August 2026 report
August on the water
A hot month that fished early. Most of the good work happened before eight in the morning.
- Water temp
- Upper 80s
- Lake level
- Near full pool
- Clarity
- Light stain
- Best window
- Dawn to 8am
- The pattern
- Running by five thirty most mornings and off the water before the pleasure boats got going. By mid-morning it was slow enough that the extra hours were not worth much.
- Crappie
- Tight to deeper brush in fifteen to twenty feet, and in the shade under docks. Nothing complicated, but you had to be on the right brush at the right time, and that moved as the month warmed.
- Bass
- Better than expected on the bluff ends early, including a handful in the four-pound class. They shut off hard once the sun got on the water.
Want a month like that?
Four, six or eight hours at a flat $100 an hour. Call or text and Mike will tell you what they are doing this week.