![]() The cadence can change daily with the cooler temperatures. Another bass pattern is using a 5-8 WT fly rod, use a topwater foam white or black wiggle fish and sometimes cast a Dahlberg Diver in yellow/black color with a floating line strip slowly and stop, pause, strip again or you can cast a crease fly shad color imitation strip, strip, pause. Catfish are holding in 10-20 feet of water and have also been caught migrating up into the feeder creeks. Bluegills are still mixed in with Crappie in the brush piles and some are now being caught under boathouses and docks. Crappie bite has been picking up in 10-20 feet of water using 1/16 or 3/32-ounce Wager Baits, #46 Bluegrass, #3 Monkey Milk and small minnows, depending on the cloud cover and cooling night temperatures. Cast your jig to long tapering points that drop off into deep water, the best colors are black and blue, PB&J football jigs 3/8 - 3/4 ounce with a 3-inch matching color craw trailer, and a green pumpkin jig with the chunk style trailer dipped in chartreuse color. The jig bite has been strong this week with the night temperatures dropping into the 40s. For deeper bass, use a jigging spoon 1/2 to 3/4 ounce in silver with a white or yellow accent tail feather, or a deep diving crankbaits in citrus shad and Tennessee shad colors. Out to eight feet of water cast flat sided or squarebill crankbaits, and smaller rattletraps in shad and perch imitation colors, and don't forget that Rayburn red craw colored traps. Try something different, go back to the old single spin with a Colorado blade in silver for clear water and gold for muddy water. Spinnerbaits will also work in 1/4 ounce and 3/8 ounce white, chartreuse, and black in color. For the shallow bite use topwater baits, such as spooks, buzz baits and pop-r's. The night air and water temperatures are starting to cool down and some reports are coming in that fish have been biting better in the evenings. The bass will be setting up behind the structure waiting to dart out to ambush prey. When the leaves are moving fast on one side of the creek and slower on the other side, fish the side with the faster moving current. This can be a good sign if you are learning to read the water in the creek. The back feeder creeks have a lot of fallen leaves on the surface. The back feeder creeks are stained and clearing in spots, and the main lake remains clear. Water temperature at the Dam is 62 degrees with surface temperature around 68. The water level is 167.2 with no generators running. Water stained 62-68 degrees 4.80 feet low.
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