Jerkbait Bite Lower Bull Shoals Report 1/19/14

[Tuffy]

Ham - I did all the same things with the exception of the SR5. I threw a grey grub on ends of bluffs at transitions dragging on the bottom. Got my two bass that way.

Great posts all.

Thanks for the info.

[Ham]

I live pretty close to the rivers. A river trip is much easier for me. Less time and less money AND a whole lot more bites.

A full day on the river when conditions are right = > 100 trout. I prefer to bass fish, but I'd rather catch fish than NOT catch fish.

[Ham]

I love to grub fish. I should have spend a few hours doing that. I have tremedous confidence in a grub, but decided to give a full effort of a few other presentations. I'm glad you got a couple.

[Fish24/7]

Nice fish. I fished the Pontiac & Theodosia area Sat, Sun and Mon morning. I had two 3.5 lb bass off a gray grub on the bottom in 30' of water. I threw jerk baits on the points off main lake and secondary in coves and never had a bite. Never thought they would be up in the creeks. Gotta learn to fish the Bull.

thanks for posting, we need more people participating , thanks again !!

[Tuffy]

I don't usually post because I do a lot more fishing than catching. However, I do like the site and learn a lot from reading what you guys post.

Thanks and let's keep it going.

[Bullshoalscat]

I too fished Mon around Pontiac had about a dozen bass with 6 keepers 2 LM 1 Sm and 2 good Kentuckies bite was kind of slow but when they hit they wacked it good, seen a buddy of mine on the way in and he had caught a few also

[mixermarkb]

Put me down with Ham. My friend and I put in Monday at Buck Creek, fished in and between Trimble and Shoal, threw A-rigs, Jerkbaits, jigs, smoke grub, wart, etc. We didn't catch a fish, not even sure we had any bites. I saw a ton of bait between 20-60 fow, a few arches I'm calling fish, and quite a few dead and struggling shad. After talking with friends (in this thread lol) I'm pretty sure we were fishing too fast. I hadn't been on the lake in almost a month, and was fishing new water. I think I was trying to hard to find fish, and really should have just camped out in a couple places and slowed Waaaaayyyy down-

Oh well, live and learn-

[Ham]

If I had seen bait < 50 FOW, I would have dropped spoons on it until I knocked one in the head. I couldn't even find bait.

I like the Buck creek area. It's not real handy for me to get to from where I live and I really wish there was a better boat ramp on the south side of the lake there, but I've never done as well in Trimble as I would expect to do. I tend to like the creeks and drains on the north dise of the lake on that area better.

One thing I have learned, there can be too much bait, Sometimes the shad kill is so pronounced that you can't buy a bite. I have to leave that area usually for water with more color before I can get bit. Hanging around real clear water with a massive shad kill is a good way to zero.