Bartletts Ferry Fishing Report – August 2024

Bartletts Ferry: Level: 0.5 feet below 521. Temp: Mid 80s. Clarity: Clear.

Bass: Tournament angler Tyler Morgan, with Summerland Outdoors, reports that the fishing is tough but not terrible. There is a good mayfly hatch most days, and you can see husks on the water first thing in the morning to know there has been a fresh hatch. Look for them on bluff rock banks with overhanging bushes and cast a Pop-R to them. If the cover is thick or there is trash on the water, go with a Spro popping frog. You can hit the bushes with your frog to get the flies moving. After the early bite, skip a weightless green-pumpkin Senko under the bushes and dip both ends in chartreuse to imitate the bream. Fish it weightless. The bream are feeding up so you want it to sink slowly. Also, try grassbeds with buzzbaits and frogs if no flies are hatching. Go up the river after the sun gets hot and fish current. The moving water is cooler and positions fish behind cover, like root balls and logs. Fish a frog or jig around the cover. Also go to docks and fish a shaky head under them. Target docks at the mouths of pockets and on the main river that gets current, that is key. When boat traffic makes it hard to fish the banks, and if you like FFS, look for bait balls and brush out on main-lake structure. You can catch a limit of spots weighing 8 to 9 pounds most days around the brush on small jigs and shaky heads.”

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