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Air temp. 30    Water temp 53 The fish are sure getting fatter and bigger here at Roosevelt lake. Started the morning at 7.30 am with a green pumpkin hula grub on a. 1/2 oz football jig. We also used spinner baits white with silver blades, drop shot, Texas rigs. We used trick worms, and […]

Water temp 50. Air temp 32 On the drive in there was still snow on the side of the road and mountains around us. We decided to start fishing deep. Found the fish in the middle of the coves 40 to 50 feet on the bottom with shad 5 feet above the fish. We fished […]

Air temp 39 water 52. Arrived at the lake 7.30am. Tried fishing some spinner baits and small crank baits wth no success. We started looking for shad and bass in the creek channels. All the fish we found were very deep 40 to 50 ft. We then started fishing steep drop offs with points close […]

Today we arrived at the lake at 9:30 am. Decided to start fishing later, to give the water a chance to warm up a bit. Water temp was 53 degrees. The bass do not want to bite or chase lures when the water is so cold. The best thing I found to use in these […]

We arrived at the lake at 7 am. Temperature was 39 degrees and the water temp was 54 degrees. I decided to run up to the North part of the lake and started fishing with crank baits and spinner baits, but did not have any luck. We switched to A-Rigs and Buzz baits, but still […]

Today it was my pleasure to take Trent fishing for his 12th Birthday.  Mom, Jessica who works at the Bass Pro Shop promised Trent a fishing trip with the Bass Pro Shop Pro.  We bundled up because it was very cold and raining.  The temp had dropped to 45 degrees.  Fishing was extremely tough, but […]

Today we started fishing at 8:30 am.  The temperature was 48 degrees and the water temp was a chilly 59 degrees.  Fishing slows down when the water temperatures drop.  To get the fish to bite, you have to move the rod slowly and use smaller worms to attract the fish.   Marshal who was fishing with […]

Doc and his son, Owen went with me to Lake Pleasant today.  We decided to start in the coves of the main lake to stay out of the wind and cold.  Temperature today was only 43 degrees and the water temp was 65 degrees.  Owen surprised us all and caught the first fish on drop […]

Traveled to Roosevelt Lake today.  Temperature was only 28 degrees, very cold and windy.  Water temp was 60 degrees.  The fish had all moved to deeper water – 20′ or deeper.  We started with Tx rig trick worms (watermelon candy) and caught a few fish.  With the colder temps, we decided to switch to drop […]