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WEISS LAKE

By Reed Montgomery
Reeds Guide Service (205) 787-5133
Website: www.FISHINGALABAMA.com

August 19, 2010
EIGHT LAKES IN TWO WEEKS!

Lake level: Down 2 feet
Water Temperature: Main lake - Low 90's / Creeks and Rivers - Upper 80's
Water Clarity: Clear main lake / Feeder creeks and rivers light stain to muddy in some from recent rain

For the past two weeks I've traveled over 2000 miles to various lakes throughout Alabama. I've been to Lake Eufaula, Logan Martin lake, Mitchell lake, Wheeler lake, Weiss lake, Guntersville lake, Lay lake and Lake Martin. You can see these reports at www.markshotlakes.com and you can even sign up for an E-mail fishing report every time I post one. Or you can go to the "links" section at my website www.fishingalabama.com and see my lake reports on various websites I write for.

Weiss lake is currently down 2 feet. During the late fall throughout the winter season it is down 3-5 feet, remaining low until next spring season. It may come back up this month with heavy rain or it could continue to drop. Either way navigation on this lake can be hazardous to you, your boat and motor. Use extreme caution. There were a lot of stumps left here during impoundment and plenty of rock piles now hidden just beneath the waters surface!

On a recent guided trip we fished the middle portion of the lake. The incoming Chatuga River, the Little River and some creeks and main lake waters. Previously we had caught some nice largemouth bass fishing these rivers around aquatic grass and wood cover. Now with Weiss lake down 2 feet some weeds are exposed. Still, what ever weeds that are left in the water do have bass that refuse their weedy homes of late summer.

We fished Gary Yamamoto's Senkos very slow (weightless 4/0 hook) in these weeds of 1-2 feet deep. Zoom white or yellow trick worms and pearl or white soft jerk baits (like Flukes) produced too. But the Senko in watermelon / red flake fooled the bigger more picky bass. We had 2 largemouth's 3-4 pounds on these.

Spotted bass in the Little River hit topwaters early. A topwater shad colored Sammie produced a nice 3 pounder and a baby torpedo in chrome/black back produced several spots in the 1-2 pound range.

Rock bluffs in the Little River showed some bass on a no. 5 shad raps in natural color, but most were small. The Chatuga River had some stain from recent rain and spinnerbaits in all chartreuse with chartreuse grub trailers were great! Fishing around piers, islands, stumps now visible and weedy points, was the ticket to getting any bites at all.

Some schooling bass (small spots and white bass) hit a 1/2 ounce chrome / blue back Rapala Rattlin' Rap lipless lure. To our surprise we also had three big stripers about 10 pounds each on topwaters too! Not good for tournaments but a lot of fun and exciting topwater action!

No a bad hot summer day! By 2 p.m. it was in the mid 90's so we quit, after running out 15 gallons of gas. But it was worth the expense. Sometimes, like on cloudy days you gotta stay on the move, sometimes like when its hot and sunny you stay put. On this day we kept moving and luckily caught bass on every stop we made.

A happy client preparing for an upcoming bass tournament enjoyed the day and was filled with confidence for his next trip! In all we had over a dozen nice bass caught in less than 5 feet of water all day.

* To keep up with the Coosa River Weiss lake water level or for water generation schedules Call 1-800--lakes-11. At full pool Weiss lake is 564.0

*Always call on Reeds Guide Service...first! Weiss lake's oldest professional "bass fishing only" guide service, for over forty years guiding on all Alabama lakes'


Thanks and Good Fishin'

Reeds Guide Service "Alabama's Oldest Professional Fishing Guide Service"
Reed Montgomery / Outdoor Writer
Owner / Reeds Guide Service Phone (205) 787-5133
Birmingham, Alabama
Email: alabassgyd@aol.com
Website: www.fishingalabama.com
"Over 40 Years Fishing, Guiding and Exploring Every Lake in Alabama for Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass and Some Huge, Striped Bass ."
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