Hello Folks,
We are still gettin’ a few drops here and there, so I’m very thankful we are gettin’ some rain. I hope you had a great weekend and hopefully you got a chance to do some fishin’.
Kyle at Bitter’s Bait & Tackle reports that the bluegill and shellcracker season has completed. Folks took advantage of last week’s full moon to get in on the last of the bluegills. I’m sure there may be a few stragglers around, but most of the panfish are through beddin’ for this year.
The bass fishin’ on the Harris Chain hasn’t been too bad lately. The X-treme Bass Series held a tournament on the chain last weekend and the team of Kim Hebb and John Kraine brought 5 bass to the scales that weighed in at 23.05 pounds. They also had a big bass in their sack that weighed in at 8.50 pounds. The team of Eric Krause and James Kendrick had the biggest bass that weighed 8.51 pounds. Can you imagine losin’ the big bass pot by .01 tenth of an ounce? The big bass pot was worth $240 dollars.
Kyle also reports that the bass fishin’ on the Mait
land Chain has been pretty good. Folks are fishin’ the chain early mornin’ or late evenin’. Most of the bass are bein’ caught around the submerged hydrilla and eel-grass beds. You can rip a lipless crank-bait through the grass for some good results, or fish plastic worms in the grass as well.
The Butler Chain has been good for catchin’ keeper-size bass. You can also catch some schoolers when they come up around the boat. Try usin’ a noisy top-water bait or a chatter-bait when they come up. With these hot days, you may need to fish a little deeper around the submerged pepper grass beds. The grass provides some shade for the bass and the water is a little cooler. It’s that time of year when you need to slow down your retrieve, especially if you are fishin’ plastic worms or slow-sinkin’ Senko type baits. The bass need time to make up their mind if they are goin’ to bite, or not.
My fishin’ buddy Rick is probably the best at this as anyone. Rick picks a spot, and casts to it. Then he lets his worm just lay there until he moves it, or a bass picks it up and starts to swim off with his worm. Back in the day, we called it “Dead Stickin’.”
Kyle also reports that the bass fishin’ on West Lake Toho has been pretty good even after the sprayin’ they did last week. Like I mentioned last week, I hope they didn’t kill all the grass on the South end of the lake. They have been gettin’ some rain down on Toho but they are lettin’ water out to go south through the locks. The water is still low on Toho, so don’t get your boat bottomed out, or you might have to get out and push it off the bottom.
Well folks, that’s it for this week.
I hope you have a great week, and I’ll see ya on the water real soon.
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