LAKE HARTWELL

2/24/05 WATER TEMPERATURE 49 TO 55 (BACK OF CREEKS) MAIN LAKE STILL CLEAR. CREEKS WERE STAINED TO MUDDY. WIND WAS VARIABLE FROM EAST. TOUGH DAY, OVERALL. 8-10 STRIPES/HYBRID/WHITE MIX. BIRDS WERE WORKING IN FRONT OF TUGALOO STATE PARK. BOATS WERE WORKING THIS AREA MOST OF THE DAY. I DECIDED TO SLIP CLOSER TO THE BANK INSTEAD OF FIGHTING THE BOATS. GOT IN A SMALL SCHOOL OF LARGEMOUTH BASS, CAUGHT 13 (3/4 TO 2.5 LBS) ON DEEP BANK. MY BOAT WAS POSITIONED IN 22 TO 25 FT OF WATER, TOSS JIG TO BANK AND WORK SLOWLY OVER BLOW DOWNS. BASS SEEMED TO BE SUSPENDED IN 10-12 FT. AND WOULD STRIKE NEARLY EVERY TIME YOU RELATED TO BLOW DOWN. STRIPERS/HYBRIDS/WHITES WERE STILL IN 1 TO 2 FT OF WATER IN MAIN CREEKS. SAME TECHNIQUE AS PREVIUOS WEEK, THROW TO SHALLOW WATER AND SLOWLY JIG 1/8 OZ. JELLY BELLY. BAIT WORKING BANK WAS THE KEY, WOULD SEE SMALL BAIT WORKING AND TRY TO HIT CLOSE.