J Percy Priest Reservoir
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Largemouth BassTechniqueShakey HeadsSeasonFallStructureRiver ChannelsBluebird skies and 80°/ water temps were 75° -78°/ 5-8 mph winds out of the south. Priest is in the late summer/ early fall transition. Bass are just starting to school on shad. Today I struggle to catch 8 lm bass and 1 spotted bass - all on a shaky head. It was a tough day for all our anglers because it only took 10 lbs to win our seven hour tournament. The bass are scattered in the water column following bait.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueBladed JigsSeasonFallStructureBaitfish
The past week I have caught several in early morning before work walking the bank as usual I have caught a few on the chatterbait and 3 or 4 on a 7 inch cut tail - strike king - watermelon red and 3 on the river to sea plopper. The most of them are up shallow feeding on minnows and bait fish. The water temp has averaged 74 to 76 degrees.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueShallow Diving Crankbaits (0-6')SeasonFallStructureShad
Found lots of shad in the cove behind Hong Kong Island but no hook-ups. The cove by the Hong Kong pump house was loaded with shad as well. Caught 2 LM and 1 SM bass by pulling a DT -6 under schools of shad. The cove in Stewart creek where the ski course is was loaded with shad and bass. Caught 20+ LM bass and 50+ white bass( mostly on a silver spoon). Just could not find the big ones today!
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueTexas Rigs (Worming)SeasonSummerStructureBoulders
I fish the banks and boat ramps before work most mornings. I usually get bit or land one -two pounders doing this. My time frame is from about 4 am -6 am then off to work.
SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueShakey HeadsSeasonSummerStructureBaitfishBaitfish have moved into creek mouths and pockets and the bass have followed. Finding shad was the key. Caught a total of 7 keepers from 2pm-9pm using the NetBait T-Mac on an Owner Ultrahead Shakey. All were near rock in 7’ or less. Fish were noticeably active and chasing bait but showed no interest in a Chopo, or Chatterbait MiniMax.
SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueShallow Diving Crankbaits (0-6')SeasonFallStructureBouldersHad a few hours out on the lake in late September. I was targeting larger rock in transition areas and caught several fish cranking a Rapala brat square bill. I also picked up a couple of other fish on a chatterbait mini max and a spinnerbait.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueTexas Rigs (Worming)SeasonSummerStructurePoints
Fished from 7 am to about 1 pm. Found fish on main lake points that had boulders on them. Fish were in 4 to 8 ft of water. Also caught them on a Shaky Head setup with a Green Pumpkin trick worm.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueFootball JigsSeasonSummerStructureBoulders
Tough summer bite. We were able to get some bites in 10-20 feets in marina slips and bluff walls. Keys baits were flipping Bad Boy jigs, deep crankbaits and Zoom finess trick worms (Redbug was best color today).
