Bartlett Lake 1.28.19
Water Temp. 51 degrees Air Temp. 49 degrees Arrived at the lake at 9 am with Robin and Josh (age 8). We fished all the way to the yellow cliffs. Fishing was a bit slow after a big tournament last Saturday. We only caught 5 total bass on drop shot using (morning […]
Bartlett lake 12/25/19
Air temp. 39. Water temp. 50 Bartlett treated us pretty good today. We tried a lot of different worms a long with hula grubs and brush hogs today. Green pumpkin hula grubs, and 301 grubs were the best for jigs. Drop shot with watermelon, oxblood, and green pumpkin zoom trick worms worked also. The depth […]
Cold Weather Fishing 1.1.19
As the temperature and the water temps get colder, fish migrate in schools to deeper water. To catch fish, you have to change your technique and how deep to go. Colder temps cause the fish to go into hibernation. This causes the fish not to eat as much or as often. To catch these cold […]
Bartlett Lake 10.5.18
Our fishing trip at Bartlett started at 6:15 am. The air temp was 65 degrees with water temperature 81 degrees. We started on the main lake using small chatter baits (white) and flick shake (morning dawn). Bob stayed with these baits and caught fish all day long. I switched to Carolina rig and drop shot […]
Bartlett Lake 9.26.18
Today the water temp was 80 degrees, air temp was 72 degrees and clear skies. Fished the main lake points with shatter baits and small spinner baits. The wind was blowing hard which gave us a good bite. After the sun came up, Greg Utton and I started fishing a little deeper with plastic worms […]
Bartlett Lake 9.18.18
Started fishing today at 6:30 am with the weather being a clear, hot sunny day. My guests today were Paul Shetter, and his son, Tim who is from CO. We began fishing across from the main ramp and caught fish on small crank baits. There was no top water bite today. Went to drop shot […]
Bartlett Lake 9.14.18
Started fishing today at 6 am with topwater lures and we used a old lure called “wood chuck” which produced 7 bass. We also tried 3″ skinny dippers which caught 5 fish. At 8 am we tried a buzz bait and it produced a giant bass over 5 lbs. The sun came up high so […]
Bartlett Lake 9-13-18
Sunny warm day with temperature at 70 degrees on Bartlett Lake. Started with topwater poppers and only caught 2 fish. Changed to small crank baits and the bite picked up. We caught 7 fish. Temps warmed up to 95 degrees. We went to jigs and caught 6 fish. We then started using TX rigs with […]
August 28th 2018 Bartlett Lake
Started the day with top water baits, buzz baits, and poppers. Only caught fish on poppers worked slow, if you worked them fast they wouldn’t bite. After the sun came out and started getting hot we went deeper from 12 to 20 ft. We used drop shot and Texas rigs with robo worms, trick worms […]