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Lake Conditions June 24 2007. Lots of showers this week, especialy in the afternoons has kept temperature down and fishing great! The Lake is just below pool at 200.92 and the water clearing more each week. The surface temperature on main lake is still in the 80’s depending on where you are fishing. All the guides are catching plenty of fish with a early morning leave time from the Marina. Afternoon showers all week. Some very heavy.
Black Bass
Bass fishing continues to improve each week.. Lots of fish taken off of the weed beds and along the hydrilla drop off's. Watermelon red and green and watermelon gold Carolina rigged worms and soft plastics have been the most productive. Jigging in 15 - 22 feet with slab spoons has resulted in some big bass this week. Small crankbaits in green worked around the rocks and boat docks have also produced some real nice fish. Deep water structure has produced some larger fish this week. With the warmer weather, some bass fishermen are ‘strolling’ a Carolina rigged worm with their trolling motor along the edge of weed beds, over pond dams, off the Tram, off the end of sand bars and road beds. Most of the fish are holding in 18 to 22 feet of water with the warmer weather. Many fishermen are now getting the old Rat-L-Trap out in order to work larger areas. Running a Buzbait over submerged hydrill is also getting some nice fish early and late.
White Bass and Hybrid/Striped Bass
The hybrids and white bass continue to move with the shad. The shad are starting to return to the surface and there are more and more good schools on top during the day. Road beds off of main lake points and secondary points continue to produce good fish. Most fishermen working the road beds are using slab spoons in chartruse and white to catch both hybrids and whites. Trolling inline spinner baits behind a JetDiver and PetSpoons has been a good white bass bait and a hybrid hook-up happens every once in awhile. Hybrids also are taking the a Pet Spoon trolled 18 to 25 inches behind a deep diving crank bait. Some EARLY morning schooling of white bass in the shallow flats has been reported. Most throw a Rat-L-Trap or Little George at the schooling fish. Good schools of hybrids have been in and around the dam early, at the head of most creeks mid-day, in and around Lake Betty off the Light House and all along the tram and at the mouth of most creeks on the North end of the Lake. Lots of white bass in the flats early. The real hot tip on the hybrids is to keep moving until you find them concentrating on the areas mentioned above. If you are not picking up fish on your electronics, no need to stop. The wind plays a huge factor in where you can locate fish. The wind will always blow the shad to the bank that is facing the wind.
Catfish
Catfish fishing has been GREAT! Baited holes, creek channels, along the river, pond dams and in the flats drift fishing have proven to be good bets for the catfish in 17 - 22 feet of water. There are still lots of fish in the shallows getting ready to spawn. Weeds and rocks near deep water have been the best for the pre-spawn fish. Drift fishing with whole and cut shad and nightcrawlers has been a great way to catch catfish. The bait of choice for many is Magic Bait “Premo”. Liver, shrimp dipped in cheese bait, cheese bait and other stink baits have all been producing fish. The 1097 Bridge has had lots of fishermen and many are catching some real nice fish. Most of the guide trips out of Anchorage have started trolling for hybrids and white bass and ending up with a mess of catfish. Don’t forget to use chum. Range cubes and soured deer corn make great chum. Several catfish in the 3 to 5 lb size were caught this week trolling Pet Spoons for white bass. Probably not the recommended technique for catfish; but, a catfish or two in the cooler along with the white bass and hybrids make for a great fish fry.
Bream & Crappie
Crappie fishing has finally picked up on the brush piles in 17 -18 feet of water and some real nice slab crappie have been being caught by fishermen working the concrete pilings under the 1097 Bridge using white/chartreuse jigs and minnows for bait. Brush piles in the 17 -18 feet of water have produced some nice fish. The crappie are real sensitive about the depth of water. Bream fishing has been spectacular in most of the marinas, along the rocks at the dam and the 1097 Bridge. Some huge brim are coming from the rocks and under the 1097 Bridge. Fishing in 14 - 16 feet of water off the dam has also produced some nice catches of bream. A real good way to chum for bream is put a couple of hands full of range cubes in a fish basket and tie it off your boat. Let it down 7 or 8 feet and then shake it every once in awhile. The bream will come. You can do this in any of the above areas you fish for bream. Fish under the basket. Nightcrawlers or crickets are always a good bait. Glo Worms are the favorite of some of the guides. The picture to the right is a guide trip with seven hybrid bass, 60 catfish and two buckets of bream. Now that is a fishing trip.
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