The fishing pressure on the number three rated bass fishery in America is drastically reduced (especially mid-week) due to all the algae. Usually, the bass are not alone and you can catch one or two more. Once you find bass, spend more time in that area. Cast right into the submersed trees or rocky areas. Try fishin’a jig (crawfish colors) or a watermelon / candy colored baby brushhog, sweetbeaver or lizard rigged texas style. Also, concentrate on areas of the lake that has deep water close by. You’ll find them lurking in the shadows where the water might be a degree or two cooler. With the water temperature rising to the lower to mid eighties, the bass are in a typical summer pattern. Well, the bass fishin’ on our backyard lake has slowed up some. Boy, the road is really bumpy! Take it real slow and easy! Plan on it taking about a hour and a half to get to Lake Pillsbury from Ukiah. Also I have some pals that have hooked in to some bass fishin’ a jig. I would suggest going texas rigged with a baby brushhog, sweet-beaver, lizard or senko. It has become “SPOT FISHING.” Work each area slowly, take at least four or five cast in to each spot before moving on. So you got to play close attention to points, submersed timber, stumps and rocks/boulders.

Now more than ever your electronics play a MAJOR role in having boated bass. The water she is-a-droppin’! The dumping of the water on Lake Pillsbury makes the bass fishin’ tough.

Give “smallie” river fishin’ a try, It can be a nice break from fishin’ one of our local lakes.

The water flow is pretty good since “they” are dumping Lake Pillsbury and Lake Mendocino. They really like to hang out in deep holes, especially those that have large rocks in them. How-about a quick get-a-way – Do you want to get away from all the people and boaters? How about fishin’ the Russian River for smallmouth bass? Our hometown river is loaded with these little dynamo’s! Flukes, Roboworms and roostertails will get you hooked up. You may need a couple gallons of Gatorade, but the fishing action can be sizzling! Russian River Whether it’s under a weed mat, hidden in oxygen-giving timber, the shade of a boat dock or positioning themselves near a cool running inlet, be assured, the bass are still feeding actively. When the water gets this hot, bass are no different from the rest of us they seek out any opportunity to escape the boiling water. Summertime temperatures can reach well over 100 degrees with water temperatures reaching above the 80-degree mark. During the so-called “dog days” of summer, anglers feel the heat and so do the fish. Here we are again, facing the heat of summer.

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