Bass fishing has been slow. With the changing water levels, colder day and night temperatures and dirty water has made the bite a day to day opportunity. There are two main patterns working with the current conditions.
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Bass fishing is fair. Both the largemouth and the spots are moving into coves looking for shad schools. Go up river in the area just below the Franklin Bridge. Fish the stained upper reaches of the lake with Texas rigged Zoom
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Bass fishing is good. Fish are beginning to concentrate themselves near shallow cover. A few more cool nights and the lake should really turn on. Continue to cover water with shallow crankbaits until you approach cover such as
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Bass fishing is slow. Up lake the water is slightly stained and fish are holding in 12 to 15 feet of water. Use a Shakey head rigged with a small 3/8 ounce jig and a Bama Bug color trailer can work. Fish around deep blow downs
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Bass fishing is good. Fish are holding on brush piles around docks and there are some fish under the docks. A 3/8 ounce black and blue Stanley jig with a Gene Larew salt craw trailer in June bug color or a 4 inch tube rigged
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Bass fishing is good. Find any bait schools in the coves and there will be bass close by. Mid day the fish are holding on points in 8 to 10 feet of water. They are feeding after the spawning season. Several good baits are
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Bass fishing is good. Bass are beginning to move into spawning pockets in a prespawn pattern lake wide. Most of the fish have been caught shallow in the first half of spawning pockets. Use mid depth crankbaits in a
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Bass fishing is fair. Lots of runoff has the main lake stained. Head down lake to the creeks for clearer waters. Bass are roaming up on the points and flats all during the day and retreating to deep water stump
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Bass fishing is fair. Lots of runoff has the main lake stained. Head down lake to the creeks for clearer waters. Bass are roaming up on the points and flats all during the day and retreating to deep water stump
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Bass fishing is good. The Rat L Trap fishing with the 1/2 chrome and black back Rat L Trap has been good. Fish the bait in the middle of the pockets and burn. This technique is working lake wide and water color
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Bass fishing is good. A spinnerbait with double willow blade combo has been catching a lot of the smaller fish. For the bigger fish, use a Bagley’s medium running crank bait and a 3/8 ounce jig in my color blues and blacks.
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Bass fishing is fair. The bass can be caught deep or shallow lake wide. Fish down lake in shallow in Rainbow Creek, Alligator Creek and the mouth of Maple Creek. Jigs catch fish. The Strike King Tour Grade football
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Bass fishing is fair. Fish are on the deep structure and blow downs all day. Use the smaller crank baits and jigs around the shade of bridge pilings lake wide. Fishing in the early morning is fair and use the
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Bass fishing is fair. Fish seem to be more scattered and scanning with the Lowrance Structure Scan technology can locate the fish fast. A few fish on are on top water lures like a Pop R and Zoom Super Flukes.
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Bass fishing is fair. There are some largemouth being caught up lake fish with a smaller Strike King 1/4 ounce spinnerbait in a shad pattern. This bait will take some good spots. Fish this bait around the blow
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