The Big M 07/02/2014

[Quillback]

I noticed that yesterday, most of the bites I got were of the swim off, or feeling some rubbery tension on the line variety. I also had maybe a half dozen bites where they would tap it one time and drop it. The fish seem to be inactive, feels more like August fishing instead of early July.

[Bill Babler]

Yes those bites have been lite and I have a feeling it is only going to get worse for numbers and consistency the rest of the Summer. I have never had July, August and September be better than June.

[dtrs5kprs]

Fishing TR in September is why God allowed man to invent football.

[merc1997 Bo]

Yes those bites have been lite and I have a feeling it is only going to get worse for numbers and consistency the rest of the Summer. I have never had July, August and September be better than June.

bill, do not give up hope. i still believe a lot of bass spawned very late or not at all. i know of some very skinny bass being caught a week or so ago in long creek. they were very beat up. also, with the lake rise we had, it further scattered the bass. some moved back in coves and pockets, and there are lots of some kind of fish suspended out in open water. of course, those shad chasers do not have to get in a tree or near the bottom. i am starting to see a trend of bass moving out a bit deeper now, or at least we are getting bit in the 15 to 20 ft. range at night, where the norm had been bank out to 15.

as more and more bass become open water feeders, they will become harder to catch.

bo