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Old 06-10-12, 07:44 PM   #1
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Hey i have been fishing lake hartwell a lot lately. Its been hot with bluebird skies and little wind. Not anymore!!!!. Its cool, rainy and windy, the water has gotten a little murkier but still pretty clear. I am not getting bit in this weather. any suggestions??? thanks!
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Old 06-10-12, 08:08 PM   #2
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Our weather has been crazy, and it is supposed to rain the next couple days still. Warm winter, mild spring, then some heat, and now a ton of rain. I would hate to even guess aha the fish are thinking.

I would start workig everything from deep to shallow, from crankin to really finesse. You might have to track em down. Good luck.
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Old 06-10-12, 10:40 PM   #3
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I remember watching Hank Parker one time. In the conditions you described he said use a spinnerbait. Other then that I'd fish as early in the day as I could. The fish are probably scattered off points suspending.
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Old 06-11-12, 06:52 AM   #4
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Actually the water cooling off will have more effect than anything,and it will cool it off.
Oddly on such days one cannot even see the wake well a buzzbait is taken one never sees the strike just loads up on the rod.Send us some of that rain hasnt rained much more than a 1/4 at a time for several months,ground hard and dry as a bone.
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Old 06-16-12, 09:17 PM   #5
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The first lure I'd be working would be a spinnerbait worked around cover. But I'd also be working a load rattlin crankbait across the tops of mid depth weedbeds. I might also try pitchin t rigged creature baits or jigs around woody cover and piers.
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Old 06-17-12, 12:42 AM   #6
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Hey i have been fishing lake hartwell a lot lately. Its been hot with bluebird skies and little wind. Not anymore!!!!. Its cool, rainy and windy, the water has gotten a little murkier but still pretty clear. I am not getting bit in this weather. any suggestions??? thanks!
i am assuming that harwell should be in summer pattern by now. how deep is the thermocline?? in a stratafied lake, the thermocline is going to determine the depth of the fish. cloudy days usually tend to scatter the bait fish schools, and so goes with the bass. i am not familiar with hartwell. does it have any standing timber, what about vegetation. these things would factor in as to where the fish might be. do you do any graphing with your electronics to determine where schools of bait are, and if you see any indication of fish hanging around. your electronics is a great place to start to help eliminate water.

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Old 06-17-12, 08:38 AM   #7
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I'd certainly think about using black as my main color. I most often use weightless soft plastics and seem to do better under overcast sky.
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If you have been having lots of rain< i would look for drainage points, creek channels, etc. anything that may be channeling water into the lake. Always fond of spinnerbaits in this type of weather.
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