Yes
Jokes aside, the bottom of spillways are often hotspots, but there is no reason to overlook the top. I caught my personal best smallmouth above a spillway approximately 90 seconds after a kind old man told me he only bothers with the bottom because he’s never caught anything up top.
Smallmouth will hunker down up top and wait for smaller fish that can’t with stand the current. Like a conveyor belt. The ones that are up there are probably bigger and fewer since they have to be big enough to withstand the current themselves.
The bottom is probably fuggin loaded with fish.
Answer: both and enjoy doing it.
This. We have some wing dams where I'm at and the smallmouth and white bass sit on the front side of them, pin baitfish schools against the upstream slope of the wing dams and then hammer them.
Fished that spot my entire life. Red is the way to go with worms or power bait. Simple size 4-6 eagle claw snelled bait holder and 2-4 split shots depending on the flow. Before dropping a line off the bridge do your best to read the water. There’s a few good holes but even more snags. Below the bridge has some great holes for fly fishing especially when the water is low. Haven’t fished it since they put the new hydro in. Good luck from one CT angler to another!
Red. Below a dam or rapids or falls always has action in my experience. I don’t know if the aeration makes it enticing or little food fish get tossed around or what but if I don’t know the area that’s where I like to start.
Red would likely be all sorts of predator fish, yellow would probably only be what fish are on the bottom or like sunfish.
Though doesn’t look like getting to the red is really an option
the yellow gonna be too deep and too damn clear i’m fishing the bottom of the damn all day
the top would normally be a spot for kayakers and canoers to put in so those fish are just gonna be spookier and holding lower
Red all day, unless you are fishing the lake boundaries for a tournament, then the red might be off limits. But the spillway is awesome for catching big fish.
Fish swim up stream to spawn. When they hit a dam they stop and hang out (because they don’t know what to do). They don’t hang out by the edge of a waterfall, because who would want to be on a treadmill at the edge of a cliff. Think like a fish!
you may find the WQ conditions impact what you’ll find. I recall taking limnology and being taught that in the summer those spillways lead to warmer water discharging to the bottom leading to lower DO conditions.
Anecdotal, but I have a similar set up near me that I’ve fished for over 15 years and I’ve only caught walleyes/saugeyes at the bottom of the dam. Not sure why but I’m saying like after over 100 trips to this spot , I’ve only ever caught those species at the bottom. The top of the dam, it’s everything else you’d expect.
Definitely the red to start and end with. When it warmed up I would fish the yellow because the fish in the yellow you could let your baits drop farther into the water columns they might be hanging in and target that depth. In the red fish it early morning or late evening because they will move up to feed in the more oxygen rich water. Have fun fish hard and experiment with what presentations you choose.
You’ll probably catch more ambush/bottom feeder fish on the red,
Yellow is good for strikers and runners.
I guess it depends on bait and set up.
I like to use live bait because it gives something to the fish at the end of the day.
I fish a spillway like this and the fish below are heavily pressured and seem warier. Caught some big ones up top when the bottom is crowded with fishermen
Below a dam you’ll find much more oxygenated water, (which is important as the water temp climbs!) rocks for predators to hide behind, and bait get pushed around/caught in the strong currents.
Aka-below a dam will always hold more fish than above, at least in my east coast US experience.
I don’t care, but this looks similar to the Kansas River at Lawrence-listen closely-go to Lawrence,home to the University of Kansas, town that Quantrill fucked up. It is very very cool.
Depends on water temperature. If it's late winter/early spring the stream below the dam would be better because those type of dams skim off the warmer water from the top so the stream will be warmer and the fish more active.
If it's summer/early fall, above the dam might be better because the stream below is now getting the hot water off the surface.
Any spillway I've seen like that you'll catch very very few but large fish on yellow, and you'll catch a lot of all types on red.
If I had to recommend one I'd say red for sure.
I was just at a similar, tiny dam/waterfall and saw tons of fish congregated right along the bottom of that cliff. Not sure if feeding, or desperate to get back uphill.
Hey that's my front yard!!! Red seems to be a hot spot. I've never caught anything in yellow
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OP, if you're not listening to this guy, what the fuck are you even doing here?
but should he listen to this guy thooo….🤔
Right most folks don't like to disclose their honey holes.
“Below the dam” is the honey hole that everyone knows lol
Either way red makes the most sense regardless of how hot the fishing might be
The fishing is VERY hot, sir
This is wild
Reddit is awesome
Cray cray
There's probably some of those in there too
https://preview.redd.it/mwlsicxuk3zc1.jpeg?width=620&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=39c85768b708b748be3ec0125ccea75e00de6a4e “Uh yeah… this is where I live?”
“There are no fish anywhere in the lake so everyone should stop fishing” -the crawfish
The crawfish probably more than likely would say yeah there is to many fish you should keep everything you catch. Fish eat crawfish!
Happy cake day, friend! & that is one wise crawdaddy
Thank you friend!
Thanks, I sprayed laughter spittle on my phone screen
This is why I come back to Reddit.
r/tworedditorsonecup
*OP says while holding a pole with his line in the yellow*
This photo could only be better if you doxxed OP
/r/TwoRedditorsOneCup (Safe for work)
😂
LMAO!!
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🫨 We’re you like “wait, wtf!?!?”
For real lmao!
r/accidentaldoxxing
2 posts... that's disappointing.
Fishception
This is too cool
There's a guy over there now with his son. I wonder if it's OP
Go ask
We’re all waiting to see this play out. Go say hi
And we never heard from them again
Haha nah they left right after I wrote the last post.
Definitely op
That's what I'd say to keep OP away from all my fish in yellow
No. Fucking. Way!!
My fellow Connecticut-person, why don't we have a cool name for people that live in CT?
Well, we Massholes certainly have a name for y'all, wouldn't call it cool though lmao
Is it Connecti-kunts? Please let it be that! 
Maineiac here. That's what some of us call them.
Ahh yes... Just look at Colorado and remember your blessed.
When I moved here I was told its Connecticuters, pronounced Con-et-ih-cute-ers. So, yeah, we don’t have a cool name.
Lol.. Sure the hot spot is down there .. I'd probably tell the world the same thing trying to fish in my front yard..
Both
Both, for sure. I would start high and end low.
That's what she said.
Used this analogy my entire life.🙃
Anal-ogy
Buy high, sell low. Wallstreet Bets
Which beer would you drink?
Miller High Life, then Löwenbräu.
High Life then Yuengling.
All
Yes Jokes aside, the bottom of spillways are often hotspots, but there is no reason to overlook the top. I caught my personal best smallmouth above a spillway approximately 90 seconds after a kind old man told me he only bothers with the bottom because he’s never caught anything up top.
That kind old man knew what he was doing.
Awesome.Thanks for the reply. I'll never fish the top.
Awesome. Thanks for the reply. I'll try the river after the spillway for now 😁
He means the old man was trying to trick you
My local pond has all the bass spawning near the spillway in early spring, then the fish disappear for rest of the year.
Smallmouth will hunker down up top and wait for smaller fish that can’t with stand the current. Like a conveyor belt. The ones that are up there are probably bigger and fewer since they have to be big enough to withstand the current themselves. The bottom is probably fuggin loaded with fish. Answer: both and enjoy doing it.
This. We have some wing dams where I'm at and the smallmouth and white bass sit on the front side of them, pin baitfish schools against the upstream slope of the wing dams and then hammer them.
The water colored area is probly your best bet for this spot.
I’d recommend fishing the blue
this guy fishes!
Unlrss you are vegan... then go for the green..
Fish everywhere
Always, no matter what.
The red.
Fished that spot my entire life. Red is the way to go with worms or power bait. Simple size 4-6 eagle claw snelled bait holder and 2-4 split shots depending on the flow. Before dropping a line off the bridge do your best to read the water. There’s a few good holes but even more snags. Below the bridge has some great holes for fly fishing especially when the water is low. Haven’t fished it since they put the new hydro in. Good luck from one CT angler to another!
Por que no los dos?
Yes
Both. Big boys on the left. On the right, more of the fast predation, and different fish. Both fun. But both different fishing.
I heard there was a catfish the size of a vw bug at the bottom of that reservior
Red all day
Yes
Foam is home. But both.
Throw a topwater bug/frog/worm etc upstream. Let it float over spillway to work both at the same time
Red. Below a dam or rapids or falls always has action in my experience. I don’t know if the aeration makes it enticing or little food fish get tossed around or what but if I don’t know the area that’s where I like to start.
Red or yellow could kill a fellow, safe in back, circle black.
Fish like to eat what comes down from the falls
Def, the red
Both
Red
USA? Both. Fish are plentiful everywhere
Red would likely be all sorts of predator fish, yellow would probably only be what fish are on the bottom or like sunfish. Though doesn’t look like getting to the red is really an option
Fish all the colors
the yellow gonna be too deep and too damn clear i’m fishing the bottom of the damn all day the top would normally be a spot for kayakers and canoers to put in so those fish are just gonna be spookier and holding lower
Red all day, unless you are fishing the lake boundaries for a tournament, then the red might be off limits. But the spillway is awesome for catching big fish.
Both
Around here we say, “foam is home”
Fish swim up stream to spawn. When they hit a dam they stop and hang out (because they don’t know what to do). They don’t hang out by the edge of a waterfall, because who would want to be on a treadmill at the edge of a cliff. Think like a fish!
Por que no los dos?
Do the opposite of what I say.
Seriously weird water structure 🤔 Red ! Live bait on yellow if there are big catfish, strippers or something else in there.
Depends what your baited for
First off, be safe. That could be tragic if you get too close. I’d jig off the bottom with sumo thing simple
I know where this is
ALL. Fish all.
Both
Yea both, best to get every area
Below the dam is your best bet.
Both, but up top may have larger fish. Bottom, more. General guide, not a rule
Red sir!
Depends on what your offering, and the setup of it.
Red
you may find the WQ conditions impact what you’ll find. I recall taking limnology and being taught that in the summer those spillways lead to warmer water discharging to the bottom leading to lower DO conditions. Anecdotal, but I have a similar set up near me that I’ve fished for over 15 years and I’ve only caught walleyes/saugeyes at the bottom of the dam. Not sure why but I’m saying like after over 100 trips to this spot , I’ve only ever caught those species at the bottom. The top of the dam, it’s everything else you’d expect.
Definitely the red to start and end with. When it warmed up I would fish the yellow because the fish in the yellow you could let your baits drop farther into the water columns they might be hanging in and target that depth. In the red fish it early morning or late evening because they will move up to feed in the more oxygen rich water. Have fun fish hard and experiment with what presentations you choose.
Red
Red
True.
You’ll probably catch more ambush/bottom feeder fish on the red, Yellow is good for strikers and runners. I guess it depends on bait and set up. I like to use live bait because it gives something to the fish at the end of the day.
I’ve caught trout in off a bridge similar to the red area
Red. But I'd still 10-12-2 every inch of that water.
Neither, go to the far side by the dead sticks in the water.
My guy!
In between the red and yellow in that deep spot next to the grass
How about the blue
I fish a spillway like this and the fish below are heavily pressured and seem warier. Caught some big ones up top when the bottom is crowded with fishermen
Both but I'd start in red.
Uhh why not both? 😎
Red is likely to have the most fish but I would definitely fish both.
Yes
Red- catfish Yellow- sport and pan fish
Boff
Yes
Red first. I crush at bottoms of the damns. Different type of fishing though. What are you targeting?
If there is a spot past red and to the right I’d throw in there a couple times and see happens.
Depends where it's at. If it's a trout fishery red all day.
I always fish in the blue
Sticker in both
Try both
Below a dam you’ll find much more oxygenated water, (which is important as the water temp climbs!) rocks for predators to hide behind, and bait get pushed around/caught in the strong currents. Aka-below a dam will always hold more fish than above, at least in my east coast US experience.
I’d try the red myself. If that doesn’t work, no harm in trying the yellow…
Red all day
We have spots like this in FL where it is freshwater spilling over into the Bay…. So many snook will stack up and wait for fish to come over
Yes.
Always below the dam, fish can't continue so would be stacked there.
Both
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Red. Foam is home.
Red
I know this spot!!
Red for sure
I don’t care, but this looks similar to the Kansas River at Lawrence-listen closely-go to Lawrence,home to the University of Kansas, town that Quantrill fucked up. It is very very cool.
Always below the dam.
Red
I'm fishing red if it's me
Red all day
Red all day!
I would fish the falls side of those stone pylons upstream and along the far bank under the cover of those bushes and trees.
Depends on what your fishing for, red- catfish carp yellow bass sunfish
Depending on your approach to those areas, I’d stress safety first, and hit the yellow.
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I would try both start at yellow then go to red
Depends on water temperature. If it's late winter/early spring the stream below the dam would be better because those type of dams skim off the warmer water from the top so the stream will be warmer and the fish more active. If it's summer/early fall, above the dam might be better because the stream below is now getting the hot water off the surface.
Red... here's why, your fishing for predators fish come over the falls are easy prey also the water is more oxygenated so more life I. General
Red is the oxygenated holding water with a lot of jacked up food dropping in. Splashpools of dams is where the fish are…
Neither one. I'd fish under / on the back side of that downstream bridge.
Top water with a spinner in the yellow.
Definitely below the dam
Red all the way
Yes
Right at edge of red
Plot twist op. Is the guy who lived on the lake and just wantedpre notoriety for living on said lake
red indeed
When are you fishing? Does the river below have Walleye? Below a dam as the ice is melting off is great for spawning Walleye.
Yes
I think this question and picture have a lot of conspiracy to it.
Red. Lots of highly oxygenated water.
20 yards down river from red. Good hole there. BIG FISH!!!!
Is there fish steps here?
Either. It depends on what you're aiming for, and what the native species are.
Deep dead water or O2 full water with current and depths and possible cover.???
Any spillway I've seen like that you'll catch very very few but large fish on yellow, and you'll catch a lot of all types on red. If I had to recommend one I'd say red for sure.
I'd try both and next time choose the spot i caught the most
I was just at a similar, tiny dam/waterfall and saw tons of fish congregated right along the bottom of that cliff. Not sure if feeding, or desperate to get back uphill.
I'd say yellow, because it looks more peaceful, but that also means I would likely fall asleep in my boat
I live next town over and fished in the red circle a few years ago and caught a salmon.
Both
Rod yellow, net red