Next Week In Pre-review

[Bill Babler]

With cooler temps in the forcast, and lots and lots of schools strarting I look for the next two weeks before the labor day weekend to be way different than what we have seen here the last month or two. I believe the fishing for most species, will be very good.

Dam Area:

Look shallow early in the morning. Cloudy or windy conditions, will position some very nice SMJ's up close right in front of the bushes, or even in them as the lake has risen with the input of water from Beaver. Is there a better bait than a Jewell Jig for getting snaps out of these Jaw's? It's only competitor is the watermellon candy cenipede.

I believe we will also start seeing some surface activity from the K's as the boat traffic slows down. It will allow the bait to remain on the surface longer and the K's will follow the shad to the surface. Jigging spoons and dropshots have been and will continue to be very strong on the Kan-Tucks. Note here is the shad are very small so thing 1/2 oz or smaller on your spoons. Don gave you all a very good tip a week ago, mentioning chartruse on the spoons. I have been using a chartruse shad in 1/2 oz. made by Real Image that is a complete killer "Cabelas" Also a white Lazer Eye "Bass Pro"

I don't think the fish will shallow up a whole lot yet, but I think they will move up and down in the water column a little more and not be so locked in at the 32 to 35 range. I'm thinking in the dam area, that the 26 to 28 ft. range is a gonna get real popular.

Mid Lake:

Point 7 to Point 19 on the White should start seeing some very good white bass action. With these temps coming in the fish will be working all the flats and deep channel swings pushing bait to the surface. On cloudy days it will continue throughout the day.

Bluffends should be holding quality LM on a jig in under 30 ft and the K's will start to move a little. Look in ranges of 22 to 26 on the bottom and then suspended as the sun gets up. Should be some fish both LM and SMJ's early in front, and also in the bushes. Caught several very nice LM last week in under 6 ft. right in front of the bushes midday.

James River

Fish will be both on the bottom, looking shallow for LM and also suspended under the shad on a spoon. It is always this time of the year when that deep crankbait bite really starts to kick in up the James Look on the gravel flats that for the most part are covered with shad and heave the deep diver into 12 to 15 ft. and bring it out to mid 20's for good chances at some big LM. Fish the football early and late in the same locations.

Fish a flutter spoon also in these same locations, placing the boat in 30 ft. and making a cast into 15 to 20ft. Allow the spoon to sink on a tight line and pump it several times on its swing back to the boat. They usually grab it on the initial fall. Just a tick, and you can catch anything from cats to walleye with tenique.

MIght also be time if there is some wind early to be thinking about that blade.

White bass should also be working from 3 fingers clear on up to point 15.

White River

Point 19 to Eagle Rock

Look for white bass blowing most every morning including the Kings River. LM will also be on the move on the timbered points and can be targeted early on topwaters. K's are still on the bluffends and flats, and should start to tighten up into some larger groups, before they just split up and go everywhere when we loose the thermocline.

Look for drag and jig fish early as shallow as right on the bank and then drag out to the mid to low 20's with your favorite slinky-slimy drag junk. On windy days swimming the grub is a very good way to get a nip.

Shallow presentations can also at this time include the spinnerbait on cloudy windy days and pitching a shaky head or jig very shallow for LM and K's in and around the bushes. As the sun comes up just start moving deeper with the bottom killers.

I look for fishing to get really good, before it go's to Heck in a hand basket as it usually does in later Sept. and early Oct. when we loose our thermocline and they go everywhere.

Good luck out there.

[denjac]

Wow ! You got me packing my bags. Hope it turns into a bigger bite too. Be glad to see the return of the smallies, I need a fix.

[captmac]

Wow!!!!!! predicting fishing on the Rock. Do you have any stock tips to share ?

Seriously I appreciate all the info you share on the forum,a lot of which has helped my fishing to be sure. Thanks for all your efforts

[champ187xr6]

Thanks for the info Bill. I am not a big tournament angler but am going to introduce my son to his first tournament. The Homer Sloan first Sat of October. I can definitely relate to the difficulty of locating those early October fish. Thanks again for all the info you share.

[crazy4fishin]

Bill thanks for the look ahead - we are going to be on Taney and TR the week of Labor day - will this still be a reasonable pattern to follow on TR?

Or will the water coming in from Beaver make a dramatic change to the pattern?

I will hang up and listen to the answer

[Jason Essary]

Great pre report Bill. MOST all of us really appriciate the time and effort. One question, the flutter spoon? Thats a new one to me, I understand the pattern and the retrieve, but which spoons do u use for this. I have caught fish in Canada on some with the same style of retrieve, but never used it on tablerock.

[Bill Babler]

C4, I believe the patterns are going to remain the same, until thermocline breakup Should be good next week on the Rock. Also for a very nice report on Taney, go to Phil's new site www.lilleyslanding.com and look at our combined reports for taney, dated the 10th.

You can use any type of spoon for the flutter tenique. I have seen lots of spoons, claiming right on the package to be flutter spoons. I am currently using a Cabelas real image, and a BP XPS, or Lazer eye. The Cabelas is the deal, as they are on sale right now for a buck .99 and come in some fantastic colors. Shad, Peral, and the best Chartruse shad. Really don't mind throwing them around the trees at that price. The BP stuff is about 4 bucks a pop, so I am a little more careful with it. Be sure to check out the Assist hooks you can add, these are a tremendious help in hooking and keeping fish stuck on a spoon.

White bass are really becomming the deal here. Not Grand Lake yet, but for sure some good fishin for bass in the 1.2 pound range, and if your going to eat-em that is about as good as they are ever gonna be. A month or two ago, they were tiny. Man those things are just growing at a massive rate, and are just everywhere, early in the morning. My clients are then catching them like crazy, with crawlers while trying to catch K's.

[crazy4fishin]

Thanks much for the information

[readdad]

That is great news. I am new to posting but view it often. I am coming down this weekend to work Aunts Creek area out to around Point 10. Anyone have any pointers for someone trying to teach themselves how to catch Bass. Thanks in advance.

[Jason Essary]

Thanks Bill as always. I havent figured out the assist hook deal yet. But i like the look of the baits. I will try some.

And yes, the whites are every where. Found them around point 12 tuesday night. We had a blast till dark. Lot nicer size than the dinks from this spring, but no large ones found.