if you missed fishing this past full moon cycle, too bad

Glad to hear you spanked them.  Be interesting to see what this rain does to things. 

Good synopsis of the deep bite. There are definitely lots of fish to be caught right now. If we get the rain they are predicting, I may buzz way up the Kings and see if there's a crank bait bite. Water temps are getting right. 

Verg good info, thanks Merc.

I meant very good info and i do appreciate the posts!

one thing i did not mention about movement of thermocline.  most people do not really realize that after a thermocline develops, water clarity and heat somewhat determine the depth.  however, as the water cools, the sinking cooler surface water begins to push that thermocline layer deeper.  kind of why it has been 15ft. deep on most of the lake, and suddenly, it is at 25 ft. downstream right now.  this is what will eventually cause fall turnover.

so, as water cools going into fall, this is why we really develop those two separate groups of  bass.  those that continue to go deeper with the thermocline, and those that move up with the cooler water temps as O2 levels accommodate that move.  the other factor that drives where the biggest percentage of where the bass population resides is where the food source decides to go.  right now, even though many bass are moving out deeper, there are still lots of shad right at the surface down to 10 ft.

this is definitely a time that versatility in your fishing approach can be a big plus.

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here a few pics from the last trip.  the young man is taylor sanders.  i am thinking he had a pretty good time.  notice the big bladed grassjig we have been working on.  the bass seem to have a liking for it right now.

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here is a better pic of the 1 oz. GrassJig with the musky size chatter blade.  thinking about naming it the Elite Thump.

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Elite "Shaker", bladed jigs shake alot to me😁

On 8/11/2017 at 6:42 AM, Champ188 said:

Good synopsis of the deep bite. There are definitely lots of fish to be caught right now. If we get the rain they are predicting, I may buzz way up the Kings and see if there's a crank bait bite. Water temps are getting right. 

Did you get to make the trip up the Kings?

Looking at going one day this coming week.