Water temp: 75.1

Outside temp: 92 degrees

 

We launched out of Clearlake’s oaks this morning at 6 am. We started on the Clearlake Oaks arm working reaction baits and the wife was throwing a drop shot. No bites in 30 minutes then moved to the red bud arm.  I started off working a jerk bait with no bites.  Switched to a 5 inch black senko and immediately landed a 2 1/2 lb largemouth.  We switched to the drop shot and they began chewing.  We caught half dozen then moved to our next spot.  Again I tried fast moving reaction baits and nothing by 10:30 am.  I went back to the drop shot and they came alive again.  This patterned remained most of the day until about 1:30 pm.  I started paralleling the rock shoreline with the jerk bait and Hallelujah back-to-back 3 pounders.  The patterned today was rubber presentation. We caught probably 25 bass in the 2 to 3 pound range.  I believe if we stayed into the 4-5 pm time slot the reaction bite would have kicked in.  All I can say is I was very happy to figure out the jerk bait bite pattern in the afternoon.  Hope this information helps you on your next trip out.

 

Tight lines

RB Bass Outdoors Angler Steve Hanak