Opening Day Of Bass Season
Today, Saturday June 17th, was opening day of Bass season. Lake Pinchot was loaded with anglers today. All of the fisherman out today coupled with the bright sun and warm weather made for a pretty tough day of fishing for most folks.
Anglers reporting the best success were using Senkos, white pearl Jerk Shads and Super Flukes, 1/4 oz Chatterbaits in white and shad colors and black/blue jig-n-pigs along outside edges of scattered grass. Most bass caught today were on the small side with a couple caught over 15 inches. Anglers lined the banks in many areas and boats of all kinds were out today. Folks that stopped in the shop after they were done fishing said they caught most of the fish early in the morning before the sun got high in the sky.
(Just a reminder, USE YOUR SUNSCREEN WHILE OUT ON THE WATER! Lots of folks came in with some having pretty bad cases of sun burn. Remember that the effects of the sun are magnified on the water. Stop by our shop before your trip to pick up some sunscreen to protect yourselves and especially your children.)
Expect fishing to get better as the week progresses and there is less fishing pressure on the lake. It's going to be a pretty hot week coming up so we recommend heading out early or later in the evening as your schedule allows.
As the weather continues to warm up, bass fisherman will find better success targeting deeper water in the 8 to 15 foot range. Move your boat off the bank a good ways. If you can reach the bank with your cast, you are fishing too close to the bank. The larger fish will be hanging on deeper water drop offs. The bank areas get pounded hard so if you fish deeper water, you should be rewarded with some nice catches of largemouth and smallmouth bass.
Striper action at night the last few days has been slow from what we are hearing. Not much action going on. But with the warmer weather coming in the next week and beyond, the stripers should get much more active after dark.
A couple crappie anglers reported catching between 6 and 8 crappies up to 12 inches the past few days. Target points that have large boulders (south side of the lake towards the dam) with twister tails on small jig heads. The plastic jigs are producing more bites from the crappie than minnows.
Have a great week!
Tim
Anglers reporting the best success were using Senkos, white pearl Jerk Shads and Super Flukes, 1/4 oz Chatterbaits in white and shad colors and black/blue jig-n-pigs along outside edges of scattered grass. Most bass caught today were on the small side with a couple caught over 15 inches. Anglers lined the banks in many areas and boats of all kinds were out today. Folks that stopped in the shop after they were done fishing said they caught most of the fish early in the morning before the sun got high in the sky.
(Just a reminder, USE YOUR SUNSCREEN WHILE OUT ON THE WATER! Lots of folks came in with some having pretty bad cases of sun burn. Remember that the effects of the sun are magnified on the water. Stop by our shop before your trip to pick up some sunscreen to protect yourselves and especially your children.)
Expect fishing to get better as the week progresses and there is less fishing pressure on the lake. It's going to be a pretty hot week coming up so we recommend heading out early or later in the evening as your schedule allows.
As the weather continues to warm up, bass fisherman will find better success targeting deeper water in the 8 to 15 foot range. Move your boat off the bank a good ways. If you can reach the bank with your cast, you are fishing too close to the bank. The larger fish will be hanging on deeper water drop offs. The bank areas get pounded hard so if you fish deeper water, you should be rewarded with some nice catches of largemouth and smallmouth bass.
Striper action at night the last few days has been slow from what we are hearing. Not much action going on. But with the warmer weather coming in the next week and beyond, the stripers should get much more active after dark.
A couple crappie anglers reported catching between 6 and 8 crappies up to 12 inches the past few days. Target points that have large boulders (south side of the lake towards the dam) with twister tails on small jig heads. The plastic jigs are producing more bites from the crappie than minnows.
Have a great week!
Tim
posted by HawgHead Baits @ 9:01 PM
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