I should have stayed with Rob. He did pretty good fishing in the same area he caught that nice bass from just last Saturday and just as I got back from my sweat-fest, he hooked into yet another nice fish.
This one was close to three pounds and put up a really good fight – that’s one nice looking, healthy bass, isn’t it? All in all, a good morning and some of my faith in Idong has been restored.
Seems that you guys did better than I did
Steve,
I didn’t do so well but Rob sure did – he found a nice hole out there – I think it’s a deep dropoff or channel where the bass hang. LOL, I think that lake doesn’t like me anymore…just as I came back to where Rob was fishing, he caught that bass in the picture and once I joined him out there, the bite completely stopped
You guys have had an awful lot of rain in the last few days, haven’t you?
Yep, it’s turned all the lake’s water into chocolate milk
and it makes the fishing tough 
I’ll post a few photos later.
Nomad and Rob,
Did you guys see any bluegills out there?
Dave
I think it was just coincidence Nomad. You showed up just as the fog was starting to burn off and the sun was coming out. By the way, where is the pic of you in your waders?
Hunter, I didn’t fish for bluegill at all, but down towards the dam I got “tap hits” on my worm nearly every single time I pulled it through this one particular hole. It was either really small bass or bluegill.
이동 저수지 다녀오셨는지요? 이동 저수지는 야간 낚시에 대물이 올라온다는 정보가 있습니다. 탑워러에 빅마마와 강준치가 달려든다고 하던데 사실 요즘은 너무 더워서 쉽지 않다는 정보도 함께 올라오지만요^^
날이 무척이나 더운데 항상 건강하시고요 멋진 낚시 하시길 기원합니다.
you will have a happy weekend and good luck.
Rob,
Yeah that’s one weird thing about that lake…those bass do not like the sun at all, never have.
Dave,
In my travels, I didn’t see a one along the shore, but saw lots of small bass…even had small bass follow my senko all the way to shore, trying to hit at it. I honestly have no idea what happened to all the bluegill that used to be in that lake.
황금스픈,
Thank you! Yes, hopefully the water levels will go back up soon in all the lakes…when it’s this hot, the only time I can really fish is very early morning or late afternoon – like out at the river before work
“After a day like today I think I may have forgot how to fish for bass and might need a few lessons from you pro’s. DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!”
Hacker, if you want lessons from a pro, you better get up early and follow Nomad to the river in the mornings
LOL Steve! Don’t be sending him off on wild goose chases!
Heck, Rob’s so good that the word skunk isn’t even part of his vocabulary…there are (unconfirmed) rumors that he can catch a three pound bass out of a mud puddle using nothing more than a rubber band on a safety pin 
Hacker,
I feel your pain, I really do and that’s the reason I’ve pretty much stayed away from Idong this year – that lake isn’t what it used to be. I really thought that yesterday morning would be perfect out there; overcast, foggy, a light wind – I did catch 12 or 13 bass, but with the exception of that one in the pic (which IMHO, was nothing to brag about), they were all small and most were caught way up to the left, around the corner on those high rock cliffs where someone I know went swimming once
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ROTFL
Hacker, I think that’s just the way it goes sometimes. I’ve had plenty of those type days, as I’m sure every fisherman in the world has. I’ve told Nomad this a 100 times, but really the only thing I know for sure about fishing is that you can’t catch them if you’re not out there wetting a line, and the more you go the more likely you are to catch something.
Reference that particular area, I walked out as far as I safely could and threw straight out. Were you throwing back into the cove, or straight out? The 3-10 I caught out of there last weekend I caught by going out as far as I could and then throwing back into the cove though. I think the bigger ones cruise up in there looking for a fast and easy meal because I caught a bunch of really small ones yesterday. I’ve pulled three nice fish out of there the past two weekends, a 2-9, 2-14 and the 3-10, so they’re in there, I guess you just have to time it right.
Rob, last year when the lake was really down I went out and walked a lot of the “new” shoreline and made some notes as to where there were holes and where ther were drop offs. In that area, when you walk that point to about where you are about 4 ft deep you can walk to the left for quite a ways before you hit a dip, two steps towards the lake and it gets steep. I was running the lures parallel to that. I was also cast back into the cove occasionally but I though I would have better luck with that drop off, go figure. I also was casting straight out and waiting forever to make sure I gave the Senko enough time to sink.
Your right about everybody having one of those days, it just has been a long time since I have had a spell like this where I either catch dinks or, in todays case, not even a bump. But you are right, they are in there, just not for me today.
Nomad, I would have been happy with 12 or 13 bass even had they been small today. Would have broken up the monotony. Go on ahead and rub it in, that was one of my funnier moments. The phone did start working eventually but my wife so worried that she didn’t want me to go out alone for a while.
Oh, Hunter – I was catching nice size bluegill up around the dam before the water went down. After that I haven’t seen anything but small ones. And yes I even tried that for a little bit today as well.
Good information Hacker, and that sounds like the area where I caught the majority of the ones I caught out of there.
Wish I had been there for the swimming lessons!