Kevin Wagner

True that! We are either really lucky, really persistent, or both!

Thanks for the reply. I am looking forward to the squarebill bite getting better.

Well said. That makes perfect sense. Sometimes I don't think about all the variables.

Hammer is back! Thanks for the report. I went Saturday night, but we were delayed in getting there due to the storms that were rolling through. Started fishing around 7:40 in the back of a creek arm. Caught 10 in the shallow water back there on a craw. Went back out to the main lake after dark and caught some more on a big worm and finess jig with craw trailer. Caught a bunch, but only 5 keepers. Bite was much slower after 11 PM. I agree with you and Walcrabass, the bite is good, and it is just going to get better as the lake cools.

Interesting stuff Straw Hat.I especially like your notes. But I am not sure I believe that bass are less likely to eat crawdads when the water is clearer. I think a crawdad is a meal that most bass cannot pass up, regardless of water clarity.

Thanks for the report. I mostly fish at night, but have thought about trying the daytime fishing. Did you catch any bass on the squarbill? I had caught caught some before dark on a deep diver, but didnt' have any strikes on a squarebill.

Walcrabass, I too love to jig fish. Dragging that jig around just makes me think I am going to get bit! Is the jig you use an "A" style, Arkie style? I do lose a couple of football jigs here and again. Been using a variety of trailers, but the ones that seem to work the most right now have a lot of action. I was lucky enough to go fishing Thursday and Sunday night and had good luck both nights. The fish are definitely in the spots you described. We even caught a couple of Walleye (babies) on Sunday night. For everybody out there, the Bass are definitely pretty active right now, and you can catch a lot of them. Good luck to your Boy! I am a huge Football fan (Chiefs!) myself. But if I had to choose, well, that is why they invented the DVR!

Greatest. Post. Ever.

Thanks for the report Binman. These reports help me a lot!

Oh yeah. There were at least 3 or 4 boats down by the Dam with incredibly bright lights and the generators running so loud that I thought the Bass were going to ask them to be quiet! Since it was so dark out, these boats realy stood out even a long way off. No offense to any bow fishermen out there, but it was not a pretty sight when you are not the ones doing it. (I have done it before, and it is pretty fun)

Definitely a big thank you for passing this info along!

I fished Saturday from 7 PM to about 2 AM from Point 5 to the Dam. Found a really good football jig bite before dark. In the first hour I caught 9 Bass in about 15' to 27' deep on the jig. They would be loaded up in certain spots around main lake points (ledges or brush). After dark, the bite slowed until about 11 PM, and then we started getting a pretty consistent bite on craws. I tried a big worm and spinnerbait also. Had a few bites on the worm, but nothing to brag about. Overall, I was surprised how good the bite was on a night with no moon. We caught around 30 bass, but only 4 of those were keepers, the biggest of which was 3 lbs. Wouldn't have won a tournament, but just glad to be back on the water after "another" week off! Somehow, I need to find a way to fish more! Good fishing everybody!

Now that is funny!

BTW, I have been known to put a few in the water myself! My golf handicap is me.

Waterpossum, I honestly didn't see any Bluegill spawning where I was fishing. That doesn't mean that they weren't, I just didn't see them. I felt like the bass I were after were chasing shad more. Could have just been the the areas I was fishing? I would bet you are right though.