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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…
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…
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