Bartletts Ferry Fishing Report – November 2024

Bartletts Ferry: Level: 0.6 feet below 521. Temp: Mid 60s. Clarity: Light stain to clear.

Bass: Tournament angler Tyler Morgan, with Summerland Outdoors, and his partner won the Backwaters Championship on Bartletts Ferry the end of October with 13.07 pounds and had big fish with a 4.03-lb. largemouth. In November at Bartletts Ferry, the bass are keying heavily on shad, and fall is in full effect. Target the main feeder creeks early with a buzzbait with a toad or swimbait paired with it. Follow up with a bladed jig in a natural shad color. A squarebill, such as a Berkley Frittside in shad color, can be extremely productive on rocky areas. The shad are in the creeks. You just have to find out how far back. Typically, when you see balls of bait all over the surface, you are in the right area. Powerfish until the sun gets high, and then skip docks in those same areas where the shad were present. Use  a 3/8-oz. dirty-craw color Untamed Tackle Ace Jig with a  Zoom Z Craw trailer. Fishing can be tough in the fall, so moving  around a lot to locate fish is very important. Quality spotted bass can be caught this time of year cranking main-lake rock that have current.

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