Lake Sherwood Bass

[ozark trout fisher]

For those that live on Sherwood, or plan on fishing a tournament here soon, here goes.........

Small lakes are fishing pretty well, yellow spinnerbait, Texas rigged plastic worms, and nightcrawlers have worked best for bass. The big boys have let up a bit, most fish are between 8" and 12". Any shoreline cover, as well as docks, have been good.

The main lake is a bit tougher. The creek arms are fair right now, with spinnerbaits, plastic worms, and tubes working for smaller bass. The main channel has been quite slow, with a few bass being caught throwing spinnerbaits off the points. Generally your best to head into the creeks, though.

Bluegill have been pretty slow, with some success on garden worms. The catfish bite has been pretty non-existant, as well as the crappie bite, at least for me.

[ozark trout fisher]

For those that live on Sherwood, or plan on fishing a tournament here soon, here goes.........

Small lakes are fishing pretty well, yellow spinnerbait, Texas rigged plastic worms, and nightcrawlers have worked best for bass. The big boys have let up a bit, most fish are between 8" and 12". Any shoreline cover, as well as docks, have been good.

The main lake is a bit tougher. The creek arms are fair right now, with spinnerbaits, plastic worms, and tubes working for smaller bass. The main channel has been quite slow, with a few bass being caught throwing spinnerbaits off the points. Generally your best to head into the creeks, though.

Bluegill have been pretty slow, with some success on garden worms. The catfish bite has been pretty non-existant, as well as the crappie bite, at least for me.

Just thought I'd give a bit of an update in case someone from around here is curious.

Bass

They have been pretty slow for the past few weeks in all. The backs of coves tend to be best for me, especially anywhere with inflowing water with this rain the last couple days.The areas below small lake dams have been the best bet for me. Unweighted texas rigged plastic worms are the ticket. Quite a few incidental bass caught on nightcrawlers as well. Really I have caught more bass on accident than on purpose lately.

Bluegill/ Redear/ Green Sunfish

The bluegill, green sunfish,and redear fishing is epic right now. Twenty and thirty fish days are slow, fifty tends to be about an average day. They're slamming worms and crickets. Some days, I've caught as many as two hundred, although I try not to keep more than ten or fifteen bluegill a day, and the limit for redear is ten. I take home as many green sunfish as I possibly can, as they both taste good, and are an invasive species in the lake. As a matter of fact, I don't even think its legal to release greens in Sherwood, although its pretty hard to make yourself keep the four inchers.

Catfish/Crappie

Tried pretty extensively for both of these species this year, and not a one so far. It seems either the water conditions are just wrong, or the populations are down. Maybe a combination of both. I can usually do pretty well for both of these species this time of year.

Grass Carp

Seen a few rolling around this year, but I haven't hooked any. There aren't many in the lake, but there are some monsters. I'm not sure, but I don't believe its legal to keep any. I don't think they reproduce, so I bet there won't be any in a couple years.