Greers Ferry Fishing Report 07/22/08

[Cody Smith]

Well Guys and Gals the lake is finally within sight of normal pool, only 6 more feet to go! I have to say all this high water was challenging and took a minute to get used too. However, I'm positive this lake will benefit tremendously through the next coming years from the 08 spawning condidtion's. Fishing has been terrific when taking time of year into consideration. Water Temps are ranging from 87 - 92 degrees depending on time of day. Presently, I am still catching numbers of fish from 10 - 35 in fairly short order. Lot's of Smallies are schooling and gobbling up the shad that the hybrids are rounding up. When they get going good you can bet that all major game species are coming to take a bite. I have had the best luck late in the evening and fishing up until 11:00 pm or so. Best lure choices are: Shaky Head Spot Remover Jig Heads with 6 - 7 inch finesse worms in Watermelon, Jig and Chunk Combo's, Live Crawlers on 1/8 oz. Jig Heads, Medium Runing Cranks in Pearl and Purple, 3 and 4 inch Grubs and Baby Flukes in lemon and pearl. Of course the Hybrids are moving back deep around dark but you do have a window of about and hour or more to catch them good as there pushing bait towards the points. MAIN LAKE POINTS are holding the majority of the fish. Walleye's, Hybrids, White's, Spot's, Smallies, and even a few Largemouth are in and around the schools. When your choosing an area to fish it's a must to use your gps or good topo map to locate the Longer Points with Rock and Gravel located on them. Select areas to concentrate on where your main channel is running very tight to the point and structure located there in. There will be fish on these areas. Time of day and timing in general has everything in the world to do with you getting bit or not. Like I stated before, I'm doing the best in the evenings, however there is a good morning bite as well. Pick and choose carefully and you are sure to put some fish in the boat. Good Luck out there~