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Rains and high winds — just generally bad weather for fun fishing. This past weekend almost all our area lakes had these conditions. On Pat Mayse, we also had falling
According to the weather forecast, we are going to get more rain, but also higher temps. This means, since we are going to get warmer nights, water temps will rise, and when they do, there will be a wave of bass coming to the shallows. We could also see the crappie moving in this week. As a matter of fact, some are already moving in from the 13-foot depth to shallower water. Most of our area lakes still have stained water, but itâs a good color and you can see about 8 to 10 inches, and thatâs good. Since the water is somewhat stained, the fish will move even more shallow because tha...
"Which coffee do you want me to use this morning?â I held up two different blends the War Department had in the kitchen cabinet. She was standing at her unofficial desk at the end of our large kitchen island. Several stacks of paper formed a small barricade between her and my coffee makings. She barely looked up from a piece of mail in her hand. âI donât care.â Alarm bells went off in my head. There it was, the Female Trap. I was lost, and no matter what response I chose, Iâd be wrong. Flipping through stacks of mental files and possible avenues of escape I finally se...
Conditions are changing on our lakes for the better, with warm water temps and clearing water in some of them. Male bass are moving around in the shallows trying to find good safe spots to make the beds. The females are staging out in a little deeper water just waiting to do their job. This process of the spawn is faster in the smaller lakes, especially in the protected areas that have cover. Some crappie are also moving back into those protected areas. Even though a lot of our lakes are clearing somewhat, itâs still difficult to actually see beds. Good search baits are spinner baits, bl...