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Level: 1 foot below full pool. Temp: 84 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Good. Tournament angler Jim Windham said to begin the morning throwing topwater. “I like to start out with white or black buzzbaits or Pop-Rs. As far as I’m concerned, they only make one color Pop-R and that’s blue-chrome,” said Jim. He said he…
Sinclair: Level: Full pool. Temp: 82 degrees. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Good. Tournament angler Kim Carver said, “A big mayfly hatch the last week in June has bass hitting topwater well. Pop-Rs and white buzzbaits are working good.” During the day, the bass are still under the docks. Kim suggested throwing a Texas-rigged worm around docks.…
The body of a 25-year-old man killed in a boat wreck on Lake Sinclair was found at about 7:10 p.m. Tuesday, June 19 near the scene of the June 9 collision. After 10 days in the water and about 2,000 man hours dedicated to the search by DNR personnel, the body was spotted floating in…
Sinclair: Level: Down 0.4 feet below full pool. Temp: 73-75 degrees. Clarity: Clear. Bass: Fair. The bass are moving into summer-time patterns. Kim Carver says fish the grass with topwater lures at daylight. A white Zoom Horny Toad is good on very bright days. If it’s a darker day, black or dark colors are good.…
Sinclair: Level: 1.5 feet below full pool. Temp: 68-69 degrees. Clarity: Slight stain. Bass: Good: Even though the bass aren’t on the docks like they usually are this time of year, Barry Stokes said he has been catching lots of smaller postspawn fish with spinnerbaits or Trick Worms in the grass. He suggested a 3/8-oz.…
Several anglers said their stomachs were tied in knots. Thoughts of fishing a four hour tournament against one other angler was fresh, new; it was something that most weren’t sure how to prepare for. Go for a quick limit or look for one or two really good bites? Here’s a look at how the 64…
Sinclair: Level: 1.5 feet below full pool. Temp: Mid 60s. Clarity: Stained. Bass: Good. Jim Windham said he and a partner probably caught five limits fishing crankbaits on main-lake points late in March on Sinclair, but he said the fish are getting ready to go on the beds. “You could probably go fish the backs…
For Richard Saunders, any time he can be on the water is the best time to be crappie fishing on Sinclair, but through the winter months, while he is trolling heavy jigs in deep water, he is thinking about March, when the water temperatures begin to rise and the crappie move shallow. His favorite way…
Sinclair: Level: 1.4 feet below full pool. Temp: 53-58 degrees. Clarity: Light stain. Bass: Good, according to tournament angler and guide Barry Stokes who gave his report from the lake while practicing for a late-February BFL tournament on Sinclair. At the first spot he and his co-angler hit that morning, a five to eight foot…
Sinclair: Level: 1.4 feet below full pool. Temp: 49-50 degrees. Clarity: Muddy at Little River, light stain on the main lake. Bass: Slow. Tournament fisherman Mike Blackshear said the late-January cold front made the fishing tough on Sinclair. “After they’ve been in it a while, they’ll get used to it, and you’ll start catching ’em,”…
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