bub591945
Well-known member
Think this rain will flood our lakes?
Any of you guys ever fish when it floods the rivers and lakes? Some of the best bass fishing I have ever experienced was when it flooded. I kinda hope this rain puts the water up in peoples back yards.
Bass start gravitating towards the shallows whenever there is a high water. High water means food, as all kinds of small forage will get up in the grass and other vegetation that has had a chance to sprout up during the low water period. I really watch the weather this time of year. Whenever there is a stormy, balmy day I will drop everything to go spend a couple hours fishing.
For the most part I am burning a spinner bait, swim jig or chatter bait. The water clarity is usually not too good but the fish are up feeding and will key in on a fast moving bait. I will usually wake the bait, otherwise I keep it in the upper six to eight inches of water.
The strikes are usually pretty voracious this time of year. A lot of times you will be watching your bait wake and you will see another wake rise up behind or to the side of your bait moments before you get crushed. Color selection is simple as well: I go for white, chartreuse, a combo of the two, or an orange color scheme.
There is going to be a lot of different forage up in the grass this time of year. Bass will be chasing bluegill, shad, crawdads, worms that have been washed in, salamanders and a number of small prey. Look for coves and areas where water is running in and you will find the highest concentration of fish.
Please post areas that are flooded so that we can all go catch a big un!
At home... Watts bar is up over some docks. With a little more rain and runoff, it could create a bass catching frenzy.
Any of you guys ever fish when it floods the rivers and lakes? Some of the best bass fishing I have ever experienced was when it flooded. I kinda hope this rain puts the water up in peoples back yards.
Bass start gravitating towards the shallows whenever there is a high water. High water means food, as all kinds of small forage will get up in the grass and other vegetation that has had a chance to sprout up during the low water period. I really watch the weather this time of year. Whenever there is a stormy, balmy day I will drop everything to go spend a couple hours fishing.
For the most part I am burning a spinner bait, swim jig or chatter bait. The water clarity is usually not too good but the fish are up feeding and will key in on a fast moving bait. I will usually wake the bait, otherwise I keep it in the upper six to eight inches of water.
The strikes are usually pretty voracious this time of year. A lot of times you will be watching your bait wake and you will see another wake rise up behind or to the side of your bait moments before you get crushed. Color selection is simple as well: I go for white, chartreuse, a combo of the two, or an orange color scheme.
There is going to be a lot of different forage up in the grass this time of year. Bass will be chasing bluegill, shad, crawdads, worms that have been washed in, salamanders and a number of small prey. Look for coves and areas where water is running in and you will find the highest concentration of fish.
Please post areas that are flooded so that we can all go catch a big un!
At home... Watts bar is up over some docks. With a little more rain and runoff, it could create a bass catching frenzy.
