Paul Rogers
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Hey everybody! The summer bite is still in full force with the temps getting hotter and hotter. We have really been on a steady bite on Ray Hubbard so here are the specifics!
Most mornings we have started off checking a few of the common schooling locations around shallow flats. For some reason, we just have not had the schooling action during the summer that we typically have. Robertson Park and the jetty have had minimal schooling at best with it being VERY inconsistent. The water temps are right where they should be to trigger their feeding frenzy but it just hasn't happened yet. I've been fishing this lake since I was 10 years old and I don't remember it being this late into the summer without schooling fish. I am starting to wonder if there is something with the oxygen in the water that caused a "shad kill" or something similar. I haven't seen any evidence of dead shad but something is definitely caused them to break away from their normal pattern.
But not to worry, all is not lost with the lack of the summertime splashes. We have found AWESOME fish stacked on deep water humps and in my opinion, they're easier and more fun to catch when you don't have 20 boats around you cutting each other off and getting in your way :) The pattern seems to be the fish stage on the upwind side of humps until later in the morning when they get right up on top to feed. We've had success drifting around and just covering water with baits to find them. I have mostly been using live shad during these hot summer months. Threadfin seem to be what the fish are more willing to bite. 3-5" gizzard shad just wont get you the bites a smaller 2-4" threadfin gets you. I rig mine up with a 1oz slip sinker and a #1 hook. Easy stuff!!!
Electronics have played a little less of a key to things lately with the fish being scattered around humps. There were some days recently where we didn't mark many fish but still caught them great. I think you just need to get on top of areas you think could hold fish and drown that bait. You never know where they will stack up once you get a few bites.
If you or anybody you know wants to get in on the summer bite on Ray Hubbard, now is a great time to beat the heat, start fishing early and have a limit in the boat by 10am. I am Ray Hubbard's only full-time fishing guide out there and can deliver the best trip for your $$$$. Thanks for checking out my blog and be sure to leave comments. Thanks!!!
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