Lake Russell

LAKE RUSSELL IS FULL, CLEAR, 80’S


Bass fishing is good and there is a great top water bite even in the middle of the day. A small Spitting Image or Pop R shad top water bait will work. The bait fish are migrating to these pockets during the day, and the ...

LAKE RUSSELL IS FULL, CLEAR, 70’s

Bass fishing is fair. Fish first thing in the morning and use the top water baits and medium diving crank baits. Then the plastics take over as the day heats up. Bass are up on the rocky points to feed on the major feeding periods ...

LAKE RUSSELL IS FULL, CLEAR 70’S


Bass fishing is fair. The spotted bass are on the move after a good spawn. If you haven t tried out a top water bait yet now is the time to tie one on. The bass are chasing baitfish to the top and feeding on them all day ...

LAKE RUSSELL IS FULL, CLEAR, 70’S

Bass fishing is fair. As summer patterns emerge, fishing can be very good one day and not so good the next day. Recent showers have created some small mud lines at the mouths of the creeks and secondary points. These mud lines ...

LAKE RUSSELL IS FULL, CLEAR, 70’s

Bass fishing is good. Bass are still roaming the banks early in the morning. Use a #5 Shad Rap or Jointed Shad Rap for a good limit of small bass. Take a Pop R with you and make long casts to ant structure and rip rap. An occasional ...

LAKE RUSSELL IS FULL, CLEAR, 70’s

Bass fishing is good even with the full moon this week. The warmer surface temperatures are driving the largemouth bass down to deeper and cooler water. Bass are still roaming the banks early in the morning and by using a Number ...

LAKE RUSSELL IS FULL, CLEAR, 70’s

Bass fishing is good. Use the Texas or Carolina rigged worms or lizard in pumpkinseed or watermelon green. Use a large spinner bait or bright crank bait on these ledges and slow roll the spinner baits. Back in the creeks and find ...

LAKE RUSSELL IS FULL, CLEAR, 70’s

Bass fishing is good. The spawn is in full swing with the next new or full moon. The bass are moving into shallow pockets hanging around stick grass and any cover on the bank. Spinnerbaits, square billed crank baits, Zoom lizards ...

LAKE RUSSELL IS FULL, CLEAR, 60’s

Bass fishing is good. The water continues to warm and bass are shallow. Fish all the shallow bedding areas all day week and then find a deep ditch or channel ledge and fish the area with either a Rapala DT6 or a Rapala #5 Shad ...

LAKE RUSSELL IS FULL, CLEAR, 60’s

Bass fishing is good. Bass are up in the flats on or near beds. Bass should be holding tight this week and to catch them you will need to stay back and make a long cast. Use the jerk baits like the Ito Vision 110 and the Rapala ...

LAKE RUSSELL IS FULL, CLEAR, 60’s

Bass fishing is good. The small cuts and shallow coves is sporting low 60's for water temps and this is where the big bass are hiding. Look for the small pockets of warmer water near the main river and this is where the bass are ...

LAKE RUSSELL IS FULL, CLEAR, 50’s

Bass fishing is good. The small cuts and shallow coves is sporting low 60's for water temps and this is where the big bass are hiding. Look for the small pockets of warmer water near the main river and this is where the bass are ...

LAKE RUSSELL IS FULL, CLEAR, 50’s

Bass fishing is slow. The recent cold snap has backed the black bass out into deeper water. But they will rebound fast. Once the warmer sunny days return, these bass will move up in search for food and shallow. The fish that have ...

LAKE RUSSELL IS FULL, CLEAR, 50’s

Bass fishing is good. Bass are feeding all during the day and the spots are roaming and hitting the crank baits well. Work Beaverdam Creek with using a variety of Shad Raps. Crank baits and finesse worms are accounting for the ...

LAKE RUSSELL IS FULL, CLEAR, 50’s

Bass fishing is good. Largemouth are feeding all during the day and the spots are roaming and they are hitting the crank baits. Fish Beaverdam Creek using a variety of Shad Raps. The largemouth are smaller weighing in the three ...