Fishing Report From Cape Fair Marina

[Outdoor Girl]

Black Bass: Not only is the air temp over 100, but the water temps keep bouncing over 90 or better. The good bass are working as hard as we are to keep cool in this drought. Most of the bigger bass have moved deep meaning that they have suspended over deep points and bluff ends and there is no tougher fish to catch than these rascals. Deep diving crank baits will get a strike or two and swim baits will work, along with rattle trap type baits during the hot part of the day. If you can find water running in some of our bigger coves there will be bass looking for it. The rivers are a little cooler and have more oxygen content but the river can be hard to get the bite started.

Big plastics are still the go to baits. Early morning use buzz baits and top waters in the very back of flat coves. If you night time fish for blacks, now is the time to start working those spinner baits right up on the bank. Day time spooning using your graph to find the old channel drop bends will find stacked up bass.

Crappie: Find a floating boat dock over deep water and throw a white or gray road runner as far back in the stall or shaded edges and let it sink with that little spinner twilling and watch your line for the twitch. You can also use plain old bobber and minnow set up and let the crappie come and get it.

Catfish: We are getting reports of nice channels being caught from the bank with night crawlers most everywhere. Trot lines and limb lines are taking their share of big cats. Use gold fish or small perch for the best results.

Good green water color and water temperatures all the way up in the nineties.

[Chunk Rock]

thanks for the report.

[Mike T]

Good report thanks

[techo]

Bath water out there! Hopefully the cooler nights and the rain will help some. Thanks again for the report.

[Sore Thumbs]

Great report. I can't wait to get out and fish. My motor blew up and has been in the shop for about 8 weeks. I am going crazy.

[binman]

Still can't find the spinner bait bite or the foot long worm but did have a decent night tonight on a jig and a craw. I think the spoon bite is going to be awesome during the day but not much good right before dark. I appreciate the report it really helped narrow down what I am throwing. Now if you could just hook them for we would be on to some thing lol!!!!!!

[binman]

Still can't find the spinner bait bite or the foot long worm but did have a decent night tonight on a jig and a craw. I think the spoon bite is going to be awesome during the day but not much good right before dark. I appreciate the report it really helped narrow down what I am throwing. Now if you could just hook them for we would be on to some thing lol!!!!!!

[binman]

Still can't find the spinner bait bite or the foot long worm but did have a decent night tonight on a jig and a craw. I think the spoon bite is going to be awesome during the day but not much good right before dark. I appreciate the report it really helped narrow down what I am throwing. Now if you could just hook them for we would be on to some thing lol!!!!!!

[techo]

You can say that again!