Trip Details:
- When: 7-22-19 from 6pm to 9pm
- Air temp: low to mid 80s
- Water temp: 83-84 degrees
- Water clarity: Stained, 10 inches of visibility, lake is high with water going out spillway
- Weather conditions: Post storm front (big rain), sunny, NW wind 10-15 mph
- Target species: Bass and White bass
Baits used:
- Topwater: spooks, poppers, frog
- Finesse: Ned rig with PB & J TRD, Rage Tail Craw
Equipment used:
- Lews Speed Stick Combos ranging from 6’7 to 7’4, light to heavy action
- 50 pound braid for topwater frog (no leader), 14 pound mono for spook/poppers, 6-8 pound mono for Ned rig
Notes:
The wind was pretty strong out of the Northwest. I arrived at the lake right when the Monday night tournament guys launched at 6. The vast majority of them went north, I headed to the SE. Although they didn’t weigh in many fish, many boats did catch 1 or 2 nice keepers. I keep being told that there is a frog bite going on around the area, but did not have a single blow up on that at all. The only topwater that saw any action was the zara spook in the back of a cove over submerged grass.
Almost all the grass patches that were very thick on the south side of the lake in June/early July have died back now. I was hoping to still be able to target those edges, but there weren’t any, other than the usual reeds around the main lake. Most of my bites came on isolated cover, or above what submerged grass was left.
Tyler’s Final thoughts:
Another gorgeous night to be on Lake Jacomo. The air temperature was great, but the fishing just wasn’t that spectacular. It’s been that way all year it seems. I’m hoping to target the whites throughout the month of August if I can find the schooling activity. They came up for about 30 seconds and it was clearly much bigger fish than what I have been seeing earlier in the summer.
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