Dec. 15 - Cold fronts are starting to move in one after another. This reeks havoc on the green fish especially on the high pressure days. The cure for that is to get away from the high pressure lakes like Fork and head to surrounding lakes such as Monticello, Athens, Pines and Welsh. Of lately, the bass fishing on these ponds has been nothing short of fantastic. Lots of days with numbers ranging from 30 to 60 bass per outing. No super giants but a ton of fun nonetheless. Had a trip a few days ago to Welsh and boated 36 with six over four pounds. Several patterns worked but the drop shot brought home the bacon.

Water temps on Fork are descending as of this writing and are registering around 56 on my temp gauge. Bass are being caught right now on flutter spoons and jigging spoons deep with square bills ruling the roost in the shallow zones. The lure needs to be retrieved very slowly to elicit a strike and this will be the game of choice until the water temps fall into the upper 40's. At that point, I will dig out the big sticks and tie on the A-rig where hawg hunting will then ensue.

I plan to take clients down to Lake Falcon in January and February where the water temps will be more favorable. The spawn takes place much earlier at that venue and ten pounders are a plenty. Give me a call at 409 u782-4269 if you want to jump into the action.