Pickwick Lake Elevation 414


Water Temp. 85
BASS
Last week I caught most of the bass I caught on Strike King Series 3 Splatter Back Crankbaits. This color (Splatter Back) is a good color everywhere I've fished with it, in Pickwick or any other lake I've fished. The Series 3 Crankbait is a good bait to start off with, as the day goes on I like to change to a deeper running bait such as the Strike King Series 5 or 6xd in the same color. I have also caught several fish swimming small plastics on jigs. To catch fish in numbers on the last few guide trips I have put a small worm or creature bait on a jig and fished with it in patchy grassy areas.
I have caught some bigger fish in 12-15' on deep diving crankbaits and carolina rigs. You can catch plenty of fish throughout the day on the Strike King Series 3 crankbaits along the river banks below the dam.
If you like to fish at night, night fishing is starting to pick up. The most common bait to use is a spinnerbait with a single colorado blade. The night time spinnerbait needs to be black and it seems to help to have a red accent. The most common night time spinnerbait used on Pickwick right now is a Strike King Mid-Night Special, it will be in black with red or blue accents, I like to tip it with a red plastic trailer.

Stripers
If you get out early you can catch a few stripers on artificial baits around the dam. After the first two or three hours of daylight you will most likely have to drift live bait from the dam downstream. Late in the afternoon you can usually start catching stripers again on jerkbaits and top water baits.

Catfish
The catfish have been really biting. I have caught several catfish on nightcrawlers and cutbait ( from skipjack), fishing in 20' of water with a 1oz jig an 2/0 hook. On all of my catfishing trips lately we acually lost count of all the small catfish we caught and we also caught several catfish in the 5-10 pound range. The biggest catfish we have caught on a guide trip over the past two weeks has been 25 pounds on cutbait.
Compliments of Clagett Talley 731-607-5266 or www.pickwickareaguide.com