A few crappie fishermen are working submerged trees in the main lake as the water is far warmer in the coves.” The water temperature varies from 63 degrees by Temperance to 7072 degrees in the main lake. We also picked up a few on small topwater lures such as a Popper in shad pattern worked slowly. Most of the bass ranged from a half-pound to 1.5 pounds, and our best cut of bass came on steep vertical walls in the river arm later in the day at depths from 20 to 40 feet. Green pumpkin, green pumpkin with a purple line, smoke/ purple, or smoke/blue are also effective, and these are more traditional Millerton patterns. This was the trick for getting the fish to bite. After not getting bit on this pattern, I switched over to a pastel blue plastic like a Blue Ghost on a Neko rig with either a 1/16 or 1/32-weight and let it fall slowly. There are a lot of small fish from the banks to 25 feet, and we started out with a wacky-rigged plastic in a shad pattern that had been very effective over the past few weeks. Pine Flat and Millerton remain the top options for numbers of both spotted and largemouth bass in the Fresno-area as Eastman and Hensley remain hit or miss.Īt Millerton, Steve Newman of Valley Rod and Gun said, “I was out on Thursday, and we landed 35 bass with around a dozen of keeper size.
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