August 6th to 14th fishing report

Denise with Bella and Billy Bass.  Could she be any happier?

4 lb 3 oz Large, August 8th.  This is the current lunker or the year.

 First Calico Bass of the year.   a.ka.- "Crappie".  13 inches. Released for another day.

 Howdy folks!  Here is the fishing report for August 6th through the 14th.  It was another great week, like they all are.  Although we had one really rainy day with 3 1/4 inches in the rain guage, we had a lot of sun during the week.  That one rainy day caused the lake level to gradually rise over one foot by Friday, four days later.  It is really amazing how the water level can change so quickly with the weather.  The bass bite is really changing to with the water rise.  We had some bad days where the action was really slow.  But we had good days too.  Total catch for the week was 94 bass.  Two days we didn't fish at all.  Best bass of the week (and year to date) was 4 lb 3 oz on Monday the 8th.  This one was caught near S. Bigge Island and E. of U.D.B.  The next 2 to 3 days were slow.  We caught a bunch of dinks and  fair amount of 1 to 2 pounders.  I managed to catch a fluke black Calico Bass, 13".  It was nice.  A few years ago Denise caught a nice strawberry Calico.  The lake is now peaking with the annual algae bloom and is green tinted, like pea soup.  But the bloom doesn't seem as heavy as last year.  The weeds have thinned out somewhat with the water rise, although there are still some thick areas deep in bays.  This is the last full week fishing report for the year.  The next reports will now be weekend results for the next six weeks.  We are still searching for the holy grail 5 pounder.  Maybe it will be next week?  That's a rap folks!  Until next time...

Fish On!