Bishop Lake

It’s officially a new season for me and the fish are finally on the move! Had an epic spring outing on Bishop today, including this 5+ tank that hit my crank bait like a freight train. Let’s go! 👊

Lifted some big boys today crankin’ a KVD Square Bill over the drop-offs. Fall bassin’ at its best! 🍂🍁 Don’t forget to mix your retrieve. Slow. Fast. Slow. And, always pause. Most strikes come on the pause because the bait will suspend or slowly rise. Hard for them to resist. Tight lines! 👊

When a pattern works, stick with it! All were caught crankin’ a KVD square bill about 30-feet off shore. The key to drawing strikes was to pause it directly over a steep drop-off I found… which plummeted from around 6 to 20 feet.They were stacked in there waiting to slam anything that swam over their heads. 👊

Dropped another random pin on the map and wound up at Bishop Lake today. Never fished it before. Took a couple of hours of searching but I found them on the wind-blown side. They were stacked along a steep drop off 15 yards from shore and slamming baitfish hiding in the dying lily pads. I tied on a KVD square bill crank bait and made casts parallel to the shore along the front of the pads. This drag-puller slammed it on the pause. They always do! Thought he was much smaller, but when I got him next to the yak he took one look at me and ran hard. Great fight! Weighed in at 5.5lbs. 👊

Here is the rest of the damage from today’s outing on Bishop. Fishing new water can be tough, especially in the fall. I forgot my battery for the electronics today and had to go old-school trial and error. There are three baits you should always have at the ready during this period: crank bait (preferably a square bill), soft plastic finesse bait (wacky or Texas-rigged) and a swim jig. Use the swim jig as search bait and then dial it in with the right crank once you figure out the depth. Keep the finesse bait at the ready when nothing else works. 👊

Small catfish from the shore

it was a Panfish kind of day. 5 in total. Released them all. I like fish with some meat on their bones.

Caught a little guy at bishop lake today.