![]() ![]() This normally occurs around Thanksgiving, but we are at least six weeks past this date.Ĭook said, “The lake is close to turning over, and the bass action will get much better once the turnover is completed. ![]() It has been a most unusual year in the Mother Lode lakes as they have yet to turn over with a consistent temperature throughout the water columns. It is possible that there will be around 20 to 25 boats for the New Year’s Bass 101 tournament, and there is a New Jen Bass Tournaments event the following weekend.” The water temperatures are cooling, and they are down to the 52- to 55-degree range, and it is very cold upriver with the recent water releases from the upstream reservoirs. The bass are focusing upon shad, and there is some action on jerkbaits, lipless crankbaits or Alabama rigs. There are bass coming up on the flats and dragging a creature bait, big jigs or Texas-rig plastic is working on the flats. Wacky-rigged Trick Worms or plastics on the drop-shot or shaky head are working at depths from 25 to 30 feet over large rockpiles or vertical walls. The water is coming up around a foot per day, and finesse techniques continue to work best. Most tournament weights have been in the 9- to 11-pound range, but they may improve on that this week. Newman said, “The lake is improving from really good to very good, and there have been some bass in the 2.5- to 3-pound range landed recently. ![]()
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