TFR

This report was just posted by Fork guide, Lance Vick. I really hope the hot bite holds through our trip in April. I'm starting to worry we are going to be too late.....

Last Tuesday March 20th we received about 5 inches of rain that give the
lake about three foot of new water that bought the lake to a little more than we
where at the same time last year . What does this mean ? It means all the shoreline
growth -grass -willow trees-so on. are now providing bass with tons of cover.
And it took no time for bass to get right in it ...The low water over the last couple of years dried the bottom and created excellent spawning grounds that we have not had for years. I believe with the new bottom and new cover we are going the have a awesome spawn this year ..
With all the new water and cover fishing has been awesome you can catch them
fishing many techniques .As far as locations there seems the be fish everywhere
....its bass haven ...only places haven't seen alot of fish are where the water
is dark brown ..

During the morning while the sun is still low
we have fishing a Grandebass Swimming rattlesnake on a belly weighted hook in the Houdini and real shad and a weightless Grandebass flash same colors . This technique is working in the backs of the pockets .Look for shad spawning around floating grass. Fishing these lures on 17 lb and 20 lb fluorocarbon line.
When the sun gets high enough to see them we are sight fishing, there are
plenty of fish on the beds everywhere. We have been catching the spawners with a bubble gum colored 4.5 rattlesnake and for the big ones a texas rigged
diamond back rattle snake in the magic shad color will do the trick . I have this
7-6 extra heavy action rod rigged with 65 lb braid for the big girls .The diamond back profile really tick off a big bass....
When u cant see um winds to bad or waters off colored but u can still see bedding areas back out with ur boat and cast over the bright spots with a
tx rig or clamp a clam shot weight a foot in front of a 4.5 inch Grandbass rattlesnake fished slow around bedding areas .


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