- Joined
- Apr 27, 2010
- Location
- Bethlehem, Georgia
October 15, 2010
By Mark Collins
LAKE WEISS IS DOWN 4.13 FEET, LIGHTLY STAINED AND 68 DEGREES
Bass fishing is good and some good stringers of fish are being caught chasing Shad in shallow stump flats, sand bars, secondary points and humps and in the back of some coves, as the sun gets high look for areas with the big schools of shad on the surface and watch for the Bass chasing and feeding. The new Gizz 3 crank bait and Rat L Traps and the Bandit 100 series are working great on these aggressive feeding fish, smaller 3-4 inch swim baits are catching fish also. Most Spotted Bass are still out in the main lake on main lake humps, points and river channel ledges in 4 to 10 feet of water, a Carolina rigged Senko worm is working great on the spotted bass, medium running crank baits are also catching fish. Little River is also producing some great Spot fishing in the upper part on the old river ledges and the steep rock banks.
Striper fishing is Fair and they are starting to move back to the main lake on the old river ledges and main lake flats, more will show up over the next few weeks as the water cools, slow trolling live shad 6 to 10 feet deep will produce the best, until the water cools to the low 50s and below when they will turn on to trolled jigs.
Crappie fishing is good and the fish are starting to bite. Fishing will get better after this next cool front coming in this weekend. Crappie are being caught on structure on the drop off's of the old Coosa River channel ledges in 10 to 14 feet of water, Spider rigging with live minnows and Jiffy Jigs is the way to catch these fall Crappie, Look for structure on the edges of the old channel with schools of fish suspended around or above the structure, fish your baits very slowly at or near the depth you are marking the schools of fish. A lot of crappie are being caught shooting docks with a 1/24th ounce Jiffy Jig in color JJ13 and JJ17 is also producing some good fish. Docks with at least 6 to 10 feet of water or more seem to be the most productive right now, look for bigger well shaded docks.
By Mark Collins
LAKE WEISS IS DOWN 4.13 FEET, LIGHTLY STAINED AND 68 DEGREES
Bass fishing is good and some good stringers of fish are being caught chasing Shad in shallow stump flats, sand bars, secondary points and humps and in the back of some coves, as the sun gets high look for areas with the big schools of shad on the surface and watch for the Bass chasing and feeding. The new Gizz 3 crank bait and Rat L Traps and the Bandit 100 series are working great on these aggressive feeding fish, smaller 3-4 inch swim baits are catching fish also. Most Spotted Bass are still out in the main lake on main lake humps, points and river channel ledges in 4 to 10 feet of water, a Carolina rigged Senko worm is working great on the spotted bass, medium running crank baits are also catching fish. Little River is also producing some great Spot fishing in the upper part on the old river ledges and the steep rock banks.
Striper fishing is Fair and they are starting to move back to the main lake on the old river ledges and main lake flats, more will show up over the next few weeks as the water cools, slow trolling live shad 6 to 10 feet deep will produce the best, until the water cools to the low 50s and below when they will turn on to trolled jigs.
Crappie fishing is good and the fish are starting to bite. Fishing will get better after this next cool front coming in this weekend. Crappie are being caught on structure on the drop off's of the old Coosa River channel ledges in 10 to 14 feet of water, Spider rigging with live minnows and Jiffy Jigs is the way to catch these fall Crappie, Look for structure on the edges of the old channel with schools of fish suspended around or above the structure, fish your baits very slowly at or near the depth you are marking the schools of fish. A lot of crappie are being caught shooting docks with a 1/24th ounce Jiffy Jig in color JJ13 and JJ17 is also producing some good fish. Docks with at least 6 to 10 feet of water or more seem to be the most productive right now, look for bigger well shaded docks.