Really slow this summer

[gg4709]

I know its pretty early this summer but for me it seems to be getting off to a bad start.  Lately the past few weeks Iv

e been out to the local lake and can't catch a thing.  Earlier in the past spring I was able to catch a few bass and a lot of crappie on small jigs and minnows.  Many other fisherman have experienced the same thing.  Iv'e tried the 5" senko of various colors fishing the bottom and even fishing with the plastic baby shad green and black in color.  The water in Bryan Lake is real murky and hardly any visibility.  Lately it has been really hot out so I'm thinking the fish are more in the middle parts where it is really deep.  Anyone ever fish this lake before?  Not many people like to fish here as it is difficult to catch anything at this time, maybe I just need to change locations.

[.dsaavedra.]

sounds like ya need a boat, or a new lake :-? :-[

[Other.]

Get out really early in the morning when it is still nice and cool out. Fish will be in the shallows and they are easy to catch.

During mid day find cover like a submerged tree that produces shade and fish slow. During the heat fish can still be near mid waters you just have to know were to look.

[RoLo]

Well...it is not summer yet (summer solstice = June 21), and late spring is normally a great time for bass fishing.

Though I haven't been able to do much fishing of late, my neighbors here in Florida are finally doing better now

than they have all year. There are two reasons for this: Water temperatures are higher, which makes bass more active

(higher metabolism), and the persistent winds are finally subsiding.

So you being in Texas, excellent bass fishing should still be in the offing. Then of course there is summer, which in my opinion

is another great season for bass fishing, "all day long". As for stick baits (senko-type worms), in my experience,

"curly-tail" worms are equally or more effective in mid-summer than stick worms like tiki sticks, senkos, dingers & zeros.

Roger

[Rattlinrogue]

Things have slowed WAY down for me,too.I'm fishing REALLY early, early in the morning,but even then the fishing is way off.I'm going to start night fishing pretty soon...like this weekend.

[Hookemdown.]

Welcome to summer (late spring..) fishing.  As the temps rise,  the fish will locate in deeper water.  In the morning they will come up to the shallows to feed, then cruise back down to a deeper depth.  Because of this,  locations that offer a quick change in depth that allow the fish to go from shallow to deep water quickly is the ticket.

If you cant find that, try fishing areas shaded by nearby trees.

[skumfrog]

i had the same problem, and i just went small on the bait sive,.,.i still caught a bunch of 2lbs, and down but the bait size made a big diffrents