July 17, 2008

CRAPPIE REPORT:  The crappie fishing on Weiss Lake has been decent over the last few days. The fish are still in their Summertime patterns. The crappie have moved out into the deeper water along the river channel ledges and can be caught bumping bottom with live bait in 14-18 feet of water around the brush piles and stumps. Also there have been some nice stringers caught shooting 1/24 ounce Southern Pro Stinger Tail jigs under the deeper docks. The best color has been Black/Blue/Chartreuse. The best docks have been close to the river channel and have at least 8-10 feet of water under them. Most of our stringers have been averaging 15-20 per Half-Day trip. The bite seems to be the best during the early morning hours and is usually over by mid-morning due to the heat.

BASS REPORT:  The bass fishing has been decent over the last week with some decent fish being caught all over the lake along the river channel ledges. Most of the bass are being caught in the deeper water as well using a Carolina Rig, Jig or a deep diving crank bait like the DD-22 or the new Bandit 700 series. The bass are also holding really tight to the cover so when you get that crank bait down and hit the stump that is usually when you will get the bite. There are also a few bass being caught by flipping a jig around the docks but you are still going to have to find the structure. Fishing IN the structure is the key to catching these fish during this time of year. There have been a few bass tournaments this past week that produced a few 15+ pound stringers but most anglers averaging 10-12 pounds.

STRIPER REPORT:  The striper fishing has been decent over the last week with some nice fish being caught at the Cave Hole in Little River and Spring Creek. Most of these have been averaging 2-5 pounds but there have been a few in the 8-12 pound range caught. These fish are being taken along the ledges in 15-20 feet of water on live bait. The fish have moved into these areas in search of cooler water. It would really help if we could get some rain to cool the water and create a little current.

I will be out on the water for the next several days and I hope to have another good report for you around the middle of the week. Remember there is a 10 inch size limit on Crappie on Weiss Lake and the daily creel limit is 30 per person, per day! See Ya on the Water...

You can now get all of your Southern Pro Hot Grubs at Evans Bypass Quick Stop. Go by and see Theresa and pick up all of the hot colors that you will need to catch crappie. They are located at the caution light on the Clarence Chesnut Bypass in Centre!