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Level: 13.1 feet below full pool. Temp: High 70 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Blue Ridge guide Nathan Lewis said he has been doing well on smallmouths and spots using three different patterns: tube jigs, topwater and flukes. He has been catching bass on main-lake points and rocky banks with stumps by shaking a tube…
Level: Full pool. Temp: Upper 80s. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Slow. The water is hot, and the fish are lethargic. Scott Holland says your best bet is to head up the river and look for current and shade. “If you get up around Campers Haven, there are a lot of backwater sloughs that are like fishing…
Level: 1.5 feet below full pool. Temp: 84 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Slow, said Dennis Hudson. “When you have 25 to 30 boats every week and only half a dozen guys weighing in, and they’re bringing in less than 8 pounds each, you’re not exactly tearing them up,” he said in reference to his Tuesday…
Level: Down 4.6 feet below full pool. Temp: 83 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Fair, and improving. “The schooling fish are up, but only come up for a few brief seconds,” said guide Mike Bucca. “The deep bite is still the most consistent.” Small baits are the key to the schooling bass. “Lucky Craft’s G Splash…
West Point: Level: Down 5.5 feet below full pool. Temp: 80 to 85 degrees. Clarity: Clear in main lake; slight stain in creeks. Largemouth: Good. Guide Paul Parsons said the largemouth are moving out due to the dropping water level. Try cranking rip-rap around bridges early with medium to large crankbaits, then move out to…
Weiss: Level: 1.3 feet below full pool. Temp: 84 degrees. Clarity: Mostly clear. Bass: The fish have gone deep, and much of the fishing is out on the river ledges in 8 to 14 feet of water using either a deep-running crankbait or a jig ’n pig, said Jason Tucker at J.R.’s Marina. The alternative…
Sinclair: Level: Full pool. Temp: 82 degrees. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Good. Tournament angler Kim Carver said, “A big mayfly hatch the last week in June has bass hitting topwater well. Pop-Rs and white buzzbaits are working good.” During the day, the bass are still under the docks. Kim suggested throwing a Texas-rigged worm around docks.…
Seminole: Level: 1.5 feet low. Temp: 87-88 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Brian Key said the fishing is good right now. “The Sunday tournament (June 25) had one 9-lb. fish and two 8-lb. fish with several bags over 20 pounds.” Brian said to start the morning near grass lines and points with topwater baits. Tiny…
Inshore: Good, but an east wind has made conditions tough. “The fishing has been good when we have been able to get out,” said Capt. Greg Hildreth. “Last week was the full moon, so we were fishing the flood tide in the grass for tailing reds. We caught all our fish in the grass on…
Russell: Level: Down 0.9 feet below full pool. Temp: 81-84 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Fair. Tournament angler Trad Whaley said a good topwater bite first thing in the morning that has helped him cash in some recent tournaments will end shortly, if it’s not already gone by July 1. He said the best daylight bite…
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