The lake is about 18 ft. low and due to the hurricane they have stopped pulling the lake and it has risen 6 inches over the past few days. Water temps. are in the low to mid 80's, which has made the hydrilla and other vegetation grow.

As usual, you can catch fish doing a number of things.  I have had a Tru-Tungsten Tru-Life swimbait tied on for the past several months and it is still working.  Some of the weighted and non-weighted plastic swimbaits are good as well.  I fish these baits depending on their size either on a Power Tackle SBP4-8'0", the ultimate swimbait rod, or a PT04 7'6".  Try this around pot holes in the grass shallow to deep, also try the deeper bushes.

Another technique that has been on fire is "flippin grass".  Most of the outside edge is 16- 18 ft., but there are a few places where it touches 25 ft. and the grass is 10 ft. tall. I use a PT05 7'6" and a GMP5 7'3" GrassMat Special rod.  I flip a 1 1/2 oz. Tru-Tungsten weight rigged with a Reaction Innovation's Sweet Beaver on a 65# Suffix braided line.

You can also catch all you want on a 3/16 Texas rigged senko and flukes on 16# Gamma Flouro. from 10 to 20 ft. around pot holes in the grass and deeper bushes.  I had a customer catch a 9lb. 4oz. bass on a 5" senko today in 20ft. over some scruff hydrilla.  The best Power Tackle rod for light Texas riggin' shallow is the PG144 7'0".  For deeper Texas riggin', I like fishing with the PT04 7'6", it has a bit more bite and length when long line fishing.

I look for the frog bite to explode this month as there is alot of pepper grass, (duck weed) growing!!!

Until next time, good fishing!

Ray Hanselman