Fishing Report June 9th

[Bill Babler]

Mouth of Brushy to Point 5

Bite is improving from last week, however this lake section is still lagging a bit behind. Decent catches of spotted bass with some very nice post-spawn keepers are comming from the tips of all the islands in the area and the gravel rolloffs. Fish will either be on the bottom or suspended in the 24 to 32 ft. range. Look off the gravel flats or the bouyed points to depths of 70 ft. for the suspenders.

Some fish are being caught drop shotting the deeper docks and deep tree tops also in this area. 86 HWY Bridge is also getting plenty of attention, but fish seem to be small with the best keeper size at only a couple of pounds.

Live Crawlers or Small Crayfish on the live side and drop shot fish are being taken on plumbs, candy's and purple, drop shot worms, by your favorite author.

Point 5 to Point 9

Good catches of quality K's and Sj are being seen coming from the bouy points and long flats. Most catches are suspended at 28 to 32 over 40 to 70.

Beck had 46 fish with 36 keepers on a 1/2 day trip Sunday. Best 5 right at 20 pounds. Yamamoto drop shot worms were his bait of choice. KC bridge is producing similar to 86 but a little better size and fewer numbers.

Look for White Bass at or near the Joe Bald flats if the wind is calm.

Point 10 to Point 15

Lots and lots of quality K's and Jaws are being caught on the James River Main lake flats and Points. Ran in to Capt. Don on Sunday, didn't hear his final number, but he was diffenetly on fish. My 1/2 day trip, finished with 32 fish with 16 quality keepers. One point provided 8 Keepers that the best 5 would have been an easy 17 Plus pounds. Crawlers and Chompers new Purple/Brown Laminated DS Worm. It's a keeper. Fish in the 24 to 28 ft. range on the bottom with some very good LM up in front of the bushes on a Jewel 1/2 oz brown and Purple football Jig with a Chomper WMC twin tail.

Artificial will catch just as many right now as the live, if the rod is in the right hands. Good catches of cats and gills are also coming out of the James.

Look for White Bass in the Point 12 Campers Park area. They have been seen a couple of times last week. They will not stay up long however.

Point 16 To Mouth of the Kings or Twin/Rivers. Good early topwater action on major lake points and large cove mouths.

Both schooling whites and BB are being seen if its not too windy. Have a spoon rigged at all times along with your favorite top water tapper. You can throw the spoon a mile. I also really like to watch and giggle as you try and throw it too hard and get a huge backlash. Just Funnin.

Still some drag fish in this area in the 16 to 28 ft. range on the WMC Cenipede. Drop shot fish are in the 22 ft to 30 ft. range on the bottom, or for GAD SAKES ALIVE the Shell Knob Bridge. Fish are also positioned early in front of the bluff docks and on dock and bouy cables. Same depth suspended. 24 to 26 on the bridge and docks is the prime number.

Twin Rivers to 86 bridge at Eagle Rock

Excellent topwater action is still available on major lake flat points. Big SJ's and nice K's are available from 5 Am till usually about 6 or 6:30. You got about a hr. and a half. This lake section has a very big down time as the fish will position around 10 AM at depths in the 24 to 32 ft. range, suspended on the bluffends and on bottom on the flats. Same baits apply.

Flat across for the Mouth of Roaring River has been very good early for surfacing fish and the rolloff is good dropshotting if your up in that country.

Water temps lake wide are running 77 to 81, and clarity is very good. James and Kings being abit more aqua-green than other lake sections.

They are biting, go and catch em. Be Nice

[snakem]

Mouth of Brushy to Point 5

Bite is improving from last week, however this lake section is still lagging a bit behind. Decent catches of spotted bass with some very nice post-spawn keepers are comming from the tips of all the islands in the area and the gravel rolloffs. Fish will either be on the bottom or suspended in the 24 to 32 ft. range. Look off the gravel flats or the bouyed points to depths of 70 ft. for the suspenders.

Some fish are being caught drop shotting the deeper docks and deep tree tops also in this area. 86 HWY Bridge is also getting plenty of attention, but fish seem to be small with the best keeper size at only a couple of pounds.

Live Crawlers or Small Crayfish on the live side and drop shot fish are being taken on plumbs, candy's and purple, drop shot worms, by your favorite author.

Point 5 to Point 9

Good catches of quality K's and Sj are being seen coming from the bouy points and long flats. Most catches are suspended at 28 to 32 over 40 to 70.

Beck had 46 fish with 36 keepers on a 1/2 day trip Sunday. Best 5 right at 20 pounds. Yamamoto drop shot worms were his bait of choice. KC bridge is producing similar to 86 but a little better size and fewer numbers.

Look for White Bass at or near the Joe Bald flats if the wind is calm.

Point 10 to Point 15

Lots and lots of quality K's and Jaws are being caught on the James River Main lake flats and Points. Ran in to Capt. Don on Sunday, didn't hear his final number, but he was diffenetly on fish. My 1/2 day trip, finished with 32 fish with 16 quality keepers. One point provided 8 Keepers that the best 5 would have been an easy 17 Plus pounds. Crawlers and Chompers new Purple/Brown Laminated DS Worm. It's a keeper. Fish in the 24 to 28 ft. range on the bottom with some very good LM up in front of the bushes on a Jewel 1/2 oz brown and Purple football Jig with a Chomper WMC twin tail.

Artificial will catch just as many right now as the live, if the rod is in the right hands. Good catches of cats and gills are also coming out of the James.

Look for White Bass in the Point 12 Campers Park area. They have been seen a couple of times last week. They will not stay up long however.

Point 16 To Mouth of the Kings or Twin/Rivers. Good early topwater action on major lake points and large cove mouths.

Both schooling whites and BB are being seen if its not too windy. Have a spoon rigged at all times along with your favorite top water tapper. You can throw the spoon a mile. I also really like to watch and giggle as you try and throw it too hard and get a huge backlash. Just Funnin.

Still some drag fish in this area in the 16 to 28 ft. range on the WMC Cenipede. Drop shot fish are in the 22 ft to 30 ft. range on the bottom, or for GAD SAKES ALIVE the Shell Knob Bridge. Fish are also positioned early in front of the bluff docks and on dock and bouy cables. Same depth suspended. 24 to 26 on the bridge and docks is the prime number.

Twin Rivers to 86 bridge at Eagle Rock

Excellent topwater action is still available on major lake flat points. Big SJ's and nice K's are available from 5 Am till usually about 6 or 6:30. You got about a hr. and a half. This lake section has a very big down time as the fish will position around 10 AM at depths in the 24 to 32 ft. range, suspended on the bluffends and on bottom on the flats. Same baits apply.

Flat across for the Mouth of Roaring River has been very good early for surfacing fish and the rolloff is good dropshotting if your up in that country.

Water temps lake wide are running 77 to 81, and clarity is very good. James and Kings being abit more aqua-green than other lake sections.

They are biting, go and catch em. Be Nice

Thanks Bill, One L of a report. Will be there in the early am.

Snakem Out. And good luck.

[Don House]

Bill, we did just about the same, alot of fish, too many to keep count of, we were coming up towards your end but we seen about 25 boats go that way so we went back towards the DAM, we had fish from 6:00am to 2:00pm, even in the really bad wind, points, docks, bridges, brush piles, roll off's did not seem to matter fish were there all on drop shot plastic and live..

Good Fishing Everyone

Capt. Don

[Jason Essary]

Thanks guys, great info. I need to learn how to fish a drop. Dont think Ive got it down yet. Can someone give me a rough idea on how its done? I know the rigging in general but how much weight are yall using and are u vertical?

[snakem]

YES VERTICAL, WITH 3/8 OZ.

[Jason Essary]

thanks sounds like i need to dedicate about 4 hours and use nothing but dropshot rigs. Maybe ill get the hang of it. Oh, by the way, just read a topic that was recently closed and wanted to say one thing.

To all the guides on here....Thank U. for the ones that throw the rocks at them...Dont like it here, dont read it here.

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