I predict this to be my best spring ever. The lake has been full for some time now, so there is lots of new water for the fish to spawn. Also, because we started the spring with the lake full, it shouldn't get as muddy and stay so muddy when we do get some good rains. Additionally, since we had so many shad die off due to the unusually cold winter, the fish have been feeding heavily and are fatter than normal.
The spawn is about 3 weeks behind this year, so right now is the prime prespawn period. The fishing was very slow up until the beginning of March, but has improved greatly since that time. Numbers have picked up and the quality fish are showing themselves. Monday, we got an 11.08 on a spinnerbait in about 7ft of water. Yesterday, we got an 8 and a 10 pounder on a crankbait in about the same depth. We also got an 8 pounder on a jig/craw in about 12 ft.
The past week or two, I've been fishing Fork, Monticello, and Welsh. I found females on the beds on Monticello and caught 7 fish between 6 and 8 pounds. On Welsh, we also got some fish on the beds in addition to 10 to 20 fish on topwater most every morning and evening I fished. But now, I'm back to Fork exclusively. The water temps are in the low 50s for most of the lake, but on the warmer afternoons, I'm seeing 60+ degrees in certain areas. Those areas are still muddy from the recent rains, but there are some fish trying to bed up.
In case you weren't aware, sight fishing is my specialty. In fact, you could say I wrote the book on sight fishing for bass - because I did.
It is actually an E-book that is for online reading only. To learn more about sight fishing for bass, go to http://www.bassfishing.org/spawnbook .
I'm booked up for the rest of the spring, but I often have some cancellations and I don't have much of a waiting list. If you would like to be on my list, send me an email. Also, I don't open up the prime dates on my calendar to the public because my previous customers usually get them a year or so in advance. If you are interested
in a sight fishing trip, you should send me an email and I will try to work you in.
June is the best month for night fishing. I still have some open dates this year. You can book online at www.fishingguidenow.com/bookonline.cfm?guideID=2
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