LAKE HARTWELL IS DOWN 9.6 FEET, CLEAR, 60’S


The water temperatures are continuing to cool down with the cooler nights. The last few times out the water temps have started at 64 and warmed up to 66 degrees by mid afternoon. We have focused our efforts in the Tugaloo river area both north and south of the 85 bridge. In the first part of the mornings we have been working the back part of the creek arms and main lake pockets shallow with a buzz bait. This bite has been the strongest for the first couple of hours but we continued to throw it throughout the day. This pattern isn't catching a lot of numbers but the quality of the fish are good. One key we noticed was if we had a windy day the bite was better out of the wind and in the sun. Some of the very backs of the creek arms are stained and not that productive. Most of the river arm areas a still really clear and have a lot of bait in them. This has continued to be key as it always is during the fall so take the time to find the bait and fish these areas thoroughly. Key baits to throw this time of year have been a buzz bait, a Pop R style of bait, square bill crank bait, jig and a shaky head. As the sun gets up and you have a high pressure day you will have to slow down that is where the jig and shaky head worm work the best. Anything in a green pumpkin color is good this time of year. Key for us was to continue to move throughout the day if we didn't get bit within 10 minutes of fishing an area we picked up the trolling motor and moved on. When we got some bites we slowed down and worked the area with several baits before moving on to the next area. We are going to continue to focus our efforts in the Tugaloo river areas as the shallow water bite continues to get stronger with the cooler weather. Remember the lake is now close to 9ft low and there are a lot of objects sticking up out of the water and not yet marked.

This bass fishing report is from Josh Panyard

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