how to fish deep Taxas reservoir lakes.

Bryan - freshman

I have found fishing in reservoir lakes are different than rivers. Do you have any idea how to find patters .

April 6, 2020 07:49:58 PM
The Dean - professor

I have fished several reservoirs in TX and they definitely fish differently than river systems do. Depending on which part of Texas you are the lakes will be in different phases. We just say lake fork in the middle of the spawn while an adjacent lake had moved into the post-spawn during a recent Bassmaster event a couple of weeks ago. During the spawn, look for shallow creeks and coves protected from the north wind. Fish shallow looking for bass on the beds or cruising the shallow areas. The floating worm and senko style baits are very important this time of year. When the fish turn post-spawn look for baitfish to be the key to success. After the spawn, the bass will be looking to feed. Moving baits like crankbaits, bladed jigs, spinnerbaits and topwaters are excellent this time of year. Some reservoirs like lake Travis, near Austin, the fish can get very deep this time of year. Deep cranking and carolina rigs and deep swimbiats are great tools. Listen to my interview with Ott Defoe below. He talks about how he won the Bassmaster in TX on post spawn patterns.

https://bassu.tv/bass-fishing-video/2020-lake-fork-mlf-champ-ott-defoe-march-2020

April 7, 2020 10:02:11 AM

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