South Lake (TX)
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Largemouth BassTechniqueBladed JigsSeasonSpring (Spawn)StructureSubmerged VegetationI went out to South Lake again this past Wednesday, a week later than my previous trip I wrote about, and boy has it changed. In just a week, the water temperatures on the lake went from 45-49 degrees to 50-52 degrees, and the water clarity has gone from about 1-2 feet of visibility to about 3-4 feet of visibility. One thing that remained the same however, is that the submerged grass all over the lake is thriving and holding the bass in depths of 3-14 feet of water. I took my buddy Jeremy out with me this trip, and we were able to catch 16 bass total with our best 5 going for around 12-13 pounds in about 4.5 hours of fishing. Unlike last week, where I caught most of the fish utilizing FFS and a jerkbait, this week it was all about just covering water up a bit shallower with a chatterbait, as the warmer water temperatures and 15-20 mph winds had the fish active and feeding. We caught the majority of our fish on the chatterbaits, but Jeremy did catch our biggest fish, the 3 pounder pictured with the report, on a Strike King Red Eyed Shad, and we were also still able to catch 5 of our fish scoping with the jerkbait, although it was extremely difficult given how hard the wind was blowing. While we caught a few more fish this time out, our best 5 bag and biggest fish were both smaller than the last trip, but I believe that if you can catch South Lake on a day that's less windy, you can still go out and catch some better than average fish with your FFS in addition to the shallow fish. This day was about 65 degrees outside with cloudy skies and a 15-20 mph southeast wind all day, and they were chewing! South Lake is really good in the winter and early spring/pre-spawn time period, and it should stay pretty good here for a few more weeks at least, so get out there and get to swinging on them!
SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueBladed JigsSeasonFallStructureSubmerged VegetationI went to the lake on October 19th with my tournament partner Iain to get back on the water for the first time since breaking my leg in early September. We fished for about 5 hours from around noon until about 5 PM or so. It was mostly sunny outside with outside temperatures in the mid 80's, and a steady southwest wind at about 10-12 mph. Water clarity on the lake was pretty steady at about 2 feet of visibility. We spent the day throwing chatterbaits and wacky rigs on clumps of submerged vegetation on flats in anywhere from 3-8 feet of water, and were able to catch a decent limit of bass weighing somewhere between 11 and 12 pounds, with a 3.54 pounder I caught on a chatterbait (pictured with the report) being our big fish! South Lake is a great little lake to get on and learn new techniques, or just go cover water and have a good time catching decent numbers of fish anywhere from 1-5 pounds! Good luck on your next trip out, and tight lines!
SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueHard JerkbaitsSeasonSpring (Spawn)StructureSubmerged VegetationI went out to the lake with my buddy Luke on 01/31/24 from about 12:30 PM until dark. It was a partly cloudy day with outside temperatures in the low 70's and a slight 5 mph southwest breeze. Water temperatures on the lake ranged from 45-49 degrees and the water clarity ranged from 1-2 feet of visibility with a slight stain too it. We started the day up a little shallower throwing around chatterbaits and the new Strike King Gravel Dawg crankbait and caught 3 doing that. After 2 hours with only 3 bites, we then transitioned to fishing the deeper grass edge out in 6-14 feet of water with a jerkbait utilizing FFS to target individual bass or small groups of 2-5 bass on the grass edges, and were able to catch 6 more fish, with our best 5 for the day going at right around 17 pounds and our kicker fish being the 5.20 I caught that I have pictured with the report! South Lake is an incredible little winter and early spring lake and has always been one of my favorites, so if you know about this lake or follow along with it here, be sure and get out there when you can for some great winter fishing! Good luck and tight lines!
SpeciesLargemouth BassTechniqueDrop ShotSeasonWinterStructureSubmerged VegetationI went out to the lake with my buddy Kevin on Tuesday, November 26th. It was a post-frontal late fall/early winter day, with outside temperatures starting at around 34 degrees in the morning and warming up slightly to about 50 degrees by the mid-afternoon when we left, after a 40 degree temperature drop overnight. The water temperature was right at about 55 to 56 degrees lakewide, and the water clarity ranged from about a foot and a half of visibility on the windier banks, to around 4 feet of visibility in the calmer water, with a slight greyish hue to the water overall. It was sunny outside all day, with a very slight north wind at around 4-8 mph. We tried powerfishing early on, and couldn't get anything going covering water up shallow or on the deeper grass edge, so we eventually moved out into 10-12 feet of water where a creek channel runs through a grass flat and creates a very defined ditch. There, we found a pretty nice sized school of bass, and utilized a drop shot and a neko-rig to pick them off the bottom with our FFS. We caught 12 fish total, with all but 1 of them coming on one of those two baits, and the one fish not caught on a neko or drop shot fell victim to the a 6 inch line through swimbait out in more open water. It was a slower day than most out on South Lake, but we still had a good time catching a dozen or so bass, and our best 5 went right at 11 pounds with our big fish being a 3 pounder that Kevin caught that is pictured with this report. As the winter weather sets in and stabilizes, the bite on south lake should only get better, so get out there and wet a line!
