07-15-2014, 04:21 PM
Red,
Those little pockets and incuts on the walls leading up to the closed area of the dam have been consistent summer producers over the years for largemouth and smallmouth. The reefs on the east side not too far from the buoys can be good in the spring
Now with current water levels more fish-holding cover in that area is becoming accessible. Many bass fishermen know about the gravel slides on the west side. With levels low they are not so good as the wall areas before and after them. Any point is good. Below the wall on the west side where you can see an old fence up high is good. Right where the west wall turns from the main lake into the dam canyon is good and an OK place to "hide out" if conditions are rough...long as wakes are not presenting a problem
I'll drop shot with 1/4oz. tungsten and a smaller worm and keep rigged some other kind of swimming bait handy for the rocks visible maybe 10 ft and deeper.
Sometimes the bass hang very tight to the walls and "bumping the wall" just above water level and letting your bait fall vertical is the ticket.
Besides a swimbait, I'd consider a 5" grub on a darter head, a nail-weighted whacky rigged senko. Some people use a tube lure against the walls. In low light some kind of surface walking bait....that one can be bigger like a Spook, a Sammy or a Vixen
You can get by without a sonar in that area as it's easy cover/structure to dissect. Be careful out here and please be conservative about conditions...that area of Mead can blow up strong and quickly.
Tom
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Those little pockets and incuts on the walls leading up to the closed area of the dam have been consistent summer producers over the years for largemouth and smallmouth. The reefs on the east side not too far from the buoys can be good in the spring
Now with current water levels more fish-holding cover in that area is becoming accessible. Many bass fishermen know about the gravel slides on the west side. With levels low they are not so good as the wall areas before and after them. Any point is good. Below the wall on the west side where you can see an old fence up high is good. Right where the west wall turns from the main lake into the dam canyon is good and an OK place to "hide out" if conditions are rough...long as wakes are not presenting a problem
I'll drop shot with 1/4oz. tungsten and a smaller worm and keep rigged some other kind of swimming bait handy for the rocks visible maybe 10 ft and deeper.
Sometimes the bass hang very tight to the walls and "bumping the wall" just above water level and letting your bait fall vertical is the ticket.
Besides a swimbait, I'd consider a 5" grub on a darter head, a nail-weighted whacky rigged senko. Some people use a tube lure against the walls. In low light some kind of surface walking bait....that one can be bigger like a Spook, a Sammy or a Vixen
You can get by without a sonar in that area as it's easy cover/structure to dissect. Be careful out here and please be conservative about conditions...that area of Mead can blow up strong and quickly.
Tom
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