LAKE SEMINOLE IS DOWN ONE FOOT, STAINED & 57 DEGREES BY MATT BATY Bass fishing is great. The fish are fattening up for the winter and can already be caught in many of their pre-spawn places. Look for the mouths of spawning areas such as Fish Pond Drain and use search baits such as lipless crank baits and medium diving crank baits. Fish grass flats and grass edges with a Spro Aruku Shad 75 or a Stanford Patriot 1.5 in shad colors. The fish are schooled up and these two baits can be fished fast to cover a lot of water. The grass is still pretty thick in places, so a good braided line such as Sunline FX2 in 30 pound test works best with these two techniques. Once you find an area that is holding a school of bass, you can catch as many as you can cranking, and then slow down with a Carolina rig. The best set up for the Carolina Rig is to use a long rod and a long leader. Fluorocarbon line works well in the grass, as well as a 1 1/4 ounce Tungsten weight from Fish Catchin Fool. Learn how to use the Lowrance Structure Scan and Down Scan technology with Southern Fishing on the Water fishing schools.