1. Kinami Flashes & Yamamoto Senkos 5”, 6” & 7” – White, Watermelon, Black & Blue, Green pumpkin, Pumpkin Seed, Chartreuse.

2. 6”-8” Lizards - Watermelon, Watermelon with blue flake, Black with Blue tail, Blue flake, Green pumpkin, Red Shad.

3. Storm Wild Eye Swim Shad 5”-6” – Pearl White, White w/ Chartreuse top, Shad, Golden Mullet. (5” have been working the best)

4. Rattletrap - 1/2 oz. & 3/4 oz. - Silver/ with Blue back, Silver/ with Black back, Bleeding Baby Bass

5. Jerkbaits – 5” – 7” – Silver / Blue, Shad, Fire Tiger.

6. Spinner bait ½ oz. to 1-1/2 oz. – White, White / Chartreuse, Chartreuse, Shad.

7. Pop'r s (Rico's) & Zara Spooks – Silver / Black, Chrome, Clear, Green Pumpkin.

8. Fat Free Shad & Rapala – Deep and Medium – Citrus Shad, Parrot, Blue Gill, Fire tiger, White

9. Hot Sauce helps both plastic & hard baits

ADDITIONAL INFO:

The big bass are moving up due to the spawn. Most of the big bass caught have been full of eggs. Many big fish are “slapping” at the top water baits such as Pop r's and Spooks. The most productive bait of the report has to be 5” & 6” Yamamoto Senkos and Kinami Flashes. We are having the best success by hooking the baits “Wacky Style”. This is when one hooks the Senko or Flash in the center of the bait. This gives the bait more action. During the spawn, we tend to catch more male bass. The male bass guard the nest whiles the big female stays on the nest. The bass here spawn a little deeper than in the states due to the fluctuation of the lake. They often spawn on the top of trees as well. Two anglers in one morning came in with 94 bass, all on soft plastic jerk worms, and 25 of those bass were in the 2-5 pound range. They hit a major school of bass and they said that most of the females were bursting with eggs. Great bait has been a watermelon lizard by rigging it both Texas and Carolina style. The 12 pound bass caught during this report was caught on the Storm Wild Eye Swim Shad in the 5” Pearl color. In the beginning of the month, the big fish were slow and when the lake temperature starting to cool down, the bigger bass started to move up. We have had many 7-10 pound bass caught off shallow points, tree tops and on the bank. Top water fishing has been good for average size bass but most of the big females are not taking the bait. Hard plastic jerkbaits and Spinners will catch some of the bigger spawning female bass. The bottom line is that the numbers of bass being caught is phenomenal and the bigger ones are coming in slowly but surely. Be sure to bring the suggested baits for a better trip.