This is probably a little late, but these were the conditions on Saturday for our USA Bassin tournament:Originally Posted by snookman
Main lake (Emerald Isle to Corbins Bend):
Water was a little stained bu Green River Lake standards. About normal for this time of year. Water temperatures from 43.5 F around the dam and getting warmer the farther up the river you went. That temprtature held also all the way to emerald Isle. We never went further up Robinson Creek than that, so no telling if it was warmer there. As you get to Corbins bend, the temps started getting closer to 45 F early in the day... and 47 F later in the day.
Corbins Bend to Casey Creek:
The warmest water on the lake was in this stretch... we saw as high as 48 - 49 F in some of the creeks in this area of the lake. The water had a heavier stain to it. Not muddy by my standards, but visibility was less than a foot. We spent a bit of time fishing this area of the lake, simply for the warm water temps. This is the water color we like fishing anyway. The water was most stained from White Oak to Casey Creek.
The River... past Casey Creek:
The water gets much clearer and much colder again. Clarity matched or was clearer than the main lake, and again water temperature was 43.5 F (on Friday, never made it up here on Saturday).
As for the fishing, the weights were way down for a March tournament. We managed to win it with a 15 pound limit that had no big fish, but nothing small either. We caught 6 keeper bass... smallest was 1.8 pounds... largest was 3.75. All the fish came from that mid lake area between Ramp 1 and Holmes bend. Most were caught on texas rigged soft plastics, and one (the largest) on a #7 Shad-rap. All were caught 1-5 ft. deep. I can't talk for anyone else that fished with us, but by the numbers, we can tell a little. There were a four blanks, and four limits. Most people caught 2-3 fish. There was a very high proportion of big fish brought in, including a 6.25 largemouth that we couldn't count for big-bass as it was dead (angler said they caught it very deep on a jig). There was a 5 pound Smallmouth, a 5 pound KY, a couple more 6+ LM (6.19 pounds took big bass). Between 19 teams, there were 37 fish weighed in. About half of those were 3 pounds or bigger.
Clint Cone
USA Bassin Green River Lake division director
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