Private
Lake, Johns Lake and the Butler Chain of Lakes
Fishing
Report by Captain Tim Fey
June/July 2009
Report
The month of June has seen some good bass fishing action on
both Butler Chain and Johns Lake.

Johns Lake has been good in the early morning with some good
schooling action in the cut, as well as some in mid lake areas
where hydrilla is present. Water levels are great out here with
all the rains we have been getting, which in turn has made one
of my favorite patterns very successful, and the is dock fishing!
Skipping Gitem K.O’s under docks, as well as Bitsy Jigs
have produced some good action as well as some good bass. As
the heat of the day comes down on us, 10 inch worms worked in
deeper waters, where grass and or hydrilla are present have kept
the action steady.
Butler Chain
has held pretty steady for us for the month of June. Again dock
fishing has been a strong pattern for us, with a few days where
the bass have seemed to disappear on us, we have found them deep
in the slop. Under docks has been the Gitem K.O’s
and Warlocks, when the bass have moved off the docks on us, we
have tossed the Gitem Shad or Curly 7’s to the back of
the grass or lily pads, and slowly swam it back out to get some
good blow-ups and some solid hook ups.

We have had some days with a very light bite, you had to really
keep an eye on your line and watch it, as some bass were just
picking up our baits and slowly swimming them right back to us,
we have made a slight adjustment to this, we added JJs Dippin
Dye to our boat, and let me tell you, we had a day where the
bite was soft, and we dipped the baits and got slammed!! This
stuff really worked great for us, you can find a link for them
on my home page in the Bass Fishing News box.
July we are expecting more of the same, early morning bite should
still be productive with live bait or artificial bait. Even though
we are in full swing of summer, with it getting pretty hot, the
bass have still been playing pretty good for us, and once again
as in years past, it seems the bigger bass have still wanted
to show their faces in the heat of the day, all this requires
is placing the bait in the right spot, which is generally tight
to the cover, under the docks, or in the slop!
Capt Tim Fey
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