Lake Somerville, Jerdelle Creek 02/23/07

Put out 8 jugs (Redneck soap, beef heart, weiners with garlic, and minnow) from 10 am to 3 pm and didn't catch a thing, though some of the bait was missing or chewed on. Caught 1 white bass on a jig with spinner (white tail, fluorescent green head and big fluorescent green eye on spinner, don't know weight but pretty big).

On the west side of the bridge there's a quasi gravel road down to the creek ...

... this parking area is more quasi than gravel. It wasn't that bad today but from the looks of the old ruts it can get pretty muddy down here.


Looks like someone ran their trotlines shortly before I got there. These gar and drum were so fresh they didn't even stink yet!

Here's looking downstream under the bridge.

Looking the same direction except here you can see the well cut trails along the creek. Lots of bank fishing spots here.

Upstream view from bridge area.

A little further upstream.

I lost one white bass and caught one here. To the right is a 10 foot deep hole where my jug sat fishless for several hours. You have to pick up your outboard and paddle past the fallen tree. Note the bank trail runs at least this far on the right.

Another upstream shot.

My lonely white bass.

The creek drops off fast so it's tricky boarding and unboarding here, especially with a 10' boat.