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Monthly outlook for July

Last month the fish started to get into their normal patterns. Bass were eagerly taking top water baits in the morning and crankbaits and plastics after the sun came up. The stripers are schooling really good now and are being caught a number of ways. Trolling, Jigging and live bait. The crappie are deep for the summer and will remain there until the water cools off to the lo 70's again. The highlite last month was a 7lb 1oz Hawg that client, Ron Greenwell caught on a Bill Deeds Buzz Bait. (BDBB) Make sure you have plenty of liquids with you and keep yourself HYDRATED!!!!!!!
The summer time patterns on LKA will stay the same all the way through mid Sept.

Bass- The Big Mouths will be eagerly taking top water baits early in the am. Fish main lake points with bait fish present. Good choices are Zara Spooks, Buzz Baits, Pop R's and Strike King Wake Shads. After the sun comes up and the shade is gone it is then time to go deep. Brush piles, rock piles, deep docks, bridge pilings and off shore humps will all produce. This is the time of year when the fish can be very predictable. Deep Crankbaits like the BPS LEC15 & Norman DD22 are great baits to throw. Chart/Blue as well as natural shad colors will work. Texas and Carolina rigged plastics and Shakey Heads will produce numbers of Bass this month. Try the Damiki Swing 6.5 and the Air Pocket. (available at High Point Marina) Yamamoto Grubs, Zoom Finesse worms and all of the old favorites will work. As the end of June approaches, throw BIG Texas Rigged worms is 20-30 feet of water.

Striper- The Linesides have made their move back down lake and can be found from Dike 3 all the way to the splits. Large schools of fish are around the 208 area right now. As the shad and herring fry start to hatch, look for small balls of them on the surface with stripers feeding heavily on them. Good choices of artificial lures to use are......Zara Spooks, Broken Back Red Fins, Pop R's and soft jerkbaits. After they sun comes out you can still catch them, you just have to look for them. When you locate them on your graph, drop Tooth Ache Spoons to them. Live Bait will always produce fish. Look for them on flats in 15-30 feet of water. Towards the end of the month, Trolling will start to become a major player. DD22's, LEC 15's and Deep Red Fins with a buck tail trailer will work great.

Crappie- This is the time of year when Speck fishing gets tough. They have moved back out to deeper and cooler water for the summer. They can be caught on bridge pilings and brush piles. Small minnows will be your best bait. Try fishing in 15 -25 feet of water.

Lake Level- Full Pool
Water Temps
Dike 3- Mid 80's
Mid Lake- Low to Mid 80's
Uplake- Mid 80's