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Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Football Jigs
Structure
Rock Pile
Forage
Crawfish
Water Temperature
82°
Species
Spotted Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Points
Forage
Alewife
Water Temperature
78°
Cought 10 fish in 2hrs fishing points dragging a ned rig in peek creek from 3-15ft
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Texas Rigs (Pitch/Flip)
Structure
Brush Piles
Forage
Bluegill
The fish I caught on Claytor came in the very back of creeks pitching a tube to lay downs. It was fairly tuff.
Species
Smallmouth Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Topwater Walking
Structure
Points
Forage
Shad
Water Temperature
76°
Cought multiple fish on shade line points at the mouth of pockets cought alot of smaller fish on a wacky rig senko all the better fish came on top
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Topwater Walking
Structure
Brush Piles
Forage
Shad
Claytor fishing is picking up a little. Tournaments are taking a little more weight to win. I have been catching a lot of fish on spook type topwater.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Fall
Technique
Topwater Walking
Structure
Brush Piles
Forage
Shad
Claytor has been fishing much better. I have been able to be real successful with spook style bait In pockets with bait.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Frogs/Toads
Structure
Docks
Claytor is fishing pretty tuff. However, if you are able to go early or late in the day the topwater bite has been pretty good. I have caught fish skipping a frog around dock.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Topwater Popping
Structure
Brush Piles
Forage
Bluegill
Claytor fishing is still real tuff. I fished today 5 till dark and was able to catch a few. However, size wasn’t much. All fish came on a popper style bait. I would recommend playing with the speed of the retrieve . Most fish came on a very fast retrieve.
Species
Largemouth Bass
Season
Summer
Technique
Hard Jerkbaits
Structure
Brush Piles
Forage
Shad
Claytor is still fishing tuff. However, if you can manage to get out on a day with cloud cover or rain like yesterday fishing is better. I was able to catch a good number yesterday but the size wasn’t great. The biggest fish ( 2.5 lbs ) came on a spook style bait. Most fish came on a megabass vision 110 jr.