Archive | October, 2000

Lake Level: 166.6 ft, high pool 172 ft. Clarity: clear The Bass pattern continues to remain the same over the past couple weeks. Bass up to 7 lbs. are scattered and holding tight to structure in 5 to 8ft. of water along the river channel shelf and ledge. Concentrate on lay-downs, brush tops and the […]

Lake level 23 ft. low and rising. Black bass good to 8.43 lbs.. Main lake points with brushpiles and humps in the 10 ft. range holding most fish. Deep crankbaits with Norman front runners and Carolina rigged flukes and baby brush hogs catching most fish. White bass active in same areas on crankbaits. For more […]

Guide Steve Schmidt Lake Report: Sunday, October 29, 2000 (date fished: Oct 29) Water Color: Stained and some water muddy Depth: 2’ below normal Water Temp: 69.8 to 72.1 degrees Forecast: Heavy Rain – high of 75 with Southwest winds 10 – 15 mphs Boat Ramp: Oak Cove Marina Equipment: Rod – Lamiglas XC-675 Reel […]

Lake Level: 166.6 ft, high pool 172 ft. Clarity: stained to clear Bass up to 7 lbs. are scattered and holding tight to structure in 5 to 8ft. of water along the river channel shelf and ledge. Concentrate on lay-downs, brush tops and the larger stumps with 1/2 oz black/blue or camo jigs and Texas […]

Lake level 24 ft. low and falling. Water stained. Black bass good to 8.4 lbs.. Topwater bite good early (all day if cloudy) on PoP-R’s and Top-Dogs. Fluke bite still strong, but lizards are making a comeback on carolina rigs. Deep crankbaits are catching a lot of keepers on main lake humps that top out […]

Guide Steve Schmidt Lake Report: Thursday, October 12, 2000 (date fished: Oct 10) Water Color: Stained Depth: 3’ below normal Water Temp: 70.2 to 76.1 degrees Forecast: Sunny – high of 80 with east winds 2 – 5 mphs Boat Ramp: Oak Cove Marina Equipment:Rod – Lamiglas XC-665 Reel – Spidercast SCP-600 Line – P-Line […]

Lake Level: 166.8 ft, high pool 172 ft. Clarity: clear Bass continuing to move into their typical fall pattern. Falling water temperatures are helping to increase the bass’s feeding activity. Concentrate around the mouths of the creeks with top water plugs, shallow running crank baits, traps, spinner baits and plastics as the shad start moving […]

Lake level 24 ft. low and falling. Black bass fair to 7.6 lbs. on deep crankbaits with norman front runners. 1/2 oz. chrome jigging spoons also working. Fish are shallow early, then back off to ledges/dropoffs and suspend. Topwater bite good at daylight, but quickly disappears. Key on grassbeds next to deep water as usual. […]

Lake Level: 167.1 ft, high pool 172 ft. Clarity: clear Bass continuing to move into their typical fall pattern. Falling water temperatures are helping to increase the bass’s feeding activity. Concentrate around the mouths of the creeks with top water plugs, shallow running crank baits, traps, spinner baits and plastics as the shad start moving […]

Lake Fork Fishing Report October 2000 by: Guide – Sherry D. Ruslink For the most part, September continued to yield hot weather and hot water temperatures most of the month on Fork. With no rain for the past 70+ days, Lake Fork had lost enough water through evaporation to lower it by 1.5 feet. However, […]

Lake Fork Fishing Report October 2000 by: Guide – Sherry D. Ruslink For the most part, September continued to yield hot weather and hot water temperatures most of the month on Fork. With no rain for the past 70+ days, Lake Fork had lost enough water through evaporation to lower it by 1.5 feet. However, […]

Blacks have been hitting top waters early but they will hit a wacky worm all day long. Last outing I was broke off once and had another fish clear the water that would weigh at least four and one-half pounds. My clients and I caught our limit each time we fished for a full eight […]