Pickwick Lake Elevation 410
Water Temp. 50
BASS
Bass are starting to pick up in numbers in Pickwick Lake. The last few trips have boated a
good number of fish. The majority of the fish are in shallow water. Most fish are on flats in
stumpy areas. Cast through these areas with a rattle trap or spinner bait. Suspending jerk baits
are working well on shallow ledges and points. As far as fishing below the dam, I have had a
lot of luck on small crankbaits and grubs. Largemouth Bass and Smallmouth Bass are hit or
miss most days but Spotted Bass are constantly biting. The river seems to produce more and
more spotted bass each year. Strike King Series 3 and Strike Shad are working both above
and below the dam.
White bass
Fish gravel banks in the Shiloh area for white bass with a whit grub or small crankbait. White
bass should be fairly easy to catch throughout the spring.
Stripers
Stripers are through out the river and lake, it is just hard to fish for them right now. You can
occasionally catch some on deep diving Manns Crank baits around the Dam. The good news
is that stripers will bite better and better from this point on. Over the next few weeks I expect
to see some of the biggest stripers I will see all year and numbers will increase after that.
Sauger
A lot of fishermen stop sauger fishing around this time of year either because they think it is
over or because they start to bass fishing but this is a great time to go sauger fishing. I usually
catch better quality fish and more keepers than I do in the prior months. For some reason it
seems like sauger are not as picky when it comes to what you tip your jig with as for as a
minnow or some kind of plastic bait so naturally I will chose a plastic bait and it performs well.
The standard way of fishing with a sauger jig in water as shallow as 15' and water as deep as
60' will continue to work throughout March. Look forward to catching them on crank baits in
the next few weeks.
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For an online report you can go to TWRA website where you can hear me give this fishing
report online. You can access it through my website www.pickwickareaguide.com and you
can also go there to access TVAs website and by doing so it will take you straight to Pickwick
lake.
Compliments of Clagett Talley at Talley's Outdoors 731-607-5266 or
www.pickwickareaguide.com