Pomme March/april

[DChance]

What is the traditional pattern end of March/Early April. I know it is not uncommon for Pomme to be high in the spring and I assume it will be pretty high this year with the dam work. So (thinking out loud here) water will probably be dirty and high at that time and bass will more than likely be starting to work shallow? Maybe in some flooded cover as the water warms? Am I too far off base here?

[Dutch]

When the water is in the bushes, I like to swim a white jig and stop it right on top of them.

[Trav]

Water temps have a lot to do with my choices of location. I think deep early in the day and shallow in the evening, when it is below 50 degrees. I reverse that tactic when it is above 70 degrees but you normally don't see that until June. Just a rule of thumb. It is primed between 55 and 65 degrees and you can catch them all over the place. This usually is late April to late May.

When the water is high, I stay in the main lake ninety percent of the time. I like the Gin clear water. However there are a lot of fish in the stained water. Just not my style to poke fish in the head to get them to strike.

As far as baits....in March and April....Grubs Grubs Grubs....I do a bunch of cranking as well on midlake humps but I use heavy lipless baits so I can get down deep during the high water.

Be sure to pay attention to the birds. They will let you know where the balls of shad are and if there is a transition on a channel where it has a flat at the end of a deep bluff....work it hard. The bigger ones will move up in the afternoons to warm up and if those flats have timber all the better...

Let us know how you do!...

[conman]

Water temps have a lot to do with my choices of location. I think deep early in the day and shallow in the evening, when it is below 50 degrees. I reverse that tactic when it is above 70 degrees but you normally don't see that until June. Just a rule of thumb. It is primed between 55 and 65 degrees and you can catch them all over the place. This usually is late April to late May.

When the water is high, I stay in the main lake ninety percent of the time. I like the Gin clear water. However there are a lot of fish in the stained water. Just not my style to poke fish in the head to get them to strike.

As far as baits....in March and April....Grubs Grubs Grubs....I do a bunch of cranking as well on midlake humps but I use heavy lipless baits so I can get down deep during the high water.

Be sure to pay attention to the birds. They will let you know where the balls of shad are and if there is a transition on a channel where it has a flat at the end of a deep bluff....work it hard. The bigger ones will move up in the afternoons to warm up and if those flats have timber all the better...

Let us know how you do!...

Trav,

I have fished grubs a couple times at Table Rock mostly for Smallmouth and Spots, but never tried it at Pomme, I dont know why. Are you typically scrubbing the bottom or counting down to a depth you have graphed fish at? I assume color selection is based on water color?

Thanks

Chris

[Trav]

Trav,

I have fished grubs a couple times at Table Rock mostly for Smallmouth and Spots, but never tried it at Pomme, I dont know why. Are you typically scrubbing the bottom or counting down to a depth you have graphed fish at? I assume color selection is based on water color?

Thanks

Chris

I use smokey colors if the water is stained and milky colors when the water is clear. Probably just a confidence thing because my wife uses only shades of purple and she does just as good. Go figure.

As far as depth....I usually do a five count and then add a couple to the count with each cast until I get to the bottom. You have to find out what depth they are feeding at and whether they are looking down for food or looking up for it. This system works pretty goood. I rarely drag it across the bottom if I am fishing water deeper than 10 feet but I do bounce it into the bottom at times.

[DChance]

never really fished a grub much.....seems I may hve to give it a try.....must be my typical shallow river fishing habits......need to add this to the arsenal on Pomme I guess though.

[Trav]

never really fished a grub much.....seems I may hve to give it a try.....must be my typical shallow river fishing habits......need to add this to the arsenal on Pomme I guess though.

I spent a lot of hours fishing the Rock before Pomme and this tactic works great. However, when the water is below 50 degrees you are going to find it tough going if you can't find where they are staging....