Patoka Lake Cold Water Bass

[Jordan Bozarth]

yea me to.. are the bass biting at patoka. im trying to decide on rough river or patoka for today.

[Arauthator]

When I went the other day the guy at the counter in Poor Boys General Store said they was biting on Jigs with Green Speckles in them. I didn't get a chance to try that, but I got a WHOLE bunch of em'. I bought a huge Jig kit from Bass Pro Shops a few years ago and I have 2 in every weight of that color. I got the Red/Brown colors....which represent crawfish. The Black/Blue colors have always worked well for me. I've never used the Green/Brown colors. Maybe that's why they are biting on those right now, it's just that little something different from what they are used to.

Yesterday I went fishing in my pond and actually hooked a nice Bass on a Buzzbait. This morning, they were back to liking the Spinnerbait. Been fishing for about an hour or so down there, caught 4 keepers..but we put them back. That pond tells me alot about what the fish are doing before a Tournament. If I was going this coming up Saturday, I'd make sure to bring along a Jitterbug and a Buzzbait just in case. Ya' never know when they might switch over to the topwater hit. I did a Tournament down at Green River for UPS a few years back in the middle of August, people thought I was crazy for using a buzzbait because it was so hot. I came in 3rd....LMAO.