Lake Eufaula Fishing Report – September 2021

Eufaula: Level: 1.2 feet below 190 full pool. Temp: Upper 80s. Clarity: Light stain.

Bass: There’s still a mix of bass out deep and some buried in the shallow grass and pads. The deeper fish are on main-channel ledges—looks for spots on the ledges with channel bends, stumps on the high sides or brushpiles placed by anglers. When there’s current, a deep-diving crankbait that will get to 20 feet deep can produce, as will a slow-rolled 1- to 1 1/2-oz. spinnerbait like a LedgeBuster. If there’s no current or the bite is slow, work a Texas-rigged Ol’ Monster or a jig where you’re marking fish or good structure along a ledge. Also look for some fish on the high spots or brushpiles on the flats in 12 to 15 feet of water. On bright, sunny days, the shallow fish will hit a small topwater or bladed jig worked through holes in the heavy vegetation. Guide Sam Williams reports, “The water level is slowly dropping, and all the fish are scattered and seem disinterested in most baits. There is plenty of bait for them to feed on. The bass we are catching are very healthy. Soft plastics worked very slowly in shallow cover are getting hits. Short strikes are very prevalent. Senko-type styles in watermelon candy, greens and junebug colors are the better colors right now. Using a trailer hook rigged weedless is solving some of the short-strike misses. Blade baits retrieved slowly near cover and wood are also attracting attention. The deeper fish are looking at the same soft baits on a Carolina rig. Look for the deeper cover to work these baits.”

Crappie: “The crappie are scattered on the ledge trashpiles and structure in up to 20 feet of water,” said guide Sam Williams. “You will catch a few, and then you need to move to another site. Minnows are the bait of choice.”