2 Mile Nov 22-24🔥

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zakeri said:
We came up on PFD filleting fish like mad! We were in the crest pontoon. Many thanks for the trolling speed advice. Anything above 4mph seemed to really do the trick! It was our first time up north and we had a blast. Thank you for chatting with us. We had a similar experience I’ll post about it later. Thanks again for the advice and chat.
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Nice meeting you. If this was your first trip North you timed it perfectly. It doesn’t get much better than that.
 
PFD said:
I've always assumed it is a little of what both you and Dungee said. I don't believe that fish migrate from the dam to 2 Mile canyon, but I do think that the spring mudline pushes them down canyon a ways and gives cover for the shad to grow and get a headstart before they get destroyed by the stripers. Then in the fall as the mud has settled out of the water the stripers head back while chasing the shad all the way to the mud line. As the water temperature cools they can tolerate the shallower water where in the summer they have to have access to deeper water to reset their metabolism. When the lake was full there was deep water at Striper City (Trachyte Canyon) so they could retreat to the deep pockets, but now they are relegated to wait until the temperature drops in late fall/winter. I've seen the same thing in San Juan and Escalante just not to same scale as up north because the Colorado river is massive in comparison. Just my observations/hypothesis.
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I read a study done at Lake Mead where they tagged a bunch of stripers and tracked them. Over the course of a full year these stripers migrated around the entire lake through every major arm of that giant lake. I believe they just constantly hunt for food. When they deplete the shad in one area they move until they find another large concentration. If the shad get decimated it seems like the striper schools thin out and it's every-fish-for-himself. I've seen the shad in the south lake (Lone Rock and Warm Creek) are pretty sparce so not finding large schools of stripers.
 
Can you share some info on the spro jig? I’ve never heard of them before your post is there a specific color and weight that works well? We caught 90% of our fish up there on #7 flicker shads and then secondary sexy shad keitechs on a 1/4oz jig head. But the keitech is so fragile it’s really a one fish and done soft bait. Thanks for any info
 
Dannyak said:
I read a study done at Lake Mead where they tagged a bunch of stripers and tracked them. Over the course of a full year these stripers migrated around the entire lake through every major arm of that giant lake. I believe they just constantly hunt for food. When they deplete the shad in one area they move until they find another large concentration. If the shad get decimated it seems like the striper schools thin out and it's every-fish-for-himself. I've seen the shad in the south lake (Lone Rock and Warm Creek) are pretty sparce so not finding large schools of stripers.
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Makes sense, I've found lots of shad pst lone rock the past 2 weeks, but not 1 striper. I was killing them 4 weeks ago then they just shut down.
 
zakeri said:
Can you share some info on the spro jig? I’ve never heard of them before your post is there a specific color and weight that works well? We caught 90% of our fish up there on #7 flicker shads and then secondary sexy shad keitechs on a 1/4oz jig head. But the keitech is so fragile it’s really a one fish and done soft bait.
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I bought it on Amazon.
 

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zakeri said:
Can you share some info on the spro jig? I’ve never heard of them before your post is there a specific color and weight that works well? We caught 90% of our fish up there on #7 flicker shads and then secondary sexy shad keitechs on a 1/4oz jig head. But the keitech is so fragile it’s really a one fish and done soft bait. Thanks for any info
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Switch all your keitechs to walleye assasins and catch more fish.
 
I used walleye assassins as well. Particularly on an umbrella rig I also use swim baits from z man which are very durable as well. We did well with the z man minnowz in “the deal” and “disco cisco” colors. Z man also makes the best Ned baits and as long as you don’t mix them with other plastics they are just about impossible to break.
 
zakeri said:
Can you share some info on the spro jig? I’ve never heard of them before your post is there a specific color and weight that works well? We caught 90% of our fish up there on #7 flicker shads and then secondary sexy shad keitechs on a 1/4oz jig head. But the keitech is so fragile it’s really a one fish and done soft bait. Thanks for any info
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We like trolling 3/4 oz Spro bucktail jigs with leadcore line. Any of the mostly white jigs work great. We always attach a 4" curly tail grub, white or chartreuse or a walleye assassin. We just fish 1 pole each so we usually start with two different colors of grubs and let the fish tell us what color they want today. There are several different manufacturers of bucktail jigs and I suspect they all will work but Spro is the only brand we fish. The hook is sharp and strong and the hair skirt on the jig will last through several hundred hookups.
 
huntingdad said:
I thought that was odd. 21ft of water and dangerous. It will be a week or so before I can go, so I'll be watching the reports until then. Will plan on camping uplake. Lots of firewood to be had, or will it take some looking?
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Lots of firewood in the GHB area. If this is yr first time running north, a map where you can set water elevation is helpful to help recognize areas with reefs and whales.
 
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i have been to hite in november in the mile long curve when that whole mile was FULL of fingerling (3 inch) stripers - at least a billion
maybe that essplanes- to quote ricky- the numbers from the horn to striper city. in the years bts - before the stripers ( striper city )was a very productive place for 5 pound bucket mouth in the fall as well
 
Littlesaltwash said:
Lots of firewood in the GHB area. If this is yr first time running north, a map where you can set water elevation is helpful to help recognize areas with reefs and whales.
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I've tried to figure out how to set my map for the current water elevation to no avail. What map chip do you have or what maps are available that will allow me to do this.
 
JSJ1 said:
I've tried to figure out how to set my map for the current water elevation to no avail. What map chip do you have or what maps are available that will allow me to do this.
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Lakemaster chip for me. Works like a charm. Best thing since sliced bread. If you have not been on the lake at newer general low elevations and are used to navigating around older 3600 foot elevations it can be a prop saver for sure. Navionics also works but I do not like it as much. But it is cheap. Use it on a cell phone. I believe there are others.
 
I certainly like the Navionics app. Doesn't take up valuable real estate on my fish finder and yes, it's cheap. $50.00 per year.
Just a heads up though. On Navionics, the default lake elevation is 3606 amsl. So the offset at today's lake level would be -31 feet.
Also, while it's very, very good, it's not perfect. You still need to be very aware of changing conditions.
 
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