The latest rains have brought the lake up almost a full foot. Hopefully we will reach the five foot level on the Rusmey gauge soon. The good news is that the shoreline tules now have 3 to 4 feet of water on them and the bass have started to move into the tules to feed and to prepare for the upcoming spawn. The next few weeks will see baits like the senko, a jig with a crawdad type trailer and a drop shot all working. Most of the fisherman on the lake this past week have been throwing a variety of swimbaits and Alabama rigs. With the storms and cold fronts moving through almost daily this past week, the overall bite has been slow. The major feeder creeks are running muddy and you need to try and find the clearer water for better success in catching fish.
Depending upon your skill level and your budget, at this time of the year you can try a whole variety of baits and if you stay with anyone of them for any length of time, you will eventually catch fish. I personally like to use a five inch Zoom watermelon candy worm rigged wacky style on my drop shot rig. Other colors such as Robo worms MMIII and Oxblood colors will also work. I also use a 3/8th's to a 1/2 oz jig with a Yamamoto twin tail trailer in watermelon red or brown n Orange colors and work it through the sparse tules. Another great trailer for the jig is Reaction Innovations sweet beavers, my color choice here is the ""Big Texan"". Using a shakey head jig with a Zoom Trick Worm in either watermelon candy or watermelon Red is another good bait for working the edges of the tules. Our water temp has only been reaching up 52 degrees so the key is to fish really slow with your baits. The warmer the water gets the more active the fish are going to be and the bite will get better. My customers this past week used minnows on a "slip" bobber set up. We didn't catch huge numbers of fish but the ones they did catch were solid fish in the three to five pound range and once hooked these fish are ""strong"" and fight hard. Keep in mind that all the female fish at this time of the year will have eggs in them and I encourage you to take a picture of these fish and release them as soon as possible. That's it for now, feel free to ask questions or leave comments on this section.
Depending upon your skill level and your budget, at this time of the year you can try a whole variety of baits and if you stay with anyone of them for any length of time, you will eventually catch fish. I personally like to use a five inch Zoom watermelon candy worm rigged wacky style on my drop shot rig. Other colors such as Robo worms MMIII and Oxblood colors will also work. I also use a 3/8th's to a 1/2 oz jig with a Yamamoto twin tail trailer in watermelon red or brown n Orange colors and work it through the sparse tules. Another great trailer for the jig is Reaction Innovations sweet beavers, my color choice here is the ""Big Texan"". Using a shakey head jig with a Zoom Trick Worm in either watermelon candy or watermelon Red is another good bait for working the edges of the tules. Our water temp has only been reaching up 52 degrees so the key is to fish really slow with your baits. The warmer the water gets the more active the fish are going to be and the bite will get better. My customers this past week used minnows on a "slip" bobber set up. We didn't catch huge numbers of fish but the ones they did catch were solid fish in the three to five pound range and once hooked these fish are ""strong"" and fight hard. Keep in mind that all the female fish at this time of the year will have eggs in them and I encourage you to take a picture of these fish and release them as soon as possible. That's it for now, feel free to ask questions or leave comments on this section.
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