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 Wichita Area Fishing
with Alex Hale
from Zeiner's Angler Supply
Video and instructions
to help prevent the spread of Zebra Mussels
August 3, 2009
- Hey y'all. I'm back. I've spent quit a bit of time at Emery Park lately. I've probably gone over there the last three Sunday mornings and done pretty well.
I normally start out with my Zara Spook. I can normally always pick off a couple with it. Once the sun comes out, I tie on one of my jigs that I make and can normally catch a few more.
I've been going down there with some buddies and they ave also caught fish. One of them wacked 'em pretty good on a spinnerbait and also on a Lake Fork Ring Fry.
Well that's about all I can say for Emery. I plan to get back over there again this Sunday morning. If you don't have anything going on, come on down and fish with me.
Good lucking fishin'!
May 11, 2009
- Well I made it
back out yesterday. I arrived at the little pond around the corner
yesterday about 11:00, figured it would be pretty good fishing.
well I started out fishing a Zoom Super fluke and caught a couple.
it was key to have my bait as close to the bank as I could.
Then I changed
from my Fluke to a little X-rap and rally whacked 'em. I caught
probably seven on that. they wanted it jerked real fast, then
i would stop it and they would slam it while it was suspended
after about five seconds after I was jerking it.
Let me tell
you all, is is now prime fishing at about everywhere you go.
for all, y'all catfish guys, if you wanna get into some fun action
go on down to the river at the Lincoln Street bridge. It's one
of the best places, but trust me, it is not the only place. Anywhere's
good really as long as you fish the current breaks.
Well be sure
to come in and say hey and I'll do my best to share all the places
and baits to help you get into some fish. Thanks for taking the
time to reed this. I'll do my best to keep it updated.
April 22,
2009 - Well I FINALLY
whacked 'em. I went over to Watson Park and fished my little
Spook and they were slamming it let me tell you. The key seemed
to be having that bait as close to the shore as I could. The
bait basically beached itself every time it went to the right
side. The bites I got also came within seven seconds of it hitting
the water, more of a reaction bite. But I still caught a couple
fishing it erratically.
I plan to get
back out tonight. "I got the fever now, let me tell ya."
Well, I'll let y'all know how that goes. I gotta couple other
ideas on how to whack I'm again. Be sure to come in and let me
know where them fish are bite'n.
April 18,
2009 - Well spring
is finally here!! Thank God!! I made it out last Saturday evening
for a hour or so. I went there thinking I might be able to get
a couple fish on topwater, but I blieve it's still a little early.
That water is still pretty cold. I went from my popper to a spinnerbait
and beat that little pond to death. I tried fishing it a few
different ways, burning it, slow rolling it, but once I started
yoyoing it - Wham, that little guy slammed it. I yanked him skippin'
across the water and he got off.
Well, the plan
is to get back out today or tomorrow weather permitting. I think
I'm gonna throw a swimbait. Tthis time last year I did real well
on it and a lizard.
Well make sure
y'all come in and let me know where the fish are bite'n and I'll
do my best to give you all the info I can. Thanks.
March 2,
2009 - I received
an email today about fishing Buffalo Park , especially when it's
mossy. I would answer it here in case others might be interested.
Normally when
I go to Buffalo Park and it's mossy I throw a handful of different
baits. I've had good luck on top water frogs, buzz baits,and
Spooks to name the one's I mainly use. I also will throw Zoom
Super Flukes weightless. Weightless is key at Buffalo
because of that brutal grass we all fight.
To answer the
question about if the fish are in that thick, thick cover, the
answer is yes. They normally sit along the edge of the thick
grass and open water waiting for bait fish or my little fluke.
Buffalo Park
can be pretty tough sometimes and the moss can drive you crazy,
but I've caught and lost a lot of big fish in that mossy little
pond.
Well, good luck
and maybe we'll run into each other sometime. don't hesitate
to give me a shout..
February
24, 2009 - Well
geeeze. Got Skunked. A customer buddy "Fernando" and
I went over to Watson Park yesterday and fished from about 1:30
to 4:00 and all I had was one fish swipe at it and that's it.
I started out yoyoing a Rattle Trap that produced the only action
I had when one swiped at it. I've had a lot of good luck fishing
that way this time of year. But not yesterday.
Fernando caught
one doing it though. It was about a pound and a half fish. I
threw about everything I had at 'em and I couldn't seem to get
a bite for nothin'.
February
23, 2009 - Well
I made it back out again Sunday and managed to castch seven.
I took the fly rod out again and fished a little 1/124th oz jig
I tie in chartreuse and white. I caught five crappie and two
big bluegill. the trick was the speed I ished it. I fish it so-o-o-o
slow, about as slow as possible and they'd hit it after it had
been sitting for about 10 seconds after shakin' it. I hope to
get out with my bass rod tomorrow if I get out of the store erly.
i'm thinking about going to Watson Park.
February
16, 2009 - Well
I made it out again yesterday for a couple hours. i took the
fly rod out again and fished a beautiful wooly bugger I tie.
I caught a couple nice fish, one came within the first 10 minutes
I was there. It was about a 12-13 inch thick crappie. Then about
an hour later I managed to stick one more. It was a largemouth.
He probably went two pounds. Boy I tell you what, those two fish
on the fly rod is a lot of fun.
Well be sure
to come in and see me and let me know where the fish are biting.
I'll do my best this year to get out a lot more to these local
park ponds and KDOT lakes to give reports. Thanks for the info
y'all already gave me. Our customers are surely grateful. Just
keep it coming. thanks and i'll catch ya later!!
February
15, 2009 - Hey
everybody, it's gettin' so close to bein' that time it's killin'
me. I went over to a city pond a couple weekends ago and struck
out (I'd been goin' crazy for quite some time, so it was nice
just to get out). I didn't even get a bite.
I went out again
last Sunday and caught three. Hey, three's better than nothin'
ya know. Here's the thing though, I took out my fly rod, so they
were three bluegills. I was on a mission to just catch something.
Heck, it was still a lot of fun. I know I could probably take
me a little finesse jig or a Rattle Trap and whack a few, but
that's next weekend.
September
17, 2008 - Hey
y'all, I finally made it back out yesterday. I went over to Watson
Park and fished it for an a little bit over an hour. I decided
that I was going to only take my spinning rod out and try a little
finesse fishing. I started out with a finesse caroline rig with
a little Zoom 4" lizard and only caught one. It was pretty
tough and really slow compared to the way I normally fish, but
that's why I figured I'd catch 'em. Of course they'd have to
be in the mood and of course they weren't really.
Well with about
thirty minutes left until dark I tied on a 1/8 oz.shaky head
with a Gulp floating worm and picked off a couple more with the
quickness. I'd say if i was to go back over there, I'd start
out with my little shaky worm then just before dark tie on my
deadly spook. The spook is a killer just before dark at Watson.
Well be sure
to come in and let me know how your fishing's been lately and
where the BIG ones are staying.
Good Luck
September
5, 2008 - I made
it back out yesterday and went over to Watson Park. I got there
about 6:45 and fished until dark. I started out with my big old
Bass Magic swimbait (the 5.5 one in the black diamond color).
i threw that sucker for over an hour and couldn't seem to buy
a bite. I know you probably think that a 5.5 inch swimbait is
too big; but trust me, it's not. I've been tearin' them up on
it at the little pond by my house.
Anyway, I threw
it for over an hour and didn't get any bites. The only bites
I seemed to get were mosquito bites. So with a little under an
hour to fish I tied on my deadly little Zara Spook and caught
one. I had a couple others blow up on it, but i figure they were
little dinks anyway. Well I hope to get back out tonight I've
been wanting to go over to Buffalo Park I'm gonna try to talk
my dad into going with me. Buffalo Park is about the best little
pond in town when it comes to quality fish, I swear the average
fish is 2-3 pounds. Well good luck fishing everyone, make sure
to come see me and let me know how the fishing's been for you.
August 26,
2008 - Well I made
it out yesterday for a few hours on my day off. I went over to
Emery Park. I hadn't been there for four to five months. I started
out with a jig, flippin' it along the edges of the cattails and
managed to catch a couple. Then I tied on a Zoom Fluke weightless
and threw it along the bank fishing it pretty irradically and
caught a couple more. Then I slowed m y presentation down a lot
and caught a couple more.
Right before
dark I tied on a buzz bait and I managed to get one to blow up
on it but I missed him. Then I went to my little Sammy 65 and
caught two more just before I had to leave.
Remember, this
time of the year the fish are more sluggish than normal because
of the heat, so if fishing seems tough try slowing down your
presentation. Plastic worms and jigs work very well this time
of the year and top water baits in the early mornings and late
evenings work very well too. Good luck.
August 12,
2008 - Well I made
it out Sunday evening and threw my deadly little swimbait. I
managed to catch only one. Fishing was pretty tough. They seemed
to want it swimming about as slow as possible and as deep as
I could keep it. I'd heave it as far as I could down the bank
about 25 feet out in the water and slowly crank it back to me
trying to keep it in the strike zone.
Like I said,
fishing was tough and I only managed to catch one fish but that's
OK. That's why they call it fishing and not catching.
I hope to get
back out later this afternoon. I think I'm gonna throw a topwater
bait like my Top Dollar by Norman or maybe even a buzzbait right
on the bank bangin' in to every stick and rock I come across.
Well, good luck.
Hope you have a better day's fishing than my last time out.
August 7,
2008 - I made it
out yesterday for an hour or so. I started with a Berkley Power
Bait hollow belly swimbait with one of our 5/0 swimbait hooks.
I caught one and my buddy caught another on the same thing. I
just crawled it along the bottom and bam, they'd hit it.
Then I noticed
there were quit a few fish surfacing so I tied on my Norman Top
Dollar in the nutter shad color and caught about a two-pounder.
Hope to get back out ASAP. Can't wait to throw that hollow belly
again. It's definitely time for swimbaits again.
August 5,
2008 - I braved
the heat and went over to Watson Park yesterday and managed to
catch some. I started out throwing a Red Eye Shad and caught
one on my second cast ,just after it banged into a rock he smacked
it. Then just before dark I tied on a new bait I just got called
"Top Dollar" by Norman. It's a cross between a Zara
Spook and a popper. I picked off two fishing it fairly aggressive.
One may have gone 2 1/2 pounds. They were all caught on the south
side about an hour before dark right on the bank.
July 29,
2008 - I made it
back out Sunday. Went over to my buddy's girlfriend's parent's
house on Ridge Road. Started out with my Rick Clunn 1.5 in the
Copper Green. I managed to catch a couple real nice ones real
quick off a patch of rip rap bangin' the bait off the orcks.
Then I tied
on a Red Eye Shad and caught one rippin' up off the bottom. That
seemed to be the onlyt way they wanted it. I would rip it up
and let it fall to the bottom then when it hit the bottom I'd
rip it again. All I'd feel was the slightest tick and he'd be
on there.
Well, I hope
to get out to Buffalo Park this evening. Hopefully I'll have
a good pattern put together so you can go out and catch a few
nice fish.
July 21,
2008 - Well I finally
made it back out to my secret spot Saturday evening. I know it's
been forever since I posted anything. All I can say is girls
drive me nuts.
Anyway, my buddy
and I got there about 6:30 and by 6:45 I probably had caught
six. All came on a Rat'L'Trap in the chrome/black color in a
1/4-ounce size. They seem to hit it every time I ripped it out
of the grass. My buddy caught a couple on a Bomber crank bait
and a few other on the new chartreuse sx shad Thin N by Norman.
He seemed to be just steadily cranking it and they'd whack it
about five feed away from the bank.
If I were you,
I would be throwing a rattle bait and slowly cranking it along
the bottom. Every time you come in contact with a piece of structure
rip it out of there. That is when they seem to hit it. Be prepared
to lose a few, it's real easy to do fishing this particular way,
but if the bait isn't banging off rocks/brush piles you won't
catch nearly as many fish.
Well, good luck.
Hope to post another report tomorrow. going to go to Watson Park
this evening and try my Trap there.
July 7, 2008
- Well, I went
over to Watson Park yesterday. I started out on the south end
of the park and flipped a black/blue jig around the rocks and
managed to catch two. One was a pretty nice fish. It may have
gone three pounds. then I went over to the northwest side and
threw my spook and caught one more. I should have caught two
but the little sucker just wouldn't eat it. He kept punting it
out of the water. If I were you, I'd go there and fish the south
end. That is where I've seemed to have my best luck. topwater
works real well right before dark. Remember, Watson's a sand
pit so your more natural looking baits seem to excel. Good luck.
July 1, 2008
- Hey everybody,
I'm back. Well I finally made it out yesterday to Buffalo Park
with a buddy of mine. I managed to catch a couple. The first
one I caught was on a swim bait rippin' it over and through the
hydrilla. Then I tied on my Spro frog and fished on top the moss.
The fish seemed to be sitting right on the edges of the grass.
Every time they'd hit it, it would be right before it made the
transition from moss/grass to open water.
I also talked
with a couple guys there and they said they have been catching
the heck out of the catfish right before dark on Wicked Sticky
and Sonny's.
June 21,
2008 - Sorry there
hasn't been reports for a while. I've been sicker than a dog.
I'm hopefully gonna make it out Sunday. Gonna try to talk my
dad into going with me over to Buffalo Park. I hear it's super
low (about the only body of water that's still low). I'm either
gonna use a topwater frog like Spro's Bronzeye Jr. or a good
ole 4/5" swimbait in the natural perch color. To me, that's
probably one of my best baits for Buffalo Park. Well, I'm goin'
fishing. Check back for further reports.
June 12,
2008 - South Wichita - I
made it over to the "mystery pond" yesterday evening.
I only caught two. I started out with my good ol' little balsa
bomber and caught one within y first couple casts. I surely thought
I'd pick off at least a couple more, but I finally gave up and
tied on my Skitter Pop and managed to catch one more. Probably
would have caught more if I'd had more light left. Trust me,
the top water bite is definitely on. Final hour of daylight can
be nuts right about now.
 June 11, 2008 - South Wichita -
Sorry this is late.
I wrote it on the sixth, but was waiting to get a photo from
a friend of mine. I went back over to the "mystery pond"
and whacked them on a popper. I probably caught at least ten.
Was only there for the final hour or so of daylight. As for how
I was fishing the popper. I would pop it fairly aggressive and
they would just hammer it just about right after it hit the water.
Hope to hit some other water this week. If I ever get the photo,
I'll post it.
June 2, 2008
- South Wichita - Went
to my south Wichita "mystery pond" on Sunday. I noticed
lots of little fry in schools along the banks feeding in the
grass. That made me think of using a prop bait like a Tiny Torpedo
or a little buzz bait because during this time they really seem
to excel.
The little props
barely turning water somewhat mimics those little schools of
bait fish. ended up catching a couple on a Tiny Torpedo and the
the majority came on a little 1/8 oz buzz bait. All the fish
were about 1 - 2 pounds. Occasionally I'll catch one 3 -4 pounds,
but of course not when I have a camera.
May 29, 2008
- Buffalo Park - Well
I gave Buffalo Park a try yesterday. Started out with the new
Bass Magic swimbaits and caught two on the east side cranking
fairly fast over the top of the submerged grass and hydrilla..
Then I tried a Lake Fork Ring Fry rigged weightless just dragging
it real slow and caught one more.
I talked to
a few people there and they said they have been chatching the
heck out of catfish on Sonny's rigged and weightless.
May 27, 2008
- Watson Park - Well
I finally made it to Watson Park Saturday evening. I got there
about 6:00 and started out with a jig b3ecause I figured they'ed
be on the banks or at I'd least see a few. Well there wasn't
really too many to be seen but I still caught two. Then I tied
on a Rick Clunn 1.5 Wake Bait and managed to pick off a couple
more.
May 24, 2008
- South Wichita - I
made it out for an hour or so yesterday. I started with a Bomber
Fat Free Shad and caught five "rippin' it" as fast
as I could. Then I changed up to the good ol' 4" Hula Grub
and caught three more swimming it. None of them were very big
(1-2 pounders), but they were fun to catch.
  May
23, 2008 - South Wichita - Caught
a nice crappie on 4" Chomper Hula Grub while bass fishing.
Did well on bass on spinnerbaits and Lake Fork Ring Frys also.
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