Claytor Lake
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Claytor Lake Fishing Reports
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Largemouth BassTechniqueHard Topwater (Walking)SeasonSummerStructureBrush PilesClaytor fishing is picking up a little. Tournaments are taking a little more weight to win. I have been catching a lot of fish on spook type topwater.
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Smallmouth BassTechniqueFootball JigsSeasonSummerStructureRock PileFocused on main lake and channel swing rocky points in 3 to 10ft of water
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueFrogs/ToadsSeasonSummerStructureDocks
Claytor is fishing pretty tuff. However, if you are able to go early or late in the day the topwater bite has been pretty good. I have caught fish skipping a frog around dock.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueHard Topwater (Popping)SeasonSummerStructureBrush Piles
Claytor fishing is still real tuff. I fished today 5 till dark and was able to catch a few. However, size wasn’t much. All fish came on a popper style bait. I would recommend playing with the speed of the retrieve . Most fish came on a very fast retrieve.
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueHard JerkbaitsSeasonSummerStructureBrush Piles
Claytor is still fishing tuff. However, if you can manage to get out on a day with cloud cover or rain like yesterday fishing is better. I was able to catch a good number yesterday but the size wasn’t great. The biggest fish ( 2.5 lbs ) came on a spook style bait. Most fish came on a megabass vision 110 jr.
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Spotted BassTechniqueNed RigsSeasonFallStructurePointsCought 10 fish in 2hrs fishing points dragging a ned rig in peek creek from 3-15ft
- SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueTexas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)SeasonSummerStructureBrush Piles
The fish I caught on Claytor came in the very back of creeks pitching a tube to lay downs. It was fairly tuff.
- SpeciesSmallmouth BassTechniqueHard Topwater (Walking)SeasonFallStructurePoints
Cought multiple fish on shade line points at the mouth of pockets cought alot of smaller fish on a wacky rig senko all the better fish came on top
