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Water clear; 64 degrees; 907.48' (2' low):

Follow the baitfish as they migrate from mainlake and secondary points into bays along breaklines of flats at the mouth of creeks. It's typical in the fall as waters cool, schooling activity has started taking place as bass force pods of shad out of the middle of creek channels and into shallow areas. If topwaters and power fishing are your preference, these techniques are good now and will only continue to get better.
Largemouth are good in 3'-8' along breaklines of flats w/channels leading to feeder creeks using white Tiny-T buzzbaits, Rat-L-Traps, swimming a 2" Spoiler Shad and/or working a Zara Spook through surface activity when you find it. Upriver, topwaters like a Zara Spook, JR. &/or watermelon JDC Skip-N-Pop, 3/8 oz. Terminator "stainless" spinnerbaits, shallow running crankbaits and blk/blue 6" worms are producing in 3'-6' on channel turns and flats w/stumps and laydowns.

Smallmouth are good to 4 lbs over rock piles and along bluff ledges in 4'-12" using Tiny-T spinnerbaits, 1/4 oz. Traps, smoke 3" Super Tubes and 4" rootbeer JDC Strike Grubs along the bluffs.

Stripers are slow in the lower end suspending over 60' humps but be on the lookout for diving birds to direct you to surface activity as the water continues to cool.

Crappie are fairto good at the fishing pier and upriver on brushpiles
using minnows and crappie jigs.

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15605 Cranes Mill Rd., (830) 899-9747.