burke wednesday??? 2024

soccplayer07 reply :

I'm thinking of fishing Burke Wednesday afternoon. I think Dan is riding along. I have room for one more. Anybody else interested in bringing a boat? I'm looking forward to trying out all those brush piles. Let me know.

quanjig reply :

Aaron, don't get discouraged when looking for the piles. Keep in mind that they are very close to drop-offs. do you have any markers? the way I find and fish the piles is to get in the general area, cast around until i get into a real meaty area or get bit, chuck out a bouy and continue to stay on or near the bouy and refine my casts and maybe find some other bits of cover.

Dan: reply :

Chris (cmatthews) said he wanted to go, I know Thai would if it doesn't work out with Chris.

soccplayer07 reply :

i talked to chris. i feel bad having him drive up an hour and half for a short afternoon trip.

Dan: reply :

ahh, gotcha. That would be rough, especially in weekday traffic.

shimmy reply :

That sounds like fun, i am thinkin about going as well. I might just keep the bigger bait on though and give it a shot for a bigger gal. Might give the old raft a whirl at it. I must be weird or something but i am just not afraid to get skunked. I can endure like a champ.

Again, thanks quan for the maps. Should be interesting trying to find the brush piles with no depth finder. But, i am stubborn and probably will fish the whole area till i find it. Are people feeling a tournament of sorts or just a leisure outing on the Burke?

Dan: reply :

Troy, we'll get another tournament style get together going at Burke sometime but I think Aaron just wants to go for a short trip to "learn" the lake a little bit.

You should be fine on Burke with a raft. You'll find those brushpiles, just put on a 1/2oz jig and drag it around for a while.

Thai reply :

Yes i would like to come with you Aaron if you got room, you cant break up the Dynamic Duo (Dan & I)! 8-)

NewAngler reply :

Chris, wednesday is going to be the busiest day on the road for the whole year. Might wanna re think driving up. Plus NOVA drivers are horrible for the most part.

Thai, you and Dan a wrestling tag team now?

I know the demand for me is pretty high right now, especially after my stellar performance yesterday, but I have to work.

My "modesty" a joke, obviously.

Anyone ever thought of starting a * club?

soccplayer07 reply :

Ok Thai, the open seat is yours...consider this a tryout for the Anna trip...haha

It looks as though it might rain. Are you both still interested?

Thai reply :

HAH! I'm very interested rain or shine but I think you have things mixxed around Aaron...

Consider this your tryout! I haven't decided whose boat I want to give a proper break in! ;D

I kid I kid!

Dan: reply :

Of course I'm still interested!

Too bad the 19 jigs I just ordered won't be here by then...sounds like jigs will come into play at Burke at this time of year.

Thai reply :

I think a jig and tube will be the only thing I throw

soccplayer07 reply :

I'm thinkin a jig, deep crankbait, drop shot and possibly a spoon.

Dan: reply :

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I'm thinkin a jig, deep crankbait, drop shot and possibly a spoon.

Add a shaky head and that's exactly what I was thinking.

soccplayer07 reply :

thats why we win "tourneys"!!!

Dan: reply :

well, we'll see, we could be completely wrong! Either way, we need to find something to give us an advantage against John so he doesn't completely embarrass everyone when we fish Burke.

soccplayer07 reply :

it would take us years to catch up to john.

Thai reply :

Fish it enough and I'm sure you'll be consistently pulling fish out

whats the max depth of Burke anyways?

Dan: reply :

I'm not sure anyone can consistently pull fish out of Burke, not year round at least. ;D

Thai reply :

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I'm not sure anyone can consistently pull fish out of Burke, not year round at least. ;D

Who would want to fish it during the recreational season anyways?!?!? ;D

soccplayer07 reply :

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Fish it enough and I'm sure you'll be consistently pulling fish out
whats the max depth of Burke anyways?

I think its around 35ft at max.

quanjig reply :

Be prepaired to donate some tackle to the piles when you find them. And just remember a day at Burke is not complete without snagging a giant pile of fishing line!!! The piles are located close to a drop or deeper water. Aaron pm me and I will try to get you some info on how to line up some of the piles. Good luck guys, I want a good result and detailed report.

soccplayer07 reply :

Dan/Thai do either of you have marker buoys?

Dan: reply :

nope, sorry.

Thai reply :

Dan can you scan or take a picture of the map? I'm going to pre fish it tmr before we head out

soccplayer07 reply :

Burke was pretty successful. we were able to find 4 brush piles and picked off 7 fish. Nothing of size but still relatively successful.

Bigs reply :

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Burke was pretty successful. we were able to find 4 brush piles and picked off 7 fish. Nothing of size but still relatively successful.

7 fish between all 3 of you ? That would be a mediocre day anywhere else but not bad for burke lake. Any pics ?

Dan: reply :

yeah, 7 between all of us. Also a warmouth and a crappie.

I took a pic of the crappie to show a friend who is a crappie fisherman, other than that, nothing was worth getting the camera out.

quanjig reply :

Was it tough to het your boat out?

shimmy reply :

ooo, man. Just seven. What made it so hard today? You figure the weather played a role or is it just winter time fishin? I was wondering how you guys fared today. Tough luck. Any fish stories? Bigguns get away? Musky?

Dan: reply :

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ooo, man. Just seven. What made it so hard today? You figure the weather played a role or is it just winter time fishin? I was wondering how you guys fared today. Tough luck. Any fish stories? Bigguns get away? Musky?

It's Burke Lake...it's not known for being easy. It can be good some days for the right people, but today was not one of those days or we were not those people.

quanjig reply :

First of all, you guys did very well for little knowledge of the brush piles. Now that you have a basic idea of how they have layed them out, it should get easier to find them and easier to determine which piles are going to be productive. For your first attempt at finding and fishing the Burke piles, well done.

Dan: reply :

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First of all, you guys did very well for little knowledge of the brush piles. Now that you have a basic idea of how they have layed them out, it should get easier to find them and easier to determine which piles are going to be productive. For your first attempt at finding and fishing the Burke piles, well done.

you know what? I'm pretty sure that was how we felt when we loaded the boat. This was actually the best of my few trips to Burke as far as numbers go. We were pretty happy that we were able to locate and pull fish off of deep structure/cover because I'm pretty sure that collectively we had very close to zero experience with that sort of fishing.

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