Lake Russell

LAKE RUSSELL IS DOWN .79 FEET, CLEAR, 60S


Bass fishing is very good. The bass are shallow so use the Rapala DT6 or a #5 Shad Rap. The bass will strike at any aggressive crank bait now. Going up lake use the 3/8 ounce jig and pig in reds and black combos ...

LAKE RUSSELL IS DOWN 1.23 FEET, CLEAR, 60S


Bass fishing is good. The fish biting are all smaller spots. Early morning use a Zoom trick worm and bright colors on a 2/0 offset worm hook and 10 pound Sufix Elite line. Work the shallows all day just inside the ...

LAKE RUSSELL IS DOWN 1.23 FEET, CLEAR, 60S


Bass fishing is good. Bass are shallow and feeding well. This month take several items to fish with. Use Carolina rigged worms and lizards, shaky head worms and jig and pigs. All of these will produce fish. Big ...

LAKE RUSSELL IS DOWN .22 FEET, CLEAR, 50S


Bass fishing is fair. This is the best of the three border lakes as the water has remained stable. The bass fishing on Lake Russell has been scattered. There are bass both shallow and deep. The bass that are shallow ...

LAKE RUSSELL IS DOWN 1.07 FEET, CLEAR, 50S


Bass fishing is fair. The lake is stable and clearing. Small #5 Shad Raps and McStick lures both in silver and black back on banks and wood has been fair. Cast to the sunny banks in the creeks with a Rattlin Rouge ...

LAKE RUSSELL IS FULL, CLEAR, 50S


Bass fishing is slow. Use the smaller jigs in black and silver with a small pork chunk. Any bank cover can hold fish but they are small. Spoons in 1/2 ounce sizes on and over the old tree lines in the major creeks is also ...

LAKE RUSSELL IS FULL, CLEAR, 50S


Bass fishing is fair. Crank baits early in the morning for the majority of the anglers that fished during the past week and don't expect this to change much for the next week. Those that haven't yet built up enough confidence ...

LAKE RUSSELL IS FULL, CLEAR, 50S


Bass fishing is fair. Unstable weather has been moving through the area and this has somewhat confused the fish. The bass are still wanting to hold tight to cover. A variety of plastics and jigs are working good when using ...

LAKE RUSSELL IS FULL, CLEAR, 50S

Bass fishing is fair. Unstable weather has been moving through the area and this has somewhat confused the fish. The bass are still wanting to hold tight to cover. A variety of plastics and jigs are working good when using a slow ...

LAKE RUSSELL IS FULL, CLEAR, 50S

Bass fishing is fair. The next two set of cold fronts will slow everything for weeks. Spoons and drop whit rigs will be best for any angler on the lake. If it warms up, use the Rapala DT6 in shad and silver are working. Rocky points ...

LAKE RUSSELL IS ONE FOOT OVER FULL, CLEAR, 50S

Bass fishing is fair. Most of the bass are coming out of shallow water later in the day and are being caught early on flukes and Senko’s. The crank baits are working on rocky points on the main lake and the sun beating ...

LAKE RUSSELL IS FULL, CLEAR, 50S


Bass are biting. Use a variety of different baits and presentations, so just tie on your favorite lure and start fishing. You can catch them shallow on spinnerbaits, chatter baits, crankbaits and jerk baits or deep on Carolina ...

LAKE RUSSELL IS FULL, CLEAR, 50S


Bass fishing is fair. The lake is up and the rains will push some fish shallow. Windblown points are favorite areas along with short stretches of red clay banks mixed with chunk rock. The points as well as the banks need ...

LAKE RUSSELL IS FULL, CLEAR, 50S


Bass fishing is fair. The water came up some with more rain. There are a few fish scattered around on windy banks, points with rocks but these fish are small. Fishing the jig more than anything will get the better bites. ...

LAKE RUSSELL IS FULL, CLEAR, 50S


Bass fishing is slow. With the water temperature dropping and some muddy cold water running into the lake, the fishing has slowed. If there are a couple of warm days in a row the fishing will pick up. Be sure to rely on the ...