Fishing Reports

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No doubt this is the hottest summer we have had in a couple of years and its like the bass are loving the heat.
Some days they are thumping the bait so hard it startles you and the next day you can hardly tell ...

It’s quite possibly my favorite part of the season when the Tarpon really get into a pattern. While fishing for Tarpon certainly isn’t easy and you won’t get every one that you hook to the boat, it still gets my blood pumping. We’ve had a great start to this year’s Tarpon season ...

I got out yesterday evening with a gentleman and his 2 young sons for some late evening and after dark fishing. The evening topwater bite was a little slow but still was able to get a few fish to cooperate on a Zell-Pop around some shallow grass. When it got dark the weather ...

It can be said that the change in weather mid week to the rainy overcast day really turned the fish on; it was definitely a day to remember if you were on the water. The balance of the week was just ok as the sun turned hot and the dog days came back to haunt the fisherman. ...

Weiss Lake is still hovering around full pool with water temps in the mid to upper 80's which is about right for the Dog Days of Summer! With the hotter temps and longer days, a good number of fish are being caught offshore on the humps and ledges Weiss provides anglers. We've ...

As I sit down to write this report, a quick review of this weekend's weather reveals a monsoonal flow of moisture working its way into the Florida from the Gulf of Mexico. Starting tomorrow, (Friday) through Sunday, 8 to 10 inches of rain is predicted. Currently, the summertime ...

Man it's just plain ole "fun" when a plan comes together, even when it's a couple of different plans! I had a couple of clients last week that I had put on some topwater fish for their stay here and they ended up catching some nice fish in the 4-6 lb. range the next ...

Lake Conditions:
Barkley - 359.75, 23,400 CFS, Light Stain with water temp in mid 80’s
Kentucky - 359.60 63,000 CFS, light stain with temp in mid 80’s


Weather: We enjoyed some descent weather this week with a few thunderstorms that popped up ...

July 23, 2015

Kentucky Lake: Water Level at Kentucky Dam – 359.72 Surface Temperature – 89
Lake Barkley: Water Level at Barkley Dam – 359.90 Surface Temperature – 87

Both lakes are nearly one foot over summer pool and on a draw down. Kentucky ...

August Fishing Forecast – Treasure Coast As summer continues to bring the daily chance of afternoon rains and thunderstorms, fishing will take the usual second seat to the opening of lobster season. It has been a fairly dry season so far and rain hasn’t been a big factor up ...

Was able to fish the Sunday eve tournament out of Little River Marina. Caught some in the grass around current on a SPRO frog and Todd's Custom Lures "The Beav" in Watermelon Red before my aerators went down on me. No worries, figured out a fuse dislodged itself and ...

This is the time of the year for big game fishing for boats sailing out of Beach Haven. Some of the captains of the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association have been doing well fishing offshore.

Captain Bob Gerkens had a split charter of experienced anglers for ...

LAKE SINCLAIR IS FULL, 86 DEGREES, STAINED UP RIVER, MAIN LAKE CLEAR

Bass fishing is fair but it is an early and late day bite. Some fish are still hitting on top first thing in the morning. Most fish continue to be located along main river banks and a short distance ...

JACKSON LAKE IS FULL, 80’S & CLEAR

Bass fishing is fair on worms and jigs on the trees and docks. Concentrate on stumps on the points and run the all white Fat Free Shad crank bait and crank them really fast. Then use Texas rigged Zoom red shad or Culprit black ...

WEISS LAKE IS AT 0 Feet 1 Inches BELOW FULL POOL AND CLEAR AND 85 87 DEGREES


Bass fishing is good and most bass are on a deep summer pattern in 6 12 feet of water, on humps, points and river and creek channel ledges. A Carolina rigged Senko in June bug ...