dropping lake, current, and affects on bass

[merc1997 Bo]

the lake might be on a slow down note as far as level.  but, the amount of current running through the lake and the dropping water level is the major reason that the bass seem to be here today and gone tomorrow.  i fished yesterday and about 3 hours this afternoon in the hurricane.  wednesday, we had around 20 keepers and caught them in a different place, again.  bites were still 50 to 60 with a few around 40.  this afternoon, had to go looking again and found another area with some shad and bass.  we ended up with 10 keepers and six of them were really nice lmgs.  1/2 and 3/4 oz. Zinc Spoons did all the catching.  i did find one place with lots of shad, but no evidence of bass around.  found two other places with both shad and bass.  there are not any secret places, you just have to put in the time to go looking.  however, with that said, even when you find them, you have to work at getting them to bite.

i talked to a couple of boats this afternoon that were fishing shallow on windy banks, but had not had much luck.  if i were to try shallow fishing, i would probably give the eagle rock area a shot or way up the kings or james.  i have not looked at these areas, but because of lack of water depth and cooler water temps, if there is any bait left in the area, there would be a better chance for it to be fairly shallow.  there will definitely come a time that the deeper shad will bust up and come up near the surface.  when that happens, a better percentage of the bass population will follow and i will be fishing up in the zone.  i still like jerk bait fishing.  for those that like to venture to other lakes, if the water clarity on grand is decent, there is a lake with a great winter jerk bait bite.  i have a younger buddy that lives over by anderson that is busy getting things rolling with his new place of employment, and is in the middle of house building to boot.  he says that he is going to be ready to start fishing very soon.  maybe i will go over and we will go see what is going on on grand sometime this winter.  but, there is still a bunch of catching here on the rock.

bo

[aarchdale@coresleep.com]

You said your casting the spoon instead of vertical fishing it.  Are you throwing it out and hopping it across the bottom?  Im Runnng low on slab spoons and ordered some Zinc ones tonight

[kscullawl]

Merc, you ever use a daimiki rig for fish like this? 

[Guest]

6 hours ago, kscullawl said:

Merc, you ever use a daimiki rig for fish like this? 

that is what i am doing when i am using the 3/4 GrassJig head with a swimmer on it.  but, i am not just hanging it straight down.  i am casting it and working it down through the water column.

bo

[Guest]

20 hours ago, aarchdale@coresleep.com said:

You said your casting the spoon instead of vertical fishing it.  Are you throwing it out and hopping it across the bottom?  Im Runnng low on slab spoons and ordered some Zinc ones tonight

i do work it across the bottom to the boat if the bass are on the bottom.  when they are suspended, you have to work the spoon down through the water column.

bo

[DeadCalm]

Great information Bo....THANKS.