My channel partner Jim and fished Clear Fork yesterday for the first time in few years. The first thing I noticed was the water levels were really low! I'm not sure if it's from the drought or if they are drawing it down. Water surface temperature was running 59 to 60 degrees. Most of the shallow cover for bass fishing was exposed on land and not much was left in the water. It does look like they treated the weeds at some point this year. There wasn't much, and most of the bottom looked like a moon scape bottom. Couple eagles flying around is always a joy to see with the beautiful fall colors of the trees. The DNR has fish nets set up all around the lake, so be careful when boating out there. The only part visible is the larger buoy from shore. The net is submerged. I also hit a stump idling across the middle of the lake. So be aware of the lower water levels. Luckily no damage given the speed and being trimmed up a little.
The fishing wasn't great. I think we landed around 12 bass and I broke off a couple in the wood trees along the shore. We will decide if we post a video of this one on our channel. R & J Bass Fishing on Rumble
Below is a picture of the beautiful colors and of a bass caught during the day.
This was our first fishing trip of 2023. Strong winds and storms the day prior led into our bluebird fishing day. Come along to see how we stringed some bites together on a tough fishing condition day. Thanks for being part of our community and stayed tuned for more exclusive content from R & J Bass Fishing. If you have any questions, feel free to leave them below and we'll answer them.
I went Wamplers lake in Irish Hills this past Sunday. Let me start by saying what. a circus on the water by the time afternoon rolled around. I had two goals for my fishing for the day. I wanted to catch some bass for a few hours and I also wanted to come home with a mess of bluegill or redear sunfish for dinner. I had a decent few hours bass fishing in the morning catching 7 of them. The bluegill fishing was actually more challenging because trying to find quality fish was a bit difficult. I caught too many to count, but only brought home a dozen that were big enough to filet up. Water temperature was 70 when I got there, and 72 when I left. Water temperature down at 14 feet was also 70 according to my underwater camera. I did use the underwater camera a bit trying to locate some bigger bluegill. Short video of the some of the underwater footage and one bass catch below.
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I don't know how many of you fish inland bodies of water where bluegill/bream are the main forage for bass. We have lot of natural lakes in this general area where being successful at catching bass depends on finding the bluegill. Do you notice the correlation between the two during the year? I had a recent trip on a lower Michigan lake where I ended up finding the bluegill deep because of the heat wave. They were running 15 to 20 feet deep in this clear lake. Once I picked up a drop shot and dropped down I noticed something I hadn't been aware of before. Check out the underwater footage of when the drop shot goes down where the bluegill are.
