Lake Springfield Guinea Pig

[Bassmaster21]

So I wont be able to make it out to Springfield Lake for quite some time so I was wondering if anybody out there would give some of my ideas a shot. My personal opinion(based on little experience, not much more knowledge, and mostly a gut feeling) are that:

1: The rising water levels will allow bass to begin to move back into the grass in shallower waters for cover and oxygen.

2: The decreasing average daily temperatures are going to move the bass into their fall habits. Which means what?

-One it means they will be more comfortable in shallower water.

- They will also be much more active and much more agressive.

So summarized this means that I think you can expect more bites near the grasses and less in the channel. If I was able to go out in the next few weekends I would throw a buzzbait or a SMALL shad colored (black/white/silver) popper near any grass edges until a couple hours after sunrise. I would then go back and throw a finesse worm along the same grass edges I fished earlier. Use a light weight and let the worm slowly float down in front of a potential fish in the weeds waiting for a meal. Depending on the success of that I would then move to timber and throw a shallow crankbait and finally as the day progressed, A heavier weighted plastic worm out in the channel.

If anybody decides to give any of this a shot let me know how it goes.

Have a blessed day!

[Daveinozark]

i've only caught fish on a white spinnerbait or crankbait, and mostly by the boathouse. It's always been hit or miss though, so I appreciate any advice too, on the patterns of this lake/river

[Bassmaster21]

No problem. There are some submerged trees infront of the boathouse. If you can find those you can catch quite a few. They always seem to hold lots of fish