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Level: Full pool. Temp: 84-87 degrees. Clarity: Mostly clear, except for a light stain in the backs of some creeks. Bass: There is a good topwater bite early in the mornings. Guide Al Bassett said the rip-rap is a good choice to find a few topwater fish. “A good bait to use on the rip-rap…
Level: Down 6.7 feet below full pool. Temps: 80-82 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Spotted Bass: Fair. Guide and tournament angler Ryan Coleman said there’s a good bite, but it’s isolated. “The fish are holding in 25 to 30 feet of water and sticking around the deeper, man-made brushpiles,” Ryan said. Some of the fish have moved…
Level: 14.8 feet below full pool. Temp: Lower 80s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Great. It has been like, crazy,” said mountain-lake guide Nathan Stuart. “We caught 30 bass there one day last week. It’s a great place to go just to have fun catching bass.” Nathan said the No. 1 bait on the lake is a…
Level: 5 feet below full pool. Temp: 85 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Fair. Fishing Guide Mark Waller said this time of the year the topwater bite is all day long. You have to find the standing timber near the river channel to find the fish though. Mark said, “I’m a topwater fanatic, just throw Spooks…
Level: 0.9 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 80s. Clarity: The lake is clear, but the rivers are stained. Bass: Fair. “Don’t go; stay at home and watch fishing on ESPN,” said Eric Perkins. “I have been going in the mornings, and it is tough. I have been running my normal topwater deal for the…
Level: 3.8 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid to upper 80s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Fair. Guide Billy Darby said the fish are biting, but you have to do a little looking to find them. “If you can find the ledges that are holding fish, you can crank the ledges in the middle of the day…
Level: 5 feet below full pool. Temp: Upper 80s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Pro angler Danny Kirk said to begin the morning throwing topwater near the humps and main-lake points. He said to watch for them on your locator, and then throw above them. “When the baitfish move, the bass are going to move with…
Level: 6.3 feet below full pool. Temp: Upper 70s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Fair. There’s a brief topwater bite early, then move to deep brush with worms or jigs. The spots are schooling early and late on main-lake points and humps in the mid-lake area. Sammys, Spooks and Pop-Rs will work. Once the sun comes up,…
Level: 10 feet low and falling. Temp: 82 degres. Clarity: Green stain. Bass: Fair. Fishing guide Louie Bartenfield said the morning topwater bite is dead until the end of Septemeber. Louie suggests starting out with a small, medium-running crankbait on main-lake points. He likes the chartreuse-shad Bandit 200. He said the bite is pretty slow,…
Level: Full pool. Temp: 80 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Fair. WRD Fisheries Biologist Anthony Rabern said the spotted bass in Burton are gorging on young-of-the-year blueback herring in the 3/4-inch length range. Topwater early and late with Sammys, Spooks, flukes and Pop-Rs are good choices. When the fish go down, hit the same areas with…
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