by Paul Tyre
Water temperature: 84 degrees, lake level: 6 inches below full pool, clarity: stained.
Bass fishing on Lake Seminole has been better than normal for this time of year. The bass are moving into their summertime areas under the pads and to the main lake outer grass lines. The topwater bite has been productive using baits like buzzbaits and frogs in these areas. A Strike King Pro Model buzzbait in white and chartreuse is my favorite to use on the Flint River arm of the lake. Hollow body frogs have been producing around the pad fields on the Chattahoochee arm. I’ve been using a Strike King KVD Sexy Frog in copper and I really like this frog because it has a stout hook that will pull the big ones through the pads. Also, it comes with a rattle that gives extra sound and action.
The Spring Creek arm of the lake is remaining clear, even with all the rain we have been getting and the bass have been being taken on jerkbaits like a Strike King KVD Deep Jerkbait in Clearwater Minnow fished over the edges of the deep grass.
As of this writing, the bream and shellcracker have still been bedding, and the campers at Bass Island Campground at Wingate’s Lunker Lodge have been catching them by the coolers full. Bream are being caught on crickets while the shellcracker are biting on worms. Miss Jane has both stocked at the Wingate’s Lunker Lodge store and is open on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.