Bartletts Ferry Fishing Report – May 2025

Bartletts Ferry: Level: 1 foot below 521. Temp: Upper 70s to low 80s. Clarity: Clear.

Bass: Tournament angler Tyler Morgan reports, “You can still catch some good males guarding fry. Look for balls of fry back in bedding pockets and cast a wacky-rigged green-pumpkin Senko and let it fall through them. Another great May tactic is to look for bream beds and fish a buzzbait or popping frog over them under low-light conditions. When the sun is bright, work your weightless Senko through them. Also start hitting docks back in the bream bedding areas. Skip your Senko to the darkest areas you can hit. Current plays a big role in May, too. You can catch quality largemouth and spots on rocky bluff banks in the Idlehour area. Work a brown Ace Tackle jig down the rocks fishing with the current, and keep it in contact with the rocks down to 20 feet.” Tyler says that May is his favorite topwater month, and he will always start with  a buzzbait early for a quality bite.

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