Current Conditions...little Help Please.

[Red]

I was on a pretty good buzzbait early then jig bite for a while. Have been struggling the last couple weeks, not getting skunked but not getting the numbers or size that I was. Last night a cold front came in, if you can call it that. Highs in the low 90's lows in the 70's. Supposed to be party cloudy and light winds this weekend with around the same temps I mentioned. I am fishing shallow timber, whats left in the water anyway. I have a couple option for locations, one is a decent cove that has timber all the way around, however with the water dropping, not alot of it is still wet. Another is where a major creek enters the lake. Still some wet timber there, plus the creek channel, plus there is a roadbed, however it is very shallow right now, less than 6 feet I would guess. The first location is where I have been doing very well for a few weeks besides the last couple weeks. The second location is a popular spot that I haven't had alot of luck at. Both are on the same lake by the way. There are a few other spots I could try as well but nothing besides that one cove has been good for me in quite a while. I am just looking for any ideas that might get me back on track. Keep in mind, I am in an 8' Bass Raider so I can't fish "big water" or travel very far.

Thanks

Cliff

P.S. It is Lake Waco in Waco, Tx if your in the google earth mood.

[dhami013]

Clouds and slight winds sounds like Spinners, buzz baits, all around those areas. Once you find fish, pick it apart with a shaky head or a jig.

[Catt]

As fall approaches my thoughts go to river/creek channels

[Nitrofreak]

As fall approaches my thoughts go to river/creek channels

X2, Find the deeper part of the channel and start there around any humps on the structure or any cover that may be there.

The water level is dropping the fish will be in tighter schools in deeper water.

[Catt]

It has been my experience that bass will move into the same river/creek channels coves during the fall as they did during the spring falling lake levels across all of Texas will pose new challenges for anglers this fall since many of these area are bone dry,

[Nitrofreak]

It has been my experience that bass will move into the same river/creek channels coves during the fall as they did during the spring falling lake levels across all of Texas will pose new challenges for anglers this fall since many of these area are bone dry,

If I may ask catt what kind of challenges do you face?

Do you look for deeper structure in other areas as well when the channels and coves start to run dry?

It has been the same experience for me as well although I fish a man made lake and you fish, correct me if I am wrong a large river, one would have to think the challenges would be totally opposite of one another.

In a man made lake the fish can only go so far, in a river system I would think it to be much more challanging.

[Red]

I am fishing a man made lake. The creek channel in the one area is very easy to find, even with my junkie electronics. However in my past experience there isn't alot of cover on or in this channel. Do you fish the channel where it drops off, right on top of the drop or off into the channel itself where it bottoms out? If I had to guess with the current lake level, this channel will likely be less than 12 feet deep at the deepest spot.

Thanks for the info

Cliff

[Catt]

I mainly fish Toledo Bend Reservoir which as of 6:30 this morning is 11.11’ below normal; this literally means that in feeding areas I fished during the spring you can now walk around kicking dust. Areas that were 20’ deep are now 8.89’ deep and areas that were 30’ deep are now 18.89’ deep.

Hydrilla, Milfoil, and Coontail Moss all of which is common to Toledo Bend has changed locations with the low water and some has disappeared altogether.

The bass for the most part are still in the immediate area but in some areas the bass have relocated up to a ¼ mile away especially in creek channels.

Red,

Many bass spend their entire lives relating to underwater channels; when bass travel from point A to point B most will do it by way of a channel. The hard part is figuring where the bass are positioned in relation to the channel. At times they will be on the edge, at other times suspended over the channel bed, or buried in the gut.

Certain areas along a channel are more prone to hold bass than others. Among the most productive are sharp channel bends (inside and outside) and intersections. Straight sections are hit & miss, unless there is good cover around.

[Nitrofreak]

I am fishing a man made lake. The creek channel in the one area is very easy to find, even with my junkie electronics. However in my past experience there isn't alot of cover on or in this channel. Do you fish the channel where it drops off, right on top of the drop or off into the channel itself where it bottoms out? If I had to guess with the current lake level, this channel will likely be less than 12 feet deep at the deepest spot.

Thanks for the info

Cliff

Red I am not sure to whom you are addressing your question to, But I would start at the top of the hump and slowly work my way down to the bottom of it and if that did not yeild any results then I would turn right around and try just the exact opposite and work your way up from the bottom.

It is really hard to tell just where they will position themselves but they will no doubt be in the deeper waters at least that has been my experience when my lake gets lower than normal, I have found them staged just off of the top of a channel in the middle and on the bottom but fishing the channel in both directions should help you to locate and figure out what they want.

Hope this helps, Good luck and be safe.

Like catt stated there is a lot of truth in finding fish late in the season from where you first started the season.

OOPS!! Sorry catt I almost said the same thing your post must have hit just before mine