Help please! fishing S. Carolina lake

redcarpet · 07-26-06, 10:41 PM

I live on a privite pond or lake, it's about 50 acers. I just hooked my 1st largemouth about 4 months ago. I've do alot of saltwater fishing, but I have to say that Bass fishing offers the most enjoyment to me.
I'M STUCK IN A RUT. The people that live on the lake say that ever year at the end of may the bass school and strick at bait fish, but the last to years have not been the great. I saw this and casted a tiny torpedo, and got 3 fish around 7:45pm. The next day I went early from 9:00am-1:30pm. I got three that day, but they were swimming along the sea wall, so when I saw them I would just cast to them and they would take it( jitterbug & torpedo). I didnt get any strikes without seeing the fish 1st. I did get a 5pounder my biggest so far.
The last couple of days Ive started at 4pm till 9pm. I can't get any action. Ive fished the banks with(JITTERBUG, TINY TORPEDO, ZARA SPOOK, AND A ZARA PUPPY wisth no strikes at all. Ive also tryed a RAD-L along the banks with no luck. I did get a 6in bass last night on my zara puppy.
I see them hitting the bait fish on top, and cast on top of them, but they will not bite.
I'll tell you alittle about the lake and what lures I use.Anyone that can help please do.
You can see about 9ft in the lake. The lake also has some saltwater in it from the ashly river. Lots of docks. No grass just sand. there are a couple bays if you can call them that, but that is where i get most of my fish. The water temp is about 86f
Thanks for you help!!!!!!!!!!

Rebbasser · 07-26-06, 11:02 PM

Welcome to the forum!

Sounds like you need to expand your arsenal a little-try some different baits. This time of year a spinnerbait or soft stickbait like a Tiki Stick or a Yom Dinger will produce-I fish them rigged with no weight either weedless:

or wacky:

Yes, that goofy looking rig catches fish

.

Cast them out, let them settle, and work them with gentle twitches of the rod tip. I throw them in and around cover.

bassking22 · 07-27-06, 05:43 PM

Try some rapalas, they work nicely for me, try some other plastiscs too, like a brush hog or a lizard. Throw a buzz bait where the sand stops.

striker23 · 07-28-06, 10:23 AM

Is this in Charleston?

07-26-06, 10:41 PM	#1
redcarpet BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 1	Help please! fishing S. Carolina lake I live on a privite pond or lake, it's about 50 acers. I just hooked my 1st largemouth about 4 months ago. I've do alot of saltwater fishing, but I have to say that Bass fishing offers the most enjoyment to me. I'M STUCK IN A RUT. The people that live on the lake say that ever year at the end of may the bass school and strick at bait fish, but the last to years have not been the great. I saw this and casted a tiny torpedo, and got 3 fish around 7:45pm. The next day I went early from 9:00am-1:30pm. I got three that day, but they were swimming along the sea wall, so when I saw them I would just cast to them and they would take it( jitterbug & torpedo). I didnt get any strikes without seeing the fish 1st. I did get a 5pounder my biggest so far. The last couple of days Ive started at 4pm till 9pm. I can't get any action. Ive fished the banks with(JITTERBUG, TINY TORPEDO, ZARA SPOOK, AND A ZARA PUPPY wisth no strikes at all. Ive also tryed a RAD-L along the banks with no luck. I did get a 6in bass last night on my zara puppy. I see them hitting the bait fish on top, and cast on top of them, but they will not bite. I'll tell you alittle about the lake and what lures I use.Anyone that can help please do. You can see about 9ft in the lake. The lake also has some saltwater in it from the ashly river. Lots of docks. No grass just sand. there are a couple bays if you can call them that, but that is where i get most of my fish. The water temp is about 86f Thanks for you help!!!!!!!!!!

07-26-06, 11:02 PM	#2
Rebbasser BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 10,141	Welcome to the forum! Sounds like you need to expand your arsenal a little-try some different baits. This time of year a spinnerbait or soft stickbait like a Tiki Stick or a Yom Dinger will produce-I fish them rigged with no weight either weedless: or wacky: Yes, that goofy looking rig catches fish . Cast them out, let them settle, and work them with gentle twitches of the rod tip. I throw them in and around cover. __________________ It's happened to the best of them: John 21:3

07-27-06, 05:43 PM	#3
bassking22 BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Virginia Posts: 630	Try some rapalas, they work nicely for me, try some other plastiscs too, like a brush hog or a lizard. Throw a buzz bait where the sand stops. __________________ Does anyone know of a fishing addictions program? Cause I need one.

07-28-06, 10:23 AM	#4
striker23 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Ashburn, Virginia Posts: 199	Is this in Charleston?

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