nhornback Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 Planning to hit the lake Saturday (like most everybody probably is with the forecasted temps for the weekend) and thought about launching from CC. Never fished that area of Stockton so i was hopeful someone could shed some light on how bass relate in that area in these water temp/conditions? Thanks for any input! NH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
straw hat Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 Look for shallow areas near deep water. They often lay next to dark objects on sunny days to warm up. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flysmallie Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 6 minutes ago, straw hat said: Look for shallow areas near deep water. About 5 real good spots just popped in my head. Been a long time since I fished that area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nhornback Posted January 4, 2019 Author Share Posted January 4, 2019 Thanks guys. Wasn't sure how a max depth of only 25-30 would change how they relate to swings and points. Looking forward to it, I'll let you all know how it goes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5bites Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 I’ll be curious of the water color in that area considering the recent rain and rising elevation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nhornback Posted January 4, 2019 Author Share Posted January 4, 2019 I am anticipating very stained relative to the norm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
straw hat Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Well the wife and I ran down to a mile or so from CC today. The water is fairly dingy and 44F. We know a point on the end of a bluff we can walk to. On the point is 4 or 5 stumps and 5 or 6 big rocks. This is within a few feet of the main channel in 5 to 8 ft of water. We always hit this spot during warm weather periods in Feb and/or March and always manage to catch a few nice largemouth up on that shallow water warming themselves. Usually not huge but 2 to 3 lbs. Well today we caught 9 bass with 4 being keepers. There were 2 at 16" each, one at 18" and one at 20". The real surprise was they were all smallmouths. That was a blast for some bass fishing from the bank. It surprises me because we do not usually catch many smallmouth around CC and never caught any off that point before. A nice day on the lake. oghfm, Flysmallie, liphunter and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flysmallie Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 19 minutes ago, straw hat said: Well the wife and I ran down to a mile or so from CC today. The water is fairly dingy and 44F. We know a point on the end of a bluff we can walk to. On the point is 4 or 5 stumps and 5 or 6 big rocks. This is within a few feet of the main channel in 5 to 8 ft of water. We always hit this spot during warm weather periods in Feb and/or March and always manage to catch a few nice largemouth up on that shallow water warming themselves. Usually not huge but 2 to 3 lbs. Well today we caught 9 bass with 4 being keepers. There were 2 at 16" each, one at 18" and one at 20". The real surprise was they were all smallmouths. That was a blast for some bass fishing from the bank. It surprises me because we do not usually catch many smallmouth around CC and never caught any off that point before. A nice day on the lake. That sounds like a great time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
straw hat Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 The only problem was that my wife caught the two biggest smallmouths. (sound of crying). lol Rootman and Flysmallie 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Michael_57 Posted January 6, 2019 Members Share Posted January 6, 2019 Saturday was a good day, caught 5 keeper bass, 2 were over 17". A little brisk on that first boat ride though straw hat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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