Air Temp: 68° F (Mornings) - 86°F (Mid-Day)
Water Temp:72-76°F
Average number of bass per boat per day: 40-60
Largest bass caught:11 pounds

Popular lures used this week:
1. Kinami Flashes & Yamamoto Senkos 5”, 6” & 7” –Watermelon, Black & Blue, Green pumpkin, Pumpkin Seed, White / Chartreuse.
2. 8” Lizards - Watermelon, Watermelon with blue flake, Black with Blue tail, Blue flake, Green pumpkin.
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

ADDITIONAL INFO: Most of the big bass are being caught on Fat Free Shads (the citrus color), Carolina rigging 8” watermelon lizards and 5”-6” Swimbaits. The spawn is nearly over and the bass are suspending. The most productive spots have been on the outside of the trees and drop offs into deeper water. The other day, Frank Tabone, landed the 2 biggest fish of his life. The first one came in at 9 pounds and 15 minutes later, the second one at 9-3/4 pounds. Frank caught those fish by Carolina rigging a lizard. That morning, his son George, landed an 11 pounder on a blue swimbait. The swimbait bite is started to come back. If one stays concentrated on catching a monster bass, I believe this is the bait to do it with. There have been many big bass lost on the swimbait because it weighs heavier than normal baits. This enables the bass to spit the bait more often. One must keep his rod tip down in the water and try to prevent the fish from jumping. Deep diving crankbaits and Rattletraps are doing well. This is“better” fish bait. Senkos and watermelon lizards are producing numbers and occasionally big fish. We are still fishing the banks and catching many smaller bass but every now and then a big one comes off the bank. The topwater bite has been slow although we did have a 10 pounder come on a Rico Pop’r. Hard plastic jerkbaits have been doing well as has spinnerbaits. Working the jerkbaits with a “jerk and pause” method has seemed to be producing the best results. The weather is starting to warm up as is the lake. The lake is also starting to drop which should increase the fishing from great to fantastic! Florida Strain largemouth are more active when the water temperature is warm to hot.