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I gave my line slack, and somewhere down in the tangle of tree trunks and branches 40 feet below the boat, my jigging spoon fluttered down like a dying shad sinking toward the bottom. When I pulled upward the jig felt like it bumped something. I pulled up gently, maintaining pressure, watching the rod tip.…
Russell: Level: Full pool. Temp: 56-58 degrees. Clarity: Mostly clear. Bass: Fair. The consistent bite has been on main-lake and secondary points using crankbaits in the Rocky River section and also on the south end of the main lake below the Hwy 72 bridge. If the bass are slow to hit the crankbait, slow down…
Russell: Level: 0.3 feet below full. Temp: 66-68 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good in the pockets and in the backs of the creeks where shad are bunched up. Try a Super Fluke or a Pointer 78 jerkbait. Also try a Carolina-rigged green pumpkin worm if you’re not seeing bass chasing shad. Early and late and…
Russell: Level: 1.4 feet below full pool. Temp: 82-84 on the lower end, but a cool 68 degrees up the lake in the Hartwell tailrace. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Guide Wendell Wilson said it’s been tough in the main lake. He recommends trying drop-shot rigs with finesse worms on the main-lake points. There are some bass…
Russell: Level 1.3 feet below full pool. Temps: 76-80 on the lower end, but a cool 68 degrees up the lake below the Hartwell tailrace. Clarity: It’s been very clear, but heavy rains could stain some of the creeks. Bass: Fair. Guide Wendell Wilson said for largemouths throw a Texas-rigged worm in the timber. “Fish…
Mike and Sabrina Millsaps earned another 10 points in the Team Power Ranking race after their May 20 win on Russell at the Southern Bassin’ Couples tournament. “The last time I fished Russell was six years ago, I’ve fished it twice in my life,” said Mike. “Thursday and Friday all I caught was short fish.…
Level: 1.1 feet below full pool. Temps: 69-71 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Fair. The middle-lake bite during the day is getting tougher as the water warms and the largemouths begin to make a move to a summer pattern. You can still catch them on the shoal markers with a Carolina-rigged Trick Worm or U-Tail worm…
The older gentleman with the walking stick leaned his foot on the guard rail of the bridge over Allen Creek on Lake Russell and yelled down to Troy Morrow, who was rigging a rod on the deck of his boat. The man, who was taking his morning walk, saw Troy and asked, “You caught anything…
Russell: Level 1.3 feet below full pool. Temps: 72 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good with most fish quickly moving off the beds and settling into a postspawn pattern that should last until the end of May. Early try topwater plugs on secondary points. As the sun gets on the water, continue to fish secondary points,…
Russell: Level 1.8 feet below full pool. Temps: 52-55 degrees. Clarity: Clear except for a slight stain in some of the feeder creeks. Bass: Good. Plenty of bass have moved into the pockets and seem to be staging on the back edges of the timber and on secondary points. Throw a spinnerbait or crankbait to…
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