Bluffs, shallow docks and secondary points from the 12mm to the 5 mm.

Today, Denise Dill and I practiced for the Big Bass Bash that we will be fishing together. While we worked the majority of the day hoping to find the bait fish on the bluffs, which would produce a big bass bite, the bait fish just were not there yet throughout the north shore area of the lake. Our most consistent bite today came from secondary points with bait fish and shallow docks. While we know that this bite is a good one right now, we explored bluffs, bluff ends and bluff cuts today with the hope of finding that bite to get on, today it was not.

The really fishing report of the day was the catch of Joe Brantley, champion of the Central Pro Am this weekend. Joe matched his day one bag of 18+ pounds with another stellar day of 17+ pounds. With Joe’s 36 pounds total for Saturday and Sunday, he blew away the championship series field by 15 pounds. Joe reported catching his bass shallow 2′-10′ of water in the backs of coves and pockets flipping a jig. This bite has been on for big fish the past couple of weeks and will likely be a major consideration for Big Bass Bass big fish.