Have They Started Moving Up Yet?

[conorsixtakc]

I'll be visiting family this weekend and should be out a few mornings for at least a couple hours around dawn. Has there been a consistent LM bite that doesn't involve main lake stuff? Having hardly fished LOZ at all this summer I planned on flipping and buzzbaiting around docks, although it'd be helpful to know what docks to be looking for...

[MOsmallies]

I just got back from the lake last night. We are in the mid lake area around Tan-Tar-A. Tough fishing all weekend for me at least. Water temps were 85. Friday night I caught 2 shorts fishing a 10" worm in brush piles around midnight. Fished bluffs and mainlake points in the morning and caught a few on a football jig. Once the boat traffic got going, I headed to the backs of coves and started flippin docks with a Missile Baits D-Bomb. Caught 2 keepers (only 15-16") and a few shorts doing this. Caught one short on a chattebait Sunday. Just couldn't quite figure them out. There are definitely fish shallow. Make your first pitch to a dock count and focus on the shady sides. You'll get more bites if you can skip your bait up into the hard to reach areas. Good luck and report when you get back. I'll be down again for Labor Day weekend as well...

Paul

MOsmallies

[dennisduckhunter]

Paul,

Had a question about your boat. Was wondering what type of boat it was looks very deep and lots of storage?

[MOsmallies]

It's actually my father-in-laws boat... I'll get the specs this weekend, but it's a 1980-something Ranger... 18 footer I believe. It's fairly deep compared to the new fiberglass bass boats. Not real wide and the front deck is rather small, but it has quite a bit of storage. It's a great boat that does exactly what he needs it to do. and I get to use whenever I'm down there. I can't complain at all!

[conorsixtakc]

Fishing was about what I expected it to be. Only spent one morning out in the cove, any longer and I would have feared for my safety. Caught one keeper on my first cast halfway back in the cove chasing shad, and from then on it was steady dinks out of brush in 5'-12' FOW around docks.