I hope everyone had a great Labor Day weekend. The weather was great! So, that being said, here comes tropical storm Hanna. We don’t exactly know when she’s going to be here. Unfortunately, it looks like maybe Friday afternoon or Saturday morning. But, that can definitely change. Please be prepared for that and everyone be safe!
STRIPERS – Stripers are schooling early in the morning and late in the evening with lots of fish being caught. But, they are eight to sixteen inch fish – not many keepers are being caught. Smaller bucktails seem to work really well for those fish. It is a lot of fun to catch them, even though there are not very many keepers. The best bite for keeper fish seems to still be at night. From Shull Island all the way to the dam, try free-lining live herring or even anchor down with down lines. Your chance of catching keeper size fish greatly improves after the sun falls.
LARGEMOUTH BASS – The bigger largemouth bass are being caught schooling with the stripers. Just throw a zoom fluke out around the school instead of bucktails. Yum Houdini shads also work well because they carry a little more bulk and cast farther. For the shallower, smaller bass, try using firetiger roostertails or Smepps inline spinners. Also try Zoom finesse worms, shaky head with the Zoom trick worm. Early and late in the day, topwaters are working well, as are Rebel Pop R’s, Heddon Torpedos, Lucky Craft Sammy, and frogs.
Night fishing up in the rivers is also good. Big Texas rigged worms and buzz baits are working well. Flipping and pitching around docks and wood is also another option to try. Good luck this week!
BREAM & SHELLCRACKERS - Try using small roostertails, Smepps inline spinners and beetle spins around docks and grassy areas. Try crickets, red worms and wigglers on points and secondary points in eight to fifteen feet of water. Use a Carolina rig with a very small weight.
CATFISH – The best fishing is at night!! Try using cut herring, nightcrawlers, chicken livers, and Berekley gulp catfish baits. Points and secondary points from 20 feet up to five feet. If you’re up in the rivers, fish channel bends and flats. Fishing around islands is also good.
Fishing should be very challenging again this week.
Let us not grow weary while doing good for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart. Galatians 6:9
