Just got back from the lakes this afternoon. Spent the last 4 days fishing and it was pretty tough. It didn't really matter what, or how we fished, we caught fish. Unfortunately this made it difficult with bass few andfar between. They were scattered from the main lake ledges to the creeks. Our most consistent bites were on shad colored crankbaits. Also caught a few each evening on topwater sammy's. Caught several keepers (released) each day and had a big 4.2 smallie on barkley. That smallmouth probably would have been well over 5 in the winter or spring. The fishing this October was alot harder than usual. I think this heat wave killed that good fall bite that we normally see this time of year. Not a great picture of the fish but here's the smallmouth. Caught her on a strike king sexy shad series 5.

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