LAKE GEORGE IS FULL, 52 DEGREES BY MATT BATY

Bass fishing is good. The bass are biting, and they are surprisingly shallow with the cold weather. The best areas to target are main lake flats with ditches and depressions or grass lines in Spring Creek. The best depth has seemed to be about 7 to 8 feet deep. The obvious bait of choice would be a lipless crank bait such as a Spro Aruku Shad 75 in mudbug red. The best setup for the lipless crank bait is to use a 7 foot medium heavy rod, a high speed reel such as a Lew’s Speed Spool in 7:1, and Sunline FX2 50 pound braid. This setup is the best for covering lots of water and locating a school of fish. The lipless crank bait seems to work better in the dirtier water on the main lake flats. The grass lines in Spring Creek that are near the main lake spawning flats have also been producing fish. Use your Lowrance Structure Scan to locate schools of fish on grass edges, and then work the area real well with crank bait. Your boat will be sitting in 18 to 20 feet, and you will be casting to 7 feet or so. A Stanford Razor Shad medium diver in Tennessee shad is a really good bait for the cold water. Work the crank bait through the grass to locate and catch them, and when the bite slows, switch to a 5 inch Big Bite Baits Trick Stick on a Texas rig with a 1/4 ounce. Fish Catchin Fool Tungsten sinker and bobber stopper. As the weather begins to warm and the water clears, look for the bass to move closer to sand