I wandered to Potholes this past Sunday the 13th.  Began fishing about 10am.  Man, this reservoir has been awesome this season!!  Went to my favorite late season location in Lind Coulee and killed them!!  Had seven QUALITY smallies in 30 minutes!!  Unreal!!  FIshed for another hour or so and caught five more.  Perch were everywhere, but that is later.  Since it was a drop-dead gorgeous day, I decided to head up Crab Creek.  Never ventured too far up the channel this late in the year, but thought I had better learn to find the channel.  After beaching the boat onece, I found what I believe is the channel and meandered up the proverbial creek.  I was having alot of fun just navigating.  Anyway, based on Smitty's previous report, I thought this would be relatively simple, and guess what, it was!!!  Any place I found a piece of anything along the channel, there were fish on it.  Biggest was just under five pounds.  Caught over nine fish in two hours!!  What a blast.  Off of one stick-up I hooked five fish!!  Good grief I wish I could win the lotto and fish more!!  The water was a bit stained, due to an alge bloom, but the fish had no trouble smaking around my spinner-bug.  Found my way back out of there and decided to catch some perch on my favorite flat.  Found an old friend with his two sons and we had a barrel-o-fun.  I caught a bunch for the fry pan and filed this day away as one of the finest fishing, weather, and solitude gathering experiences I have had on Potholes since.....May, by golly!
Kirk

Headed over to potholes tomorrow.  I am hunting for pheasants/quail early in the morning and then off to the lake around 10 am for some late season bass.  I will send along a report when I get back.

Mark Maderos

Well the bird hunt was a bust.  My dog only put up one pheasant. ( A hen)  No quail to be seen.  So off to potholes we went.  Went up the Lind Coulee arm.  Nothing half way up so we went to the mouth of the arm and hit the first major point/flat.  Hooked into a huge smallie in the first fifteen minutes.  The thing hit my green senko so hard, I was just stunned.  Thought I had missed it because I lifted my rod tip and nothing.  About 5seconds later, I feel a little pressure and set the hook into a monster smallie.  Unfortunately lost him at the boat.  Somewhere in the 4-5 lb class.  Coal black and not fighting to hard with the water temp getting lower.  Had a couple other bites but no other fish.

Had a great time.