![]() “It used to freeze between Christmas and New Year’s,” he said of Lake Simcoe and Kempenfelt Bay. John Dunsmore, who’s been tracking temperatures and precipitation for Environmental (and Climate Change) Canada for 50 years at his Shanty Bay weather station, says the evidence of climate change is irrefutable on area ice. I would love to hear from our readers so please email me at or visit my website at many people, the best sign of winter has little to do with a calendar and snowfall, just mostly with our lakes and rivers freezing.īut the changing climate is affecting even that. Reports are based on personal experience and permission from a close network of friends. ![]() Live bait (where permitted by law) are working best but you can still catch trout fly-fishing or casting small lures.Įric Aldrich is a part time outdoor writer, bass fisherman and sponsored by Humminbird, SPRO, Gamakatsu, Tru Tungsten and Hammonds Fishing and Boat Storage. This greener water is due to lake turnover. Trout fishing has been slow due to the "green" water coming from the dam. The depth will probably change with the cooler temperatures so keep an open mind and pay close attention to your Humminbird Fish Finder to unlock the proper depth. The crappie fishing is good and Keith Pace continues to troll the creeks with his Micro Spoons at around 10 feet. The Bomber Long A bite has been very slow so far. Trolling buck tails on lead core or down riggers has been working and is a great way to locate the large schools of stripers. This simply means to drop your bait on a downline all the way past the fish and reel up through the school. One technique guides use when they see fish on their electronics and can’t get them to bite, is a method called power reeling. Use your Humminbird Electronics to determine the depth and set your baits out accordingly. The stripers seem to prefer downlined bluebacks this week but a flat line will also produce. A lot of anglers get very excited and mess up the first cast and miss the opportunity when the fish sound. ![]() Try to use a lure that mimics a blueback herring or bait fish.Ī SPRO buck tail cast to these schooling fish is an almost guaranteed hook up! Make sure to have medium to heavy tackle with high-quality line or else you will loose your lure.Īnother suggestion is to take a deep breath before making a good cast. Just about any topwater or subsurface lure will work when you encounter a big school. A lot of big spotted bass are being caught by striper anglers on live bait, so try fishing some blueback herring or even a live trout on a downline or under a slip bobber cast from the bank.įor striper fishing, the topwater action is best early or later in the day and there have been some huge school of stripers surfacing out on main lake. There are some better fish down deep, so a drop shot or deep-diving crankbait can produce a trophy spotted bass right now. Many other lures will also produce so keep a spinner bait, crankbait or whatever your preferred move lure is accessible. V-waking a Red Fin is a great way to bring up aggressive bass and stripers from the depths. You don’t have to do this perfectly, in fact this week the fish seem to like a sloppy, faster retrieve. These baits are designed to "walk the dog," which means to zig zag. I like to throw a large SPRO Dawg 125 and bring it back to the boat with an erratic, quick retrieve. In addition high-quality electronics like my 777c and 787c color units will really increase your chances of finding fish.īecause these schooling spots and largemouth bass are so active you should select a lure that you can fish aggressively. Use your eyes to pick up on small details in the water that indicate baitfish or schooling bass. The main key for finding active bass is to find the bait, as stated in last week’s report. Turnover can scatter fish, but it is also a big motivator for bass to feed because they know winter is approaching. Turnover is when the warm, upper layer of water cools down enough to equal the temperature of the lower, cooler layer of water and they mix. The lake is dropping close to an inch a day and we could really use some rain! The Chattahoochee River is stained due to the start of lake turn over.īass fishing remains very good, but the fish are moving around a lot. Lake Lanier’s level is around 1,053.9 feet, just over 17-feet below the normal full pool of 1,071 feet.
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